Sealing wax
Frederick Gorringe Ltd
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
Sealing wax
Place of origin
Buckingham Palace Road
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 938279
Summary
Two pieces of dark blue ceiling wax from Gorringes department store, Buckingham Palace Road, S.W.: (a) unused long, square stick embossed GORRINGES BUCKINGHAM PALACE RD S.W.l (b) well-used stick with only a fraction of the embossed mark left. Part of a collection of miscellania contained in leather writing case, DUN/L/18.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey,10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Makers and roles
Frederick Gorringe Ltd, retailer