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Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Side Table by Misaya
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Side Table by Misaya

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
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Bench by Misaya

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
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Bench by Misaya

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 Bench by Misaya
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Bench by Misaya

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
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Bench by Misaya

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
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Bench by Misaya

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
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Bench by Misaya

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
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Chair by Misaya

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 Console by Misaya
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Console by Misaya

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 Bench by Misaya
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Bench by Misaya

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 Side Table by Misaya
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Side Table by Misaya

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 Side Table by Misaya
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Side Table by Misaya

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

Pair of Sculpted Brass Chairs, Misaya
Pair of Sculpted Brass Chairs, Misaya

Pair of Sculpted Brass Chairs, 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 Stools

Materials

Brass

Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Chair by Misaya
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Chair by Misaya

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 Side Table by Misaya
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Side Table by Misaya

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 Side Table by Misaya
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Side Table by Misaya

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
Calligraphic Sculpted Brass Bench by Misaya

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

Italian Photo Frame in Lost Wax Silver , Harmony Coral
Italian Photo Frame in Lost Wax Silver , Harmony Coral

Italian Photo Frame in Lost Wax Silver , Harmony Coral

By Laura G Art with Heart

Located in Sarezzo, IT

Heart collection. It is a wonderful lost wax silver model hand chiselled by master craftsmen with a

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Arts and Crafts Picture Frames

Materials

Silver

Owl Candelabra in Bronze Verdigris
Owl Candelabra in Bronze Verdigris

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

"Lionne Marchant" French Bronze Sculpture by Roger Godchaux & Susse
"Lionne Marchant" French Bronze Sculpture by Roger Godchaux & Susse

"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
Excellent Late 19th Century K.P.M. Portrait Plaque of Napoleon Signed Wagner

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

Baccio Bandinelli Scultore e Maestro
Baccio Bandinelli Scultore e Maestro

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

19th Century Dr. Auzoux Papier Mâché Model of Head
19th Century Dr. Auzoux Papier Mâché Model of Head

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

Isidore Bonheur Bronze Bull, End 19th C.
Isidore Bonheur Bronze Bull, End 19th C.

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

After Jules Dalou, Mower with a Sickle, Patinated Bronze Sculpture, circa 1895
After Jules Dalou, Mower with a Sickle, Patinated Bronze Sculpture, circa 1895

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
Bronze Mini Koi Fish Sculpture, Large by Alexander Lamont

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"
Rare Lalique Special Order Square, Shaped "Space Vase"

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

Bronze Skull Sculpture
Bronze Skull Sculpture

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
Pair of Ash and Beech Wheelback Windsor Chairs, England

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

“Vache Romain” French Antique Bronze Sculpture of Bull by Isidore Bonheur
“Vache Romain” French Antique Bronze Sculpture of Bull by Isidore Bonheur

“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
German School Antique Bronze Sculpture of a Barking Elk by Armbruster

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
“Elephant with its Young” French Modernism Bronze Sculpture by Ary Bitter

“Elephant with its Young” French Modernism Bronze Sculpture by Ary Bitter

By Susse Freres, Ary Bitter

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

1950s French Baumann Bentwood Classic Shaped Dining Chair, Set of Six
1950s French Baumann Bentwood Classic Shaped Dining Chair, Set of Six

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 Blue Wedgwood Jasperware Ceramic Urn Vase After John Flaxman Cherubs
Antique Blue Wedgwood Jasperware Ceramic Urn Vase After John Flaxman Cherubs

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

Antique Green Wedgwood Jasperware Ceramic Urn Vase After John Flaxman Cherubs
Antique Green Wedgwood Jasperware Ceramic Urn Vase After John Flaxman Cherubs

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
Antique Pair of Blue Wedgwood Jasperware Ceramic Urns Vases John Flaxman Cherubs

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
Rare Edith B. Parsons Little Ducks Bronze Figural Bookends, American

Rare Edith B. Parsons Little Ducks Bronze Figural Bookends, American

By Edith Barretto Stevens Parsons, Kunst Foundry

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
Anatomical Wax Model of Skull and Eye, 1880-1900

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
Early 20th Century Wax Model of a Girl's Head

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
Wax Head Model on Turned Wooden Base, circa 1900

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
Ex-Museum Exhibit Wax Work Style Mannequin Head

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
Early 20thC French Wax & Composition Shop Display Mannequin c.1910-25

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
Five 19th Century Fruit Models

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

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
A Fine 19th Century Anatomical Model of the Eye

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
Eja Siepman van den Berg, Bronze Nude Figure of a Girl, 1972

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

Pascal Smelik, Drip Candlestick (S) Brass Plated for Pols Potten, Dutch Design
Pascal Smelik, Drip Candlestick (S) Brass Plated for Pols Potten, Dutch Design

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

19th Century Wax Cottage Model in a Gilded Display
19th Century Wax Cottage Model in a Gilded Display

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 'M' Brass Plated (back in stock soon!)
Pascal Smelik, Drip Candlestick 'M' Brass Plated (back in stock soon!)

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
Christope Fratin 'French, 1801-1864', A Rare Bronze Box with Three Monkeys

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
Pascal Smelik, The Upside Down Stool, Cast Aluminum, 2009, AP

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
A Collection Of 72 Boxed Entomological Specimen Displays  Circa 1920

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
Bronze Bacchanalian Fountain Head Wall Sculpture by Marie Zimmermann circa 1915

Bronze Bacchanalian Fountain Head Wall Sculpture by Marie Zimmermann circa 1915

By Roman Bronze Works, Marie Zimmermann

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

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