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  • If you ask me, we need a lot more surprise knothole dioramas and little tiny wax-sealed letters in this-here junkyard world.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • One ad from the 1990s explained how to open the wax-sealed bottles, while another described how the Samuels family is related to the outlaw James gang.

    Maker's Mark President Hands Reins to Son David Kesmodel 2011

  • Drinks include Mr Hyde's Fixer Upper, a mixture of rum, homemade cola and orange bitters, served in a smoke-injected, wax-sealed potion bottle surrounded by a fog of Lapsang Souchong.

    Secret Bars Offer Whimsy Galore Jemima Sissons 2010

  • His cooks filled their saddlebags with hard cheeses, boiled eggs, and wax-sealed jars of honey; his quartermaster replenished their arrows and gave them oiled, hooded quivers to protect the shafts from foul weather as they rode.

    THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010

  • One plate was still in its original wax-sealed wrappers, apparently unseen for 149 years, said Steve Blum, president of Archival Collectibles.

    American Bank Note Co. Printing Plates for “Obsoletes” in Stack’s Upcoming July Baltimore Auction : Coin Collecting News 2008

  • In the gift shop there's an opportunity to purchase dried cochineal for your own use, ink in an attractive wax-sealed bottle, paints and pastes, balls of yarn, soaps, clothing and, for the children, perhaps a paint set consisting of dried cochineal to crush using the miniature clay pestle and mortar, along with coloring pages and instruction sheet directing how to use the kit and produce your own shades of red, orange and pink.

    Grana Cochinilla Fina: The Best Kept Secret in Oaxaca 2008

  • Maker's 46, on the other hand, is the first new product from Maker's Mark since the original, wax-sealed stuff made its debut back in 1958.

    Tony Sachs: The New Spirits Of Summer: Spinoff Brands Debut From Beefeater & Maker's Mark 2010

  • In the gift shop there's an opportunity to purchase dried cochineal for your own use, ink in an attractive wax-sealed bottle, paints and pastes, balls of yarn, soaps, clothing and, for the children, perhaps a paint set consisting of dried cochineal to crush using the miniature clay pestle and mortar, along with coloring pages and instruction sheet directing how to use the kit and produce your own shades of red, orange and pink.

    Grana Cochinilla Fina: The Best Kept Secret in Oaxaca 2008

  • Concerned that her husband would be stranded away from home with no means of feeding himself or the horse, Rachel Revere sent prayers and 125 pounds in British currency in a wax-sealed letter, entrusting it to Benjamin Church for delivery to her husband.

    History of American Women Maggiemac 2009

  • One plate was still in its original wax-sealed wrappers, apparently unseen for 149 years, said Steve Blum, president of Archival Collectibles.

    American Bank Note Co. Printing Plates for “Obsoletes” in Stack’s Upcoming July Baltimore Auction : Coin Collecting News 2008

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