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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
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Bench by Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
.
Hand-sculpted brass bench.
Misaya emulates Chinese ink paintings through the process of lost-wax
Category
2010s Thai Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Console by Misaya
By Misaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Hand-sculpted brass console.
Misaya emulates Chinese ink paintings through the process of lost-wax
Category
2010s Thai Post-Modern Tables
Materials
Brass
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Side Table 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 Gueridon
Materials
Brass
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 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 Side Table 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 Gueridon
Materials
Brass
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 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 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
Owl Candelabra in Bronze Verdigris
By Heinrich Filter Bronze Art
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
decorative elements are individually wax modelled, making each piece entirely unique, as no molds were used
Category
2010s South African Expressionist Candelabras
Materials
Bronze
Mid-20th Century French Marie Claude Lalique Crystal Vase with Frosted Decor
By Marie-Claude Lalique
Located in Dallas, TX
used the familiar "lost wax" technique by which the model is made in wax while a mold is formed around
Category
Late 20th Century French Vases
Materials
Crystal
"Lionne Marchant" French Bronze Sculpture by Roger Godchaux
Susse
By Roger Godchaux, Susse Freres
Located in Shippensburg, PA
textured like a wax model on the artists bench, still being formed and tooled. Godchaux’s animal work is
Category
Early 20th Century French Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Excellent Late 19th Century K.P.M. Portrait Plaque of Napoleon Signed Wagner
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in Long Island City, NY
compositions he first made wax models of them. He held a course midway between the Classicists and the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Belle Époque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
19th Century Dr. Auzoux Papier Mâché Model of Head
By Dr. Louis Auzoux
Located in Peekskill, NY
. And the wax anatomical models available at the time were both fragile and expensive.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Industrial Scientific Instruments
Baccio Bandinelli Scultore e Maestro
Located in valatie, NY
, medals, lead and wax models, reliefs (in marble, stucco, and bronze) that are attributed to him with
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books
Materials
Paper
Isidore Bonheur Bronze Bull, End 19th C.
By Isidore Jules Bonheur
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
:
Cow Defending Her Calf from a Wolf, ca. 1858, bronze
Fox on the Lookout, 1899, marble
Wax models
Category
Antique 1890s French Napoleon III Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Patinated Bronze Equestrian Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni 1860, 19th C
Located in London, GB
others made models of wax and terracotta. The three models were exhibited in Venice in 1483 and the
Category
Antique 1860s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
After Jules Dalou, Mower with a Sickle, Patinated Bronze Sculpture, circa 1895
Located in New York, NY
structures that lined Paris's new boulevards and providing wax models for jewelry. He married Irma Vuillier
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Mini Koi Fish Sculpture, Large by Alexander Lamont
By Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
. Modelled in wax and then cast in lost wax bronze, the Mini Koi Fish is a characterful gift full of charm
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Lalique Special Order Square, Shaped "Space Vase"
By René Lalique
Located in Long Island City, NY
around 1883. Early works used the familiar "lost wax" technique by which the model is made in wax while a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Glass
1900s Didactic Anatomical Torso with Removable Organs Scale 1:1 A. Fumeo Milano
Located in Milan, IT
today anatomic models, both in plaster or in wax, have an important scientific value. Art of modelling
Category
Antique Early 1900s Scientific Instruments
Materials
Plaster
Bronze Skull Sculpture
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
the lost-wax casting methode. The model must have been a real human skull.
The skull is made in 2
Category
1990s American Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Ash and Beech Wheelback Windsor Chairs, England
Located in Bochum, NRW
very good and stable condition and have been waxed.
These were a model made by the High Wycombe
Category
Vintage 1930s British Windsor Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of Three Ash and Beech Wheelback Windsor Chairs with Cabriole Leg, England
Located in Bochum, NRW
very good and stable condition and have been waxed.
These were a model made by the High Wycombe
Category
Vintage 1930s British Windsor Chairs
Materials
Wood
“Vache Romain” French Antique Bronze Sculpture of Bull by Isidore Bonheur
By Peyrol Foundry, Isidore Jules Bonheur
Located in Shippensburg, PA
beneath layers of wax.
The model is cast by Isidore Bonheur's brother-in-law, Hippolyte Peyrol, the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
German School Antique Bronze Sculpture of a Barking Elk by Armbruster
Located in Shippensburg, PA
the original wax this model was cast from. It is signed in the base "Armbruster, Dresden" and shows
Category
20th Century German Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
“Elephant with its Young” French Modernism Bronze Sculpture by Ary Bitter
By Ary Bitter, Susse Freres
Located in Shippensburg, PA
an incomplete story that remains in flux. As a lost-wax casting, the model was signed "Ary Bitter
Category
20th Century French Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Blue Wedgwood Jasperware Ceramic Urn Vase After John Flaxman Cherubs
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Dublin, Ireland
the Wedgwood factory. Most were first modelled in wax onto slate or glass grounds before being cast
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
1950s French Baumann Bentwood Classic Shaped Dining Chair, Set of Six
Located in Hook, Hampshire
workshop services each chair before they leave us and these have been careful cleaned and waxed. A hard to
Category
Vintage 1950s French Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Bentwood
Antique Green Wedgwood Jasperware Ceramic Urn Vase After John Flaxman Cherubs
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Dublin, Ireland
on his fine jasper pieces, to the Wedgwood factory. Most were first modelled in wax onto slate or
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique Pair of Blue Wedgwood Jasperware Ceramic Urns Vases John Flaxman Cherubs
By Josiah Wedgwood
Located in Dublin, Ireland
artist, sculptor and designer born in York, Flaxman Jr was the son of a modeller and maker of plaster
Category
Antique Early 18th Century English Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Rare Edith B. Parsons Little Ducks Bronze Figural Bookends, American
By Kunst Foundry, Edith Barretto Stevens Parsons
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
A pair of young ducks bookends (running and eating). Very rare model. Lost Wax Foundry method. Each
Category
Vintage 1910s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Anatomical Wax Model of Skull and Eye, 1880-1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Italian work from the late 19th century.
This 1-scale model is made entirely of wax, including
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Collectibles and Curiosities
Early 20th Century Wax Model of a Girl
s Head
Located in Fitzroy, Victoria
Beautifully painted, with glass eyes and real hair in a braid, tied with a ribbon. Mounted on a turned timber stand.
Category
Early 20th Century European Edwardian Busts
Materials
Other
Wax Head Model on Turned Wooden Base, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
With an auscultation head lamp. Glass eyes.
Category
Early 20th Century French Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wax, Wood
Ex-Museum Exhibit Wax Work Style Mannequin Head
Located in Glamis, Angus
An ex-museum exhibit wax work style mannequin head.
The head is modelled on a medieval male with
Category
Late 20th Century British Models and Miniatures
Early 20thC French Wax
Composition Shop Display Mannequin c.1910-25
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The ethereal wax-work modelled head, in painted translucent wax with implanted human hair and glass
Category
Vintage 1910s French High Victorian Models and Miniatures
Materials
Composition
Five 19th Century Fruit Models
Located in Vienna, Vienna
painted papermache with wax coat, comprising a peach model (handwritten number 1), two pears (one
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century German Models and Miniatures
Collection of 12 Mushrooms, Czechoslovakia circa 1920
Located in London, GB
The mushrooms modelled in wax on carved wood and nestling in dried moss, each one identified
Category
Early 20th Century Czech Models and Miniatures
A Fine 19th Century Anatomical Model of the Eye
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
this time in Europe there was public outrage about the harvesting of cadavers, and wax models
Category
Antique 19th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
Eja Siepman van den Berg, Bronze Nude Figure of a Girl, 1972
Located in Amstelveen, NL
her mind, not from a live model. She only uses models for taking photo’s or creating wax models
Category
Vintage 1970s Dutch Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Wax Cottage Model in a Gilded Display
Located in Notting Hill, GB
19th century wax cottage model in a gilded display.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century German Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Pascal Smelik, Drip Candlestick (S) Brass Plated for Pols Potten, Dutch Design
By Pascal Smelik
Located in Zeist, UT
wax in water he created the wax models that became the shape of these elegant aluminum brass plated
Category
2010s Indian Organic Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Aluminum, Gold Plate
Pascal Smelik, Drip Candlestick
M
Brass Plated (back in stock soon!)
By Pascal Smelik
Located in Zeist, UT
water he created the wax models that became the shape of these elegant metal candlesticks.
This design
Category
2010s Indian Organic Modern Candlesticks
Materials
Aluminum
Christope Fratin
French, 1801-1864
, A Rare Bronze Box with Three Monkeys
By Christophe Fratin
Located in New York, NY
sound knowledge of anatomy. He began exhibiting at the Salon in 1831 showing wax models of the English
Category
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Pascal Smelik, The Upside Down Stool, Cast Aluminum, 2009, AP
By Pascal Smelik
Located in Zeist, UT
wax from floating in the water. The wax model was casted with the stones in aluminum.
We advise you
Category
2010s Dutch Organic Modern Stools
Materials
Stone, Aluminum
A Collection Of 72 Boxed Entomological Specimen Displays Circa 1920
By George Fox Wilson
Located in London, GB
, to precise diagrams and exquisite wax models, the collection straddles the realms of art and science
Category
Early 20th Century English Decorative Art
Bronze Bacchanalian Fountain Head Wall Sculpture by Marie Zimmermann circa 1915
By Marie Zimmermann , Roman Bronze Works
Located in Los Angeles, CA
in historical design and the natural world. She modeled many of her designs in wax, a skill she
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical Roman Fountains
Materials
Bronze
Regency Period Pollard Oak Sofa Table
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
ran an exhibition of wax models in the late 1790s. His brother, William Bullock, opened a museum of
Category
Antique 19th Century British Regency Sofa Tables
Wine Coaster by American Silversmith Robert Butler
By Robert A. Butler
Located in San Francisco, CA
, shaping it into a hollow vessel; and wax modeling, being able to shape three dimensional forms from a
Category
20th Century American Modern Sterling Silver
Antique Bronze Figural Boar Sculptural Inkwell Signed Barrie Design by Fratin
By Christophe Fratin
Located in Atlanta, GA
debut with several wax models, of a thoroughbred horse and several dogs, in the Salon of 1831, ushering
Category
Early 20th Century French Inkwells
Materials
Bronze
Silver vintage Pendant ‘Abstract Sun’ by Studio Else
Paul, Norway 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
‘lost-wax’ method. The jewelry was first modelled in wax, then a mould of plaster was cast around it
Category
Vintage 1970s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Silver
Silver Vintage Pendant ‘Abstract Sun’ by Studio Else
Paul, Norway, 1970s
Located in Stockholm, SE
called ‘lost-wax’ method. The jewelry was first modelled in wax, then a mould of plaster was cast around
Category
Vintage 1970s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Silver
William Brodie Frsa Signed Marble Bust of the Artist
s Daughter Dated 1877
Located in Heathfield, GB
modelling small wax and clay portraits encouraged his family to send him, in 1847, to an Academy in
Category
Antique 19th Century Busts
Materials
Marble
Unusual 1939 Table Lamp, Architectural Model of the Trylon
Perisphere, NYWF
Located in Lafayette, CA
, plastic, glass, tin, and even wax. This model, made as a table lamp, is very scarce. We’ve encountered
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Architectural Models
Materials
Metal
Model head in Wax, around 1900s-1920s
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Store mannequin head with glass eyes and natural hair. In good condition it has some small accidents and few traces that enrich its patina.
Category
Early 20th Century French Collectibles and Curiosities
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