Preferred label

Melting spoon

Alternative label

Scope note

An implement with a long handle and a concave end in which sealing wax particles can be liquified over an open flame and poured onto a substrate. Melting the wax in this way (as opposed to holding a stick directly over fire) creates a seal free from soot particles. 

Parent concept

Tools and equipment       

uh-linked-data/concept/612

Related concept                                                     

Sealing wax       

uh-linked-data/concept/458

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT       

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/335