Collection Of Antique Wax Jacks - Used for Sealing Documents & Letters

(5) Wax Jacks, coil wax candles, including Sheffield silver plate c 1790 (4-1/2" h), Georgian brass (5-1/2" h), silver on copper cage with snuffer (7-1/2" h, most plating missing), possibly weighted sterling with snuffer (5" h, underside of base missing), footed silver plate (3-3/4" h)

A wax jack (wax-jack, taper-jack 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. 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.