A wax jack (wax-jack, taper-jack[2]) is a device used to hold a taper of sealing wax intended to create sealings on documents.
The wax jack was first introduced in 1700.[3] Before that time a simple taper was used in a loose ball. Despite the resemblance to a candle, they were not used for illumination. Although common in England and Europe, they were not used much in North America.[4]
Most early wax jacks were worked by silversmiths,[5] although later models also exist in other metals such as iron, brass or bell metal.
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