Wax Model

Through an experiment where Smelik applied liquid wax in water he created the wax models that became the shape of these elegant aluminum brass plated Candleholders.

Through an experiment where Smelik applied liquid wax in water he created the wax models that became the shape of these elegant aluminum brass plated Candleholders.

Through an experiment where Smelik applied liquid wax in water he created the wax models that became the shape of these elegant aluminum brass plated Candleholders.

The Upside Down Stool is modeled by hand, upside down in an aquarium. This is done using a method by which hot wax is injected into cold water.

The inventory of his losses in this fire exceeded 40,000 livres, included many old Masters, not to mention 48 drawings by Raphael, wax models by Michelangelo and the manuscript journ...

The chairs' striking filiform armature —a continuous ribbon that flows from the tapered legs through the sculptural wings and along the modeled, rising armrests — waxes and wanes in ...

The sculptor makes a model in plaster or clay that is then coated with wax.

This aluminium cast was first modeled in bee wax. The tree and the channels are the technical parts required for the lost wax technique and are conserved in the final sculpture.

The figurine is special in its own way and requires 14 work steps. It is a "lost wax casting" piece. Model number BO21 In 2000 a Viennese public house released the first monograph a...

Lost-wax casting of bronze statuary. Work in a limited edition from the original model and executed by the Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli of Florence, Italy.

In 1784 a pair of Sèvres vases with Raphaelesque grotesques in violet on a white ground, made in 1782 were mounted with gilt-bronze goats as handles, which Pierre Verlet recognized i...

This ceremonial vessel or casket was created using the “lost wax” method of casting. In lost wax methodology, a model (the statue or vessel) is carved from pure beeswax, or for h...

In 1784 a pair of Sèvres vases with Raphaelesque grotesques in violet on a white ground, made in 1782 were mounted with gilt-bronze goats as handles, which Pierre Verlet recognized i...

It is a wonderful lost wax silver model hand chiselled by master craftsmen with a petit fleur design ,typical of 16th century Siena craftmanship , highlighted by a touch of Turquois...

Other parts such as the bases and the bobeches, candle cups, must be cast. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and pouring molten br...

Other parts such as the bases and the bobeches, candle cups, must be cast. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and pouring molten br...

Other parts such as the bases and the bobeches, candle cups, must be cast. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and pouring molten br...

Other parts such as the bases and the bobeches, candle cups, must be cast. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and pouring molten br...

Other parts such as the bases and the bobeches, candle cups, must be cast. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and pouring molten br...

Other parts such as the bases and the bobeches, candle cups, must be cast. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and pouring molten br...

Other parts such as the bases and the bobeches, candle cups, must be cast. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and pouring molten br...

Other parts such as the bases and the bobeches, candle cups, must be cast. A wax mold taken from the model is used for casting by pressing it in a box with sand and pouring molten br...

a large wooden showcase with 15 wax models displaying the fertilization and ontogeny, SOMSO circa 1950, with description in German.

Pathological wax model, 1950s, refined workmanship depicting hands dermatitis mounted on ebonized wooden plank.

The showcase was used as teaching material in German schools for dental prophylaxis. Models made of wax, the description is written in German.

The bar sustain the beautiful wax model of a viper’s head, on one side shows the muscle apparatus, on the other side the bone’s structure.

Collection of Friedrich Ziegler wax model human heart development forms A rare collection of 4 wax models of the human heart, showing its early development to full size.

The showcase was used as teaching material in German schools for dental prophylaxis. Model made of wax, the description is written in German.

an antique highly detailed wax model of a sliced human head in a glass case. used as teaching material in german schools, ca. 1900. handmade of colored wax.

Wax head with glass eyes.

ABOUT A German wax dissected model of the head, circa 1910, showing nerves, arteries, veins and muscles of the head with paper numbered labels.

This highly detailed model looks to be two times normal scale. These wax models were the first examples used as teaching aides.

Inscribed "Isaac Gosset" on back. Isaac Gosset was a wax modeller and frame maker. He went to London to serve an apprenticeship with his uncle, Matthew Gosset, a sculptor and wax m...

Art of modelling wax for anatomic preparation increased in Bologna during the first half of 1700, in a historical stage when attention was turned to observation and experimental rese...

These were used as models for prosthetic hands. One is a very rare wax model, one is hard rubber and the remaining 4 are hand painted plaster over wood.

Once the mold is made, the wax model is melted and drained away.

Early 20th Century Wax Anatomical Medical Head Model An unusual and subtly macabre medical teaching aid from the early 20th century.

In previous centuries, anatomists and artists made their anatomical models using wax. While wax models could reproduce anatomical details very accurately, the material was very expen...

His first exhibit, in the Salon of 1846, was a wax model of a linnet defending her nest from a rat, later cast in bronze and shown at the 1855 Salon.

In previous centuries, anatomists and artists made their anatomical models using wax. While wax models could reproduce anatomical details very accurately, the material was very expen...

A very special ( and also rather gruesome ) anatomical model, diameter of the head with teeth, eye half relief of a human head in wax Incredibly detailed, with the muscles, nervous s...

Oil lamps like these were likely handcrafted using the century old lost-wax process of metal casting where skilled artisans would pour molten metal into a mold that had been created ...

Frankl dining table suite in waxed cork and solid bleached oak. The set includes a Minimalist rectangular dining table and a pair of complementary model 5008 console tables.

Victorian bronze women's busts were typically created using a process called lost-wax casting. This involved creating a clay or wax model of the bust, which was then covered in a lay...

It was cast by the Hippolyte Peyrol foundry after the original wax model by Isidore Bonheur, the marking barely discernible to the right of the cold-stamped FRANCE, having mostly wor...

The lioness is finished with Godchaux’s distinctive surface modeling where the flesh is left textured like a wax model on the artists bench, still being formed and tooled.

With a smooth exterior, the interior is stepped into sections by ridged protruding "shelves" of glass, which are all created in the wax model from which this is cast. Using a comp...

With a smooth exterior, the interior is stepped into sections with ridged protruding "shelves" of glass, which are all created in the wax model from which this is cast. Using a co...

The process involves creating a wax model of the sculpture, which is then coated with a ceramic material and fired.

This orchid is cast using the ancient lost wax process (cire perdue), a meticulous technique where a detailed wax model is encased in a refractory mold, then melted away to create a ...

In a process that dates back around five thousand years, these prototype moulds were then filled with molten brass and left to cool before the surrounding wax model is melted away. ...

In a process that dates back around five thousand years, these prototype moulds were then filled with molten brass and left to cool before the surrounding wax model is melted away. ...

One group is made out of colored wax, over wooden base, Italian 1870 ca. Over each wooden base, black painted,rise the great scientific model, made out of wax and hand painted, depic...

The animal figurative sculpture inspired from imagination of the artist who has modeled the inert wax cast of the sculpture, which is the soul of the final result in bronze, creating...

Early works used the familiar "lost wax" technique by which the model is made in wax while a mold is formed around the model.

The model is finished in an exquisite verde and black surface patina with a wonderful overall luster, silky to the touch and preserved under wax.

This striking plaster anatomical models is a half and half in the style of Jean Antoine Houdon. It shows the skeleton on one side and muscular layer on the other. The bust is full si...

A French majolica basket from the late 19th century with high relief floral barbotine décor. Created in France during the last quarter of the 19th century, this majolica features a b...

Unique antique sea shell flowers with yelllow Immortella dry flowers in a glass dome on wooden base.

Grand Tour bronze bust of Moses after the marble original by Michelangelo. Mounted on a Sienna marble socle base. Signed Otto Muller. Karsruhle. Germany circa 1890. Beautifully cast...

Circa 1940, Germany. We offer this Heart Anatomical Model Life Size. Made in rubber and handmade painted.

An exceptional French 19th-century wedding globe (globe de mariée), beautifully preserved beneath its original hand-blown glass dome and presented on a classic ebonized wooden base. ...

This late 19th century German porcelain reticulated centerpiece bowl is a remarkable example of European decorative artistry, combining delicate craftsmanship with vibrant, lifelike ...

A small Italian Grand Tour bust, circa 1780, depicting a patinated bronze gentleman in neoclassical dress upon a contrasting marble plinth. Once a Grand Tour souvenir acquired by an ...

A charming and highly collectible Mid-Century Modern table brush designed by the renowned Austrian designer Walter Bosse for Hertha Baller in Vienna during the 1950s. This sculptura...

This refined object dates to the first half of the 19th century, and was probably used for obi, kimono sashes, which were hung over it. The gold decorations on the black-lacquered g...

This exquisite Art Nouveau lamp is by the celebrated French glasswork studio Daum which was founded in 1878 in Nancy, France. The lamp is inscribed ‘DAUM, NANCY’. The lamp is of ...

This antique display cabinet, or vitrine, is an exquisite piece of furniture: dating from the late Victorian period in England, the cabinet is beautifully built from the finest mahog...

Late 19th Century to early 20th Century museum display of exotic butterflies. An impressive shadowbox displaying a variety of pinned and preserved butterflies, most with paper labels...

Small Majolica water lily pond plate Wasmuel, circa 1890.6 inches diameter , 8 plates available.  

Two automated singing birds with strong voices and flamboyant plumage amidst foliage in a gilded brass cage. The Birds Take turns singing to each other. West Germany circa 1900.

Wall decoration of four ceramic birds in Delft Blue Four very decorative white ceramic birds to hang on the wall. All four birds are printed with a Delft Blue floral pattern and dep...

The original first-year-of-release Polish film poster for The Muppet Movie is pure joy with a seriously arty edge. Designed by Waldemar Swierzy, it dials up the chaos, colour and cha...

We are very pleased to offer this charming sculptural wicker bear storage basket, circa late 20th century, beautifully handwoven in warm honey-toned rattan. Designed in the form of a...

Monumental wall-mounted sculpture executed in painted papier-mâché by Mexican artist Sergio Bustamante (b. 1949). Titled "Sol Eclipse" (Solar Eclipse), this large-scale composition f...

Tiffany & company four-piece sterling silver coffee and tea set, circa 1940. Comprised of coffee pot, tea pot, sugar and creamer, all with faceted corners and monogrammed 'PPB', ...