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"A Drink"
"A Drink"

"A Drink"

By Margaret Putnam

Located in San Antonio, TX

vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues

Category

1960s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Etching

"Portrait of a Woman"
"Portrait of a Woman"

"Portrait of a Woman"

By Margaret Putnam

Located in San Antonio, TX

no one had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel

Category

1960s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"The Girls" Batik
"The Girls" Batik

"The Girls" Batik

By Margaret Putnam

Located in San Antonio, TX

otherwise because no one had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and

Category

1960s Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Ink

"Untitled"  mid century modern  MCM
"Untitled"  mid century modern  MCM

"Untitled" mid century modern MCM

By Margaret Putnam

Located in San Antonio, TX

otherwise because no one had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Untitled (Surrealist composition)
Untitled (Surrealist composition)

Untitled (Surrealist composition)

By Julio de Diego

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Untitled (Surrealist composition) Wax resist monotype with scraffito, 1947 Signed in scraffito in

Category

1940s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Monotype

Vintage African Batik Fabric Artwork, Gambia, Drammeh Tradition, 1975.
Vintage African Batik Fabric Artwork, Gambia, Drammeh Tradition, 1975.

Vintage African Batik Fabric Artwork, Gambia, Drammeh Tradition, 1975.

Located in Dronten, NL

-standing and respected textile heritage. Batik is a timeless technique in which wax is used to resist dye

Category

Vintage 1970s Gambian Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art

Materials

Cotton

Peter Beard Metal Oxide Wax Resist Vase
Peter Beard Metal Oxide Wax Resist Vase

Peter Beard Metal Oxide Wax Resist Vase

By Peter Beard

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Substantial Peter beard Vase in a Manganese Wax Resist Glaze

Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Vases

Peter Beard Metal Oxide Wax Resist Vase
Peter Beard Metal Oxide Wax Resist Vase

Peter Beard Metal Oxide Wax Resist Vase

By Peter Beard

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Peter Beard Segmented Vase in a Copper Oxide Wax resist glaze

Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Vases

Peter Beard Vase with a metal oxide wax resist glaze
Peter Beard Vase with a metal oxide wax resist glaze

Peter Beard Vase with a metal oxide wax resist glaze

By Peter Beard

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Peter Beard Vase with a wax resist spiral decoration in copper oxide

Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Vases

Peter Beard Vase with a metal oxide wax resist glaze
Peter Beard Vase with a metal oxide wax resist glaze

Peter Beard Vase with a metal oxide wax resist glaze

By Peter Beard

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Peter Beard Vase decorated with concentric circles in a wax resist Manganese glaze

Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Vases

Peter Beard Vase
Peter Beard Vase

Peter Beard Vase

Unavailable|$2,240

Peter Beard Vase

By Peter Beard

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Peter Beard Vase in a Wax Resist Copper Oxide Glaze

Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Vases

Peter Beard Vase
Peter Beard Vase

Peter Beard Vase

Unavailable|$1,920

Peter Beard Vase

By Peter Beard

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Peter Beard Vase in a Wax Resist Titanium Oxide Glaze

Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Vases

Peter Beard Vase
Peter Beard Vase

Peter Beard Vase

Unavailable|$512

Peter Beard Vase

By Peter Beard

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Peter Beard Vase in a wax resist Copper Oxide Glaze

Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Vases

Peter Beard Vase
Peter Beard Vase

Peter Beard Vase

Unavailable|$472

Peter Beard Vase

By Peter Beard

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Peter Beard Wax Resist Vase in a Copper Oxide Glaze

Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Vases

Peter Beard Vase
Peter Beard Vase

Peter Beard Vase

Unavailable|$560

Peter Beard Vase

By Peter Beard

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Peter Beard Wax Resist Vase in a Manganese Oxide Glaze with an undulating rim

Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Vases

Peter Beard
Peter Beard

Peter Beard

Unavailable|$2,320

Peter Beard

By Peter Beard

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

Peter Beard Vessel with a coper oxide wax resist glaze mounted on a stone base

Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Vases

Peter Beard Vase
Peter Beard Vase

Peter Beard Vase

Unavailable|$2,311

Peter Beard Vase

By Peter Beard

Located in Chipping Campden, GB

PB 36 Peter Beard Conical Vase in a Wax Resist Glaze 2024 24cm high, 15.5cm wide

Category

2010s Vases

Materials

Earthenware

Peter Beard Vase
Peter Beard Vase

Peter Beard Vase

Unavailable|$2,175

Peter Beard Vase

By Peter Beard

Located in Chipping Campden, GB

PB37 Peter Beard Vase with an Inverted Rim in a Manganese Wax Resist Glaze 2024 20cm x 16cm

Category

2010s Vases

Materials

Earthenware

Peter Beard Vase
Peter Beard Vase

Peter Beard Vase

Unavailable|$1,903

Peter Beard Vase

By Peter Beard

Located in Chipping Campden, GB

PB33 Peter Beard Undulating Vase in a Wax Resist Glaze 2024 19cm high, 14cm wide, 12 cm deep

Category

2010s Vases

Materials

Earthenware

"Uzumaki" Vase by Gerd Knäpper, Own Studio, Germany
"Uzumaki" Vase by Gerd Knäpper, Own Studio, Germany

"Uzumaki" Vase by Gerd Knäpper, Own Studio, Germany

By Gerd Knäpper

Located in New York, NY

Unique stoneware "Uzumaki" vase, partially unglazed using a wax-resist method, with matte brown and

Category

1990s German Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Peter Beard Vase
Peter Beard Vase

Peter Beard Vase

Unavailable|$2,175

Peter Beard Vase

By Peter Beard

Located in Chipping Campden, GB

PB35 Peter Beard Vase with an Inverted rim with a “Dash” Design in a Wax Resist Glaze 2024 24cm

Category

2010s Vases

Materials

Earthenware

Peter Beard Vase
Peter Beard Vase

Peter Beard Vase

Unavailable|$3,398

Peter Beard Vase

By Peter Beard

Located in Chipping Campden, GB

PB 32 Large Peter Beard Vase with a Dark Blue Cobalt Wax Resist Glaze on a Carved Vessel 2024 35cm

Category

2010s Vases

Materials

Earthenware

Chinese Three-Color (Sancai) Glazed Pottery Amphora
Chinese Three-Color (Sancai) Glazed Pottery Amphora

Chinese Three-Color (Sancai) Glazed Pottery Amphora

Located in Wilton, CT

Dragons Biting the Rim. Decorated with Cream, Green and Chestnut Wax Resist Glaze.

Category

Chinese Ceramics

Roger Capron Vallauris French Ceramic "Diabolo" Vase, circa 1960
Roger Capron Vallauris French Ceramic "Diabolo" Vase, circa 1960

Roger Capron Vallauris French Ceramic "Diabolo" Vase, circa 1960

By Roger Capron

Located in London, GB

Hand-painted and glazed "diabolo" vase in wax resist technique by Roger Capron, Vallauris

Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Rare 1940s-1960s Kain Panjang Batik
Rare 1940s-1960s Kain Panjang Batik

Rare 1940s-1960s Kain Panjang Batik

Located in Taipei, TW

Rare 1940s-1960s Kain Panjang Batik, long cloth, hip wrapper, hand drawn wax resist Lubeng (stupa

Category

Mid-20th Century Indonesian Tribal Textiles

Materials

Cotton

Irish Batik tapestry by Bernadette Madden
Irish Batik tapestry by Bernadette Madden

Irish Batik tapestry by Bernadette Madden

Located in Fall River, MA

1970. She works mainly in batik (wax resist on linen) and also makes screenprints on paper.

Category

1990s Northern Irish Tapestries

Materials

Wood, Paper

ABA-8 Nuoveforme Madras Vase
ABA-8 Nuoveforme Madras Vase

ABA-8 Nuoveforme Madras Vase

Unavailable|$365 / item

ABA-8 Nuoveforme Madras Vase

By Alvino Bagni

Located in Sesto Fiorentino, FI

design is made with a hot wax resist (an ancient technique that enables a major precision in the drawing

Category

2010s Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Rare 1970s-1980s Kain Panjang Batik Tulis, Long Cloth for Hip Wrapper
Rare 1970s-1980s Kain Panjang Batik Tulis, Long Cloth for Hip Wrapper

Rare 1970s-1980s Kain Panjang Batik Tulis, Long Cloth for Hip Wrapper

Located in Taipei, TW

hand drawn wax resist tampal pattern, triangle patchwork design, with each triangle encasing different

Category

Vintage 1970s Indonesian Textiles

Materials

Cotton

Roger Capron Vallauris Large Abstract Free-Form Ceramic "Waves" Dish, circa 1965
Roger Capron Vallauris Large Abstract Free-Form Ceramic "Waves" Dish, circa 1965

Roger Capron Vallauris Large Abstract Free-Form Ceramic "Waves" Dish, circa 1965

By Roger Capron

Located in London, GB

period in which he produced the wax resist techniques before he moved onto gres (stoneware).

Category

Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Pottery

Peter Beard Disc
Peter Beard Disc

Peter Beard Disc

Unavailable|$5,709

Peter Beard Disc

By Peter Beard

Located in Chipping Campden, GB

Peter Beard A Large Disc in a Wax Resist Glaze mounted on Welsh Slate 40cm high, 31cm wide

Category

2010s Mounted Objects

Materials

Earthenware

ABA-11 Nuoveforme Rectangular Black / White Vase
ABA-11 Nuoveforme Rectangular Black / White Vase

ABA-11 Nuoveforme Rectangular Black / White Vase

By Alvino Bagni

Located in Sesto Fiorentino, FI

the second for the black.The geometrical pattern is achieved with a wax resist mask that is then

Category

2010s Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

ABA-6 Nuoveforme Vase with Handle, Flowers Pattern
ABA-6 Nuoveforme Vase with Handle, Flowers Pattern

ABA-6 Nuoveforme Vase with Handle, Flowers Pattern

By Alvino Bagni

Located in Sesto Fiorentino, FI

hand with liquid wax resist and then the drawing is filled by brush with colored enamels.After the

Category

2010s Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

ABA-5 Geometrical Pattern Vase
ABA-5 Geometrical Pattern Vase

ABA-5 Geometrical Pattern Vase

Unavailable|$388 / item

ABA-5 Geometrical Pattern Vase

By Alvino Bagni

Located in Sesto Fiorentino, FI

create the raw background and the other for the colored enamels that are applied by using the wax resist

Category

2010s Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

ABA-7 Nuoveforme Tropical Leaves Vase
ABA-7 Nuoveforme Tropical Leaves Vase

ABA-7 Nuoveforme Tropical Leaves Vase

By Alvino Bagni

Located in Sesto Fiorentino, FI

leaves we used a wax resist technique and then the colors are painted by hand with a brush. After the

Category

2010s Italian Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Painting of 3 Figures by Margaret Putman
Painting of 3 Figures by Margaret Putman

Painting of 3 Figures by Margaret Putman

Located in Fulton, CA

, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues, developing new techniques, combining mediums

Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Artifact #84

Artifact #84

By Caleb Charland

Located in New York, NY

. The wax, which first acted to resist exposure by the candle, then acts to resist the chemical

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Artifact #1453

Artifact #1453

By Caleb Charland

Located in New York, NY

. The wax, which first acted to resist exposure by the candle, then acts to resist the chemical

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Artifact #1463

Artifact #1463

By Caleb Charland

Located in New York, NY

. The wax, which first acted to resist exposure by the candle, then acts to resist the chemical

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

A french 18th indigo wax resist-dying quilt - Provence Circa 1780
A french 18th indigo wax resist-dying quilt - Provence Circa 1780

A french 18th indigo wax resist-dying quilt - Provence Circa 1780

Located in Toulon, FR

Circa 1800 France - Provence Large quilt printed with indigo wax by using resist-dying (circa 1780

Category

Late 18th Century French Textiles and Quilts

Landscape with Trees - Wax by J. Soedihono - 1976

Landscape with Trees - Wax by J. Soedihono - 1976

Located in Roma, IT

of wax-resist dyeing applied to the whole cloth, or cloth made using this technique. Of Javanese

Category

1970s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Wax

Clyde Burt Ceramic Bowl
Clyde Burt Ceramic Bowl

Clyde Burt Ceramic Bowl

By Clyde Burt

Located in San Diego, CA

Ceramic bowl by renown Chicago ceramic artist Clyde Burt with wax resist decoration.

Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

"Uzumaki" Vase by Gerd Knäpper, Own Studio, Germany, 1991
"Uzumaki" Vase by Gerd Knäpper, Own Studio, Germany, 1991

"Uzumaki" Vase by Gerd Knäpper, Own Studio, Germany, 1991

By Gerd Knäpper

Located in Munich, DE

Fantastic unique stoneware Uzumaki vase, partially unglazed using a wax-resist method, with matte

Category

1990s German Modern Vases

Materials

Stoneware

Joel Edwards California Studio Pottery Weed Pot Vase
Joel Edwards California Studio Pottery Weed Pot Vase

Joel Edwards California Studio Pottery Weed Pot Vase

By Joel Edwards

Located in San Diego, CA

Stoneware weed pot vase with wax resist decoration by California artist, Joel Edwards. 1960s Joel

Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls

Materials

Ceramic

Decorative Ceramic Platter with Faces in the Manner of Jean Cocteau
Decorative Ceramic Platter with Faces in the Manner of Jean Cocteau

Decorative Ceramic Platter with Faces in the Manner of Jean Cocteau

By Jean Cocteau

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

is a matte white, with deep red clay body revealed through a wax-resist technique. Signed ERL on the

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Large Colorful Peacock Silk Batik Panel
Large Colorful Peacock Silk Batik Panel

Large Colorful Peacock Silk Batik Panel

Located in Chicago, IL

with greens, blues, reds, lavender and persimmon dyed using the wax-resist method. Mounted on a wood

Category

Vintage 1940s Indonesian Paintings

Materials

Silk

Marianna Von Allesch Ceramic Table Lamp
Marianna Von Allesch Ceramic Table Lamp

Marianna Von Allesch Ceramic Table Lamp

By Marianna von Allesch

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Signed Marianna Von Allesch ceramic table lamp with a wax-resist glaze design highlighting stylized

Category

Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Ceramic Table Lamp, Italy
Ceramic Table Lamp, Italy

Ceramic Table Lamp, Italy

Located in Palm Springs, CA

artist used a wax resist to create the leaf forms and geometric center band. The ceramic element alone

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Winifred Jagger, Tiger, Original Silk Batik Painting, 2016
Winifred Jagger, Tiger, Original Silk Batik Painting, 2016

Winifred Jagger, Tiger, Original Silk Batik Painting, 2016

By Winifred Jagger

Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

style. 'Tiger 2016' is painted with ink on silk, made using traditional batik wax resist printing

Category

2010s British Contemporary Art

Materials

Silk

Signed Silk Batik Textile Contemporary Art Painting 1950s Framed
Signed Silk Batik Textile Contemporary Art Painting 1950s Framed

Signed Silk Batik Textile Contemporary Art Painting 1950s Framed

Located in West Hartford, CT

Fantastic large Batik art, the technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to a whole cloth. The batik

Category

Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Chrome

Palm Springs Bow Tie Stoneware Vase
Palm Springs Bow Tie Stoneware Vase

Palm Springs Bow Tie Stoneware Vase

By Jonathan Adler

Located in New York, NY

striated texture. Patterns are masked off using tape and wax resist and finished with a satin-matte ivory

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

A Mid-20th Century English Studio Pottery Vase as a Lamp
A Mid-20th Century English Studio Pottery Vase as a Lamp

A Mid-20th Century English Studio Pottery Vase as a Lamp

By David Frith

Located in London, GB

a poured tenmoku slip and green celadon wax resist decorations, now mounted as a lamp. Height

Category

Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Jim Malone Studio Pottery Vase with Foliate Designs, 20th Century
Jim Malone Studio Pottery Vase with Foliate Designs, 20th Century

Jim Malone Studio Pottery Vase with Foliate Designs, 20th Century

By Jim Malone

Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

sides and stands on a narrow rounded foot. It is decorated with foliate designs in wax resist cream

Category

20th Century English Vases

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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.