An ornate wax melting spoon is the sort of purchase you should always question but must never regret.
Once a seal was a marker of security, in an age of spymasters and conspiracies you could examine the seal on a letter and know much about it. Now a seal still speaks: time, care, the mark of personality; a sealed letter is a rare joy. An instrument that creates beauty should be beautiful itself. But do you really need one? Well, it depends on what you mean by need, really.
Perhaps someone holds the mark of your personal trust; perhaps a friend has antique tastes; perhaps they are simply and wonderfully frivolous: write them a letter.
"Wax Melting Spoon"
Quotation
So wandring Bees would perish in the Air,
Did not a sound, proportion'd to their Ear,
Appease their rage, invite them to the Hive,
Unite their force, and teach them how to thrive
To rob the flowers, and to forbear the spoil,
Preserv'd in Winter by their Summers toyl,
They give us food, which may with Nectar Vie,
And Wax that do's, the absent Sun, supply.
- Horace, translated by the Earl of Roscommon.
Wax Melting Spoon Fact
Under the pontificates of perhaps John III (560-573) and certainly Deodatus I (615-618), the Pope would seal his documents with a bulla (a lump of lead), which eventually gave these documents their name – papal bulls.
Product Information
Product includes:
- One letterhead (125gsm).
- One envelope (125gsm).
- One second class stamp for every five letterheads purchased.
Delivery
We charge £2.50 to deliver small orders. Orders of 15 or more letterheads qualify for free delivery.
