vicfangirlguide: A wax flower making kit from the 1850s. Making wax flowers was a very popular pastime amongst Victorian middle class women. This kit contains instructions for making familiar garden flowers such as dahlias and roses and also more exotic plants like the scarlet passion flower. Once the flowers had been made they would be arranged together under a glass dome and put on display around the house.

vicfangirlguide:

A wax flower making kit from the 1850s. Making wax flowers was a very popular pastime amongst Victorian middle class women. This kit contains instructions for making familiar garden flowers such as dahlias and roses and also more exotic plants like the scarlet passion flower. Once the flowers had been made they would be arranged together under a glass dome and put on display around the house.

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    Would love to see how these were made.
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