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Glazed Terracotta Studio Pottery Lamp, circa 1980s, England
Located in Glasgow, GB
wax resist glazing technique. Areas of raw clay are intentionally exposed, revealing expressive
Category
Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
Mid Century Carstens White Matte Sculptural Vase
By Dieter Peter
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
"wax resist" technique, it was applied to a broad array of forms. Lava glazes were employed during the
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Mashiko Mingei Art Pottery Plate Bowl Attrbuted to Tatsuzo Shimaoka
By Tatsuzo Shimaoka 2
Located in Studio City, CA
were not signed). This work exhibits his signature rope and slip inlay with kaki glaze, wax resist, and
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Tatsuzo Shimaoka Signed Japanese Glazed Rope Inlay Mingei Pottery Bowl Plate
By Tatsuzo Shimaoka 2
Located in Studio City, CA
master Tatsuzo Shimaoka. This work exhibits his signature rope and slip inlay with kaki glaze, wax resist
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Tatsuzo Shimaoka Signed Japanese Mingei Rope Inlay Mashiko Pottery Bowl Plate
By Tatsuzo Shimaoka 2
Located in Studio City, CA
slip inlay (Zogan-Sara inlaid pottery plate) with kaki glaze, wax resist, and hand-painted decoration
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Elegant Charles Counts Footed Pottery Covered Jar or Urn
By Charles Counts
Located in Minneapolis, MN
, deep carving and wax resist patterns drawn from the natural imagery he saw around his studio. In
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Pottery
Mid Century Italian Alvino Bagni Raymor R736 Black Ceramic Mantel Urn Italy
By Alvino Bagni
Located in Dayton, OH
was also fond of “wax resist” techinque
Outside of Raymor importing his work, Bagni also sold his
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Urns
Materials
Ceramic
"The Rocker" Batik
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring
Category
1960s Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Ink
"The Iron Tree" Mid Century Modern Texas
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
could not be otherwise because no one had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Copper Oxide Vessel with inverted rim
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Metal Oxide Wax Resist Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Elongated Vase with a copper Oxide wax resist glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Metal Oxide Wax Resist Vase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Square Section vase in a Copper Oxide Wax Resist Glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Copper Oxide Elongated Vessel
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Copper Oxide Gourd Vessel
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Chrome and Copper Oxide Vessel with elongated neck
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Vanadium Oxide Pear-shaped Vessel
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Metal Oxide Wax Resist Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Spherical Vase with narrow neck in a Copper Oxide, Wax Resist Glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Copper Oxide Vessel with inverted rim
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Cobalt Oxide Vessel with broad stripes
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Copper Oxide Vessel decorated with Chevrons
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Copper Oxide Vessel with open neck
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Copper Oxide Vessel with Pink spotting
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Copper Oxide Vessel with pink highlights
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Copper Oxide Vessel with open neck
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Cobalt Oxide Vessel with a horizontal band
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist chrome and Copper Oxide Vessel with inverted rim
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Cobalt Oxide Vessel with vertical stripes and inverted rim
PETER BEARD
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Wax Resist Metal Oxide Vessel
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Wax Resist Copper and Chrome Oxide Vessel with inverted rim and vertical stripes
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Vase with a metal oxide wax resist glaze
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Double Gourd Vase with a Vanadium Wax resist glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Vase with a metal oxide wax resist glaze
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Vase with an inverted rim with a copper oxide wax resist glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Voulkos - Tall Vase 1953 Archie Bray Period Wax Resist Brushwork
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Berkeley, CA
. This tall vase from his Archie Bray Period in Montana from 1954, with a wax-resist brushwork in cobalt
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Watercolor and Wax Resist Work on Paper
By Irving B. Haynes
Located in Providence, RI
experimented with the effects of wax and crayon. This is the largest of his works in our collection and one
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon, Watercolor
Peter Beard Wax Resist Vase with a metal oxide glaze
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Vase of Urchin form in a chrome oxide glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Vase with a metal oxide wax resist glaze
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Vase in a copper oxide glaze decorated with ribs
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Resist Dye Quilted Indian Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Made from vintage Gudjarati Indian cargo bags. Wax resist dyed cotton with dense quilting
Category
20th Century Pillows and Throws
ENGLISH 1960
S PORCELAIN CLASSICAL BUST by Parkinson Pottery
Located in San Francisco, CA
slip & wax-resist glazed porcelain
Category
Vintage 1960s English Sculptures
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Green Hand Built Wax Resist Spiral Vase
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
$1,760
Abstract Batik Hanging
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An unusual design, hand drawn, wax resist dyed artisan batik.
Category
20th Century American Tapestries
$1,150
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Cylindrical Vase with wax resist copper oxide glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
$1,920
Peter Beard Lidded Vessel
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Spherical Lidded Vessel in a Wax resist Cobalt Glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard White and Orange Vase with a Wax Resist Glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
$880
Peter Beard Lidded Vessel
By Peter Beard
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Spherical Lidded Vessel with a Wax resist Vanadium oxide glaze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
Peter Beard Vase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Vase in a Copper Oxide wax resist glaze
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
$608
Peter Beard Vase
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Peter Beard Vase in a wax resist glaze of Copper and Cobalt
PETER BEARD (born 1951)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Vases
$2,400
Zaccagnini Ceramic Table Lamp for Raymor with Maria Kipp Shade
By Urbano Zaccagnini
Located in Papaikou, HI
A beautifully made terracotta body with a wax resist repeating swirl pattern. Minor chips but has
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Table Lamps
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric, Paper, Wood
"Huellas" Ceramic Vase by Gabriela Valenzuela-Hirsch
By Gabriela Valenzuela-Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Mundos. Wax resist delftware.
Intricate glaze, created through multiple firings.
Category
2010s Costa Rican Vases
Large
Forme Libre" Centerpiece by Roger Capron
Located in Los Angeles, CA
grid glazed by Capron's favored wax-resist method. Can also be hung vertically as a highly sculptural
Category
Vintage 1950s French Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
Peter Beard
A Large Slab-Built Vase with a Grey - Green Wax Resist Glaze
26cm high, 37cm wide
Category
2010s Vases
Materials
Earthenware
$2,467
1940s Sarong Batik Tulis, Woman
s Tube Skirt
Located in Taipei, TW
1940s Sarong Batik Tulis, woman's tube skirt, cotton hand drawn wax resist bright multicolored
Category
Vintage 1940s Indonesian Textiles
Peter Beard Cobalt Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
Peter Beard. A Vase in a Cobalt Wax resist glaze
22 cm high, 15 cm wide
2022
"My wax-resist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vases
Materials
Earthenware
$2,467
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
Peter Beard
Cobalt Blue Wax Resist Vase with an Inverted Rim
27cm high, 20cm wide
"My wax-resist
Category
2010s Vases
Materials
Earthenware
$3,153
Peter Beard Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
Peter beard
Conical Vase in a Wax Resist Glaze
35cm high, 14cm wide
2023
"My wax-resist pieces
Category
2010s Vases
Materials
Earthenware
$3,153
Japanese Fireman
s Coat with Hawk
Waves
Located in Seattle, WA
(wax resist) design of a watchful hawk (taka) perched on a pine bough with crashing waves below. Fire
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Quilts and Blankets
Japanese Fireman
s Coat with Matoi (Fire Banner)
Located in Seattle, WA
Japanese reversible fireman's coat (haten) of indigo dyed cotton with tsutsu-gaki (wax resist) and
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Textiles
Peter Voulkos - Important Black Mountain College Tall Bottle Vase
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Berkeley, CA
do a workshop. This large bottle form shows subtle brushstrokes and wax resist techniques: The first
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Peter Beard 1970s inspired Vase
By Peter Beard
Located in Chipping Campden, GB
Peter Beard. A large 1970s inspired Vase
33cm high, 16cm wide
2022
"My wax-resist pieces
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Weathered Iron Gueridon
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Wonderful iron gueridon with great weathered patina. Waxed to resist rust.
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Gueridon
$1,500
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Wax Resist For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal wax resist for your home. A wax resist — often made from ceramic, pottery and porcelain — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the wax resist you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A wax resist made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular. Peter Beard, Alvino Bagni and Geoffrey Whiting each produced at least one beautiful wax resist that is worth considering.
How Much is a Wax Resist?
Prices for a wax resist can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $295 and can go as high as $4,000, while the average can fetch as much as $560.
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