The waxed wick was lit to heat the block of sealing wax used to fasten letters and documents. Usually, a personal seal with a design cut into the bottom was pressed into the hot wax to leave ...

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The oval-shaped item, featuring an engraved Roman gemstone mounted within a Lombardic inscription, was used to emboss a wax letter seal. The seal, found in the area of Saxmundham, Suffolk ...

SEE ALSO: You could win a $1.7 million mansion by writing a standout letter A brief history on wax seals should come in handy while watching these videos. Though letter writing has been around ...

The oval-shaped item, featuring an engraved Roman gemstone mounted within a Lombardic inscription, was used to emboss a wax letter seal. The seal, found in the area of Saxmundham, Suffolk ...