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French Art Deco Golden Bronze Sculpture by Gaston Beguin
By Gaston Béguin
Located in Oakland, CA
in plaster or clay that is then coated with wax. This model is then covered with a perforated plaster
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Handmade Aluminium cast Sculptural Candle holder depicting "Daily Situation"
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
with a certificate of authenticity.
This aluminium cast was first modeled in bee wax. The tree and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Walter Bosse figurine BOAR brass patinated new Vienna Austria
By Walter Bosse
Located in Vienna, AT
steps. It is a "lost wax casting" piece.
Model number BO21
In 2000 a Viennese public house released the
Category
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Louis Philippe Mantel Clock by Thomire Et Cie
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in Pasadena, CA
modelling in wax, casting, matte gilding and mounting on the porcelain. In 1783–84 he received his first
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Clocks
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
20th Century Limited Edition Original Work of Art, "Patrizia" by Piero Bertelli
By Piero Bertelli
Located in Florence, IT
Lost-wax casting of bronze statuary. Work in a limited edition from the original model and executed
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
An Empire Ormolu Centerpiece Attributed To Pierre-Phillipe Thomire, Circa 1815
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in Pasadena, CA
Compiègne: under the general supervision of Hauré, the wax and wooden model was carved by Martin, cast by
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Centerpieces
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Ceremonial Vessel Depicting Equestrian Oba or King
By People from Benin
Located in Chicago, IL
using the “lost wax” method of casting. In lost wax methodology, a model (the statue or vessel) is
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Harmony Turquoise" unique edition picture frame by Laura G
Located in Sarezzo, Brescia
Art with Heart collection .
It is a wonderful lost wax silver model hand chiselled by master
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Picture Frames
Bronze Adjustable Planetaria Table Lamp by William Lipton Lighting, France
By William Lipton Ltd 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, must be cast. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Nickel Finish Adjustable Planetaria Table Lamp by William Lipton Lighting
By William Lipton Ltd 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, must be cast. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Bronze Adjustable Butler Table Lamp with Shade by William Lipton Lighting
By William Lipton Ltd 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
the bases and the bobeches, candle cups, must be cast. A wax mold taken from the model is used for
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Bronze Adjustable Tournesol Table Lamp by William Lipton Lighting
By William Lipton Ltd 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and pouring
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Bronze Adjustable Balthazar Floor Lamp by Willam Gibson Lighting, France
By William Lipton Ltd 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, must be cast. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Bronze Adjustable Boa Table Lamp by William Lipton Lighting, France
By William Lipton Ltd 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and pouring
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Bronze Adjustable Giraffe Floor Lamp by William Lipton Lighting, France
By William Lipton Ltd 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
cast. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and pouring
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Nickel Finish Adjustable Boa Table Lamp by William Lipton Lighting, France
By William Lipton Ltd 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and pouring
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Wax Model Showcase Displaying the Ontogeny, SOMSO
Located in Berghuelen, DE
a large wooden showcase with 15 wax models displaying the fertilization and ontogeny, SOMSO circa
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Pathological Wax Model Depicting Hans Dermatitis, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Pathological wax model, 1950s, refined workmanship depicting hands dermatitis mounted on ebonized
Category
Vintage 1950s German Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood
Wax Model Showcase Displaying Dental Health by Somso
Located in Berghuelen, DE
showcase was used as teaching material in German schools for dental prophylaxis. Models made of wax, the
Category
Early 20th Century German Models and Miniatures
Wax Model of a Viper’s Head, Italy, XVIII Century
Located in Milan, IT
slightly on the side. The bar sustain the beautiful wax model of a viper’s head, on one side shows the
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Iron
Collection of Friedrich Ziegler wax model human heart development forms
Located in London, GB
Collection of Friedrich Ziegler wax model human heart development forms
A rare collection of 4 wax
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Natural Fiber
Wax Model Showcase Displaying Dental Health by Hermann Eppler
Located in Berghuelen, DE
was used as teaching material in German schools for dental prophylaxis. Model made of wax, the
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Historical Memorabilia
antique teaching aid wax anatomical head model
Located in Berghuelen, DE
an antique highly detailed wax model of a sliced human head in a glass case. used as teaching
Category
Early 20th Century German Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass, Wood, Wax
Wax Head
Located in Culver City, CA
Wax head with glass eyes.
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Edwardian Models and Miniatures
Materials
Glass
$1,750
Antique Half Relief Anatomical Model Head in Wax, Germany c.1910
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A German wax dissected model of the head, circa 1910, showing nerves, arteries, veins and
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood, Glass
Oversized Wax Anatomical Model - 1800s
Located in Peekskill, NY
This highly detailed model looks to be two times normal scale. These wax models were the first
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Wood, Wax
18th Century Polychromed Wax Portrait of Marc Anthony and Cleopatra
Located in Rochester, NY
wax modeller and frame maker. He went to London to serve an apprenticeship with his uncle, Matthew
Category
Antique 18th Century European Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
20th Century Flemish Wunderkammer Anatomical Human Eye Model, Plaster and Glass
By Laméris Utrecht Instrumenten
Located in Milano, MI
decomposed.
Art of modelling wax for anatomic preparation increased in Bologna during the first half of
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Models and Miniatures
Materials
Glass, Plaster, Beech
Collection of Early Hand Models in 17" Glass Dome
Located in Peekskill, NY
turn-of-the-century. These were used as models for prosthetic hands. One is a very rare wax model, one
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Plaster, Rubber, Wax
Anders Olson, Swedish Bronze Nude Sculpture, 1930s
Located in Skanninge, SE
created by means of a wax model. Once the mold is made, the wax model is melted and drained away.
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1800s Dr. Auzoux papier-mâché Skull
Located in Peekskill, NY
centuries, anatomists and artists made their anatomical models using wax. While wax models could reproduce
Category
Antique 19th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
19th Century Signed Bronze Rooster on Wooden Base
Located in Dallas, TX
the Salon of 1846, was a wax model of a linnet defending her nest from a rat, later cast in bronze and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1800s Dr. Auzoux Papier-Mâché Fetal Skull
By Dr. Louis Auzoux
Located in Peekskill, NY
modelling techniques. In previous centuries, anatomists and artists made their anatomical models using wax
Category
Antique 19th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Antique Half Relief Anatomical Model Head in Wax German circa 1900
Located in London, GB
A very special ( and also rather gruesome ) anatomical model, diameter of the head with teeth, eye
Category
Early 20th Century German Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Glass
South Asian Brass Oil Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
artisans would pour molten metal into a mold that had been created by means of a wax model.
Valued at
Category
20th Century South Asian Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Paul Frankl Waxed Cork and Oak Dining Table with Two Model 5008 Consoles
By Johnson Furniture Company, Paul Frankl
Located in Dallas, TX
A scarcely seen Paul T. Frankl dining table suite in waxed cork and solid bleached oak. The set
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Oak, Cork
Pair of Vintage Patinated Bronze Busts on Marble Bases
Located in Victoria, BC
were typically created using a process called lost-wax casting. This involved creating a clay or wax
Category
Mid-20th Century French Late Victorian Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
“Walking Bear” French Antique Bronze Sculpture by Isidore Bonheur
By Isidore Jules Bonheur
Located in Shippensburg, PA
by the Hippolyte Peyrol foundry after the original wax model by Isidore Bonheur, the marking barely
Category
Antique 19th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Acanthe, a Unique Steel Blue Glass Art Work and Centrepiece by Paul Stopler
By Paul Stopler
Located in London, GB
, which are all created in the wax model from which this is cast.
Using a complex series of processes
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Corymb, a Unique Aqua/Turquoise Glass Art Work and Centrepiece by Paul Stopler
By Paul Stopler
Located in London, GB
glass, which are all created in the wax model from which this is cast.
Using a complex series of
Category
2010s British Modern Centerpieces
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Bench by Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
moulds were then filled with molten brass and left to cool before the surrounding wax model is melted
Category
2010s Thai Post-Modern Benches
Materials
Brass
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Chair by Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand-sculpted brass chair.
Misaya emulates Chinese ink paintings through the process of lost-wax
Category
2010s Thai Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
A Rare Group Of Continental Scientific Models Of Mushrooms.
Located in Milan, IT
painted,rise the great scientific model, made out of wax and hand painted, depicting the three different
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Papier Mâché, Wax
Mid-20th Century French Lalique Ispahan Crystal Vase with Etched
Frosted Roses
By Lalique
Located in Dallas, TX
"lost wax" technique by which the model is made in wax while a mold is formed around the model. Then
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Crystal
Art Nouveau French Bronze Sculpture of Satyr "Pan
Nymph" by Jean-Marie Camus
Located in Shippensburg, PA
-wax model appears to be free of any cold-tooling. It remains preserved in pristine original condition
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pablo Simunovic, Lost Wax Casting Bronze Sculpture of a Cat on a Round Base
By Pablo Simunovic
Located in Firenze, IT
has modeled the inert wax cast of the sculpture, which is the soul of the final result in bronze. His
Category
2010s Italian Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
“German Shepherd” Antique French Bronze Sculpture Dog by P. Tourgueneff
Susse
By Susse Freres
Located in Shippensburg, PA
An exquisite lost-wax model of a resting German shepherd cast by the Susse brothers foundry, the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
“A Young Bladesmith” French Antique Bronze Sculpture by Adrien-Étienne Gaudez
By Adrien Étienne Gaudez
Located in Shippensburg, PA
technical precision of the foundry work is notable. There is a complexity to the lost-wax model that extends
Category
Antique 19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze Ormolu Marble Pedestal Urns Auguste Nicolas Cain, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
daughter he married in 1852). His first exhibit in the Salon of 1846 was a wax model of a linnet defending
Category
Antique 1850s French Urns
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Rare French Antique Bronze Sculpture of St. Celicia by Emmanuel Fremiet
By Emmanuel Fremiet
Located in Shippensburg, PA
progression.
The model is beautifully developed over the wax example held in the permanent collection of the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze Lions after Boizot for Chenets in the Salon De La Paix, Versail
By Louis-Simon Boizot
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
wax models and then Boizot received a considerably larger sum for producing
a model in terracotta
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
French Antique Bronze Sculpture "Dogs Chasing a Rabbit" after Pierre Jules Mene
Located in Shippensburg, PA
first presented as a wax model at the Exposition Universelle of 1855, then again at Salon in 1872 as a
Category
20th Century French Romantic Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Sculpture of Dogs Hunting by Pierre-Jules Mene
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Shippensburg, PA
this model thus far. The work was first presented as a wax model at the Exposition Universelle of 1855
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large 19th Century Dr. Auzoux Paper Mache Model of Brain
By Dr. Louis Auzoux
Located in Peekskill, NY
to the fast rate of decomposition, and also illegal. And the wax anatomical models available at the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Paper
Lalique Crystal Vase, Art Deco, Signed, France
By Marc Lalique
Located in Paris, FR
commencing around 1883. Early works used the familiar "lost wax" technique by which the model is made in wax
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Vases
Materials
Crystal
Damon
Candlestick
Located in London, GB
was poured in to a mould of compacted sand or clay that was formed around a wax model. The heat of the
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Central Asian Antiquities
Materials
Copper
Rare Antique Bronze Sculpture of “Adam” (1911) by Charles Samuel
By Charles Samuel
Located in Shippensburg, PA
freshness that feels like the original wax model is being manipated before your eyes. But despite the
Category
20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
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