Wax Collection (page 4)

Wax effigy of Princess Elizabeth
The Duke and Duchess of York and Mr Leslie Henson with a wax effigy of the young Princess Elizabeth. The doll was the piece de resistance of an auction held at a Society ball. Date: 1927

Mother Hubbard / Writing
Mother Hubbard/Writing

Matchmakers filling frames with wax strands
Women working at a matchmaking factory fill frames with wax strands

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Anon. Warne alphabet 1875. WXYZ
Page from a 19th century alphabet book with W and X, inexplicably, for bees, honey and hives (?), Y for yacht (thats better, back on familiar territory) and Z for the good old zebra

Ear Picker - India
A wonderful postcard depicting an Indian ear picker and client in Bombay (Mumbai)

Fantasy card - Istanbul - Telegram form
Fantasy postcard in the form of a telegram form, featuring a street scene in Constantinople (Kara Koy). The Imperial Ottoman Post and Telegraph Service

Certificate for Harry Price from the Magicians Club
Coloured certificate for Harry Price from the Magicians Club informing him of his unanimous election as Honorary Vice-President of the Club, signed by Will Goldston and others, 7 January 1931

Wax run down at Llandarcy
The wax run-down at the BP crude oil processing plant at Llandarcy, Swansea, Wales

Three Frontiersmen Mending their Canoe, Canada, 1883
Engraving of three frontiersmen mending their canoe with hot wax or gum, in the Canadian back woods

Hoya / Flower & Leaves
An unspecifed plant. Possibly a species of Hoya or Wax flower. Here, the leaf shape is depicted, a stem and flower head

Kluski Spirit Glove 3
Wax glove of a materialised hand created at Warsaw by Franek Kluski (pseudonym) (1874 - ?) in the presence of Richet, Geley and others

Casanovas Wax Image
The Italian adventurer CASANOVA inspects the wax image of himself made by a witch for a Spanish contessa who wished him harm

Marie Tussaud at 24
MADAME MARIE TUSSAUD the Swiss wax model maker at the age of 24, in the form of a waxwork model

Marie Tussaud at 90
MADAME MARIE TUSSAUD the Swiss wax model maker at the age of 90, in the form of a waxwork in her own museum

Marie Tussaud Iln
MADAME MARIE TUSSAUD the Swiss wax model maker in old age

Languages at Westminster
The modern languages classroon at Westminster, with the boys learning from an early wax cyclinder gramophone

The Fall of Icarus
Icarus flies too near the sun, which melts the wax of his wings and he falls

Fumaria Officinalis
Fumitory, or Earth Smoke, or Wax Dolls

Futuristic recorded message
In the year 2000, people will send messages one to another in the form of wax cylinders, recorded on the senders gramophone, delivered by messenger, then played by the recipient

Kluski Molds
At Paris, Kluski produces wax molds of hands, impressed by spirit entities

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