Post: Post Reply: Wow, who knew! This sealing wax article is fascinating... by beadiste

Original Message: Wow, who knew! This sealing wax article is fascinating...

http://www.victorianpassage.com/2009/07/unfolding_the_mysteries_of_sea.php
That meltable cinnabar from around the 1930s made me wonder if it's colored with red lead instead of vermilion - altho mercury sulfide isn't exactly a benign compound, either.
Sealing wax ojime for tourists? I guess I could take a tiny flake off one and hold it next to a flame in a stainless spoon to see what happens...except I'm not keen on poisoning myself with the fumes, slight tho they might be.
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Original Message: Wow, who knew! This sealing wax article is fascinating...
http://www.victorianpassage.com/2009/07/unfolding_the_mysteries_of_sea.php That meltable cinnabar from around the 1930s made me wonder if it's colored with red lead instead of vermilion - altho mercury sulfide isn't exactly a benign compound, either. Sealing wax ojime for tourists? I guess I could take a tiny flake off one and hold it next to a flame in a stainless spoon to see what happens...except I'm not keen on poisoning myself with the fumes, slight tho they might be. Copyright 2024 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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