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<p>[QUOTE="Slykitty65, post: 925269, member: 7985"]A Lovely statue, I tend to agree with antidiem that it may be a Hard Modern Wax used for making the casting of the bronze. Most of the wax casts are cut up during the process of making the bronze casting and there is some kind of wire or wood armature underneath for support and guideline. You can read about the process at this website, scroll lower for better photos of the wax casting.</p><p><a href="http://statuemadebronze.com/tag/putti/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://statuemadebronze.com/tag/putti/" rel="nofollow">http://statuemadebronze.com/tag/putti/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I collect and have made porcelain dolls. I have one antique wax doll and the wax used during that period was a mix of beeswax over a wire armature, is very delicate and soft to touch and extra care used to keep it away from heat/cold and other damaging elements. I'll post a photo so you can see. I do know that wax was used to make larger dolls such as Baby Jesus for the Nativity sets as far back as the 1600s or so. The look of those antique wax dolls and statutes are similar to my German doll from the 1880s or the smooth texture of the photo posted of the antique statue. Wax is easily painted on but care is needed when cleaning so the features are not lost, as may be the case in the greenish tinting to make it look like bronze patina. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]202084[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Slykitty65, post: 925269, member: 7985"]A Lovely statue, I tend to agree with antidiem that it may be a Hard Modern Wax used for making the casting of the bronze. Most of the wax casts are cut up during the process of making the bronze casting and there is some kind of wire or wood armature underneath for support and guideline. You can read about the process at this website, scroll lower for better photos of the wax casting. [URL]http://statuemadebronze.com/tag/putti/[/URL] I collect and have made porcelain dolls. I have one antique wax doll and the wax used during that period was a mix of beeswax over a wire armature, is very delicate and soft to touch and extra care used to keep it away from heat/cold and other damaging elements. I'll post a photo so you can see. I do know that wax was used to make larger dolls such as Baby Jesus for the Nativity sets as far back as the 1600s or so. The look of those antique wax dolls and statutes are similar to my German doll from the 1880s or the smooth texture of the photo posted of the antique statue. Wax is easily painted on but care is needed when cleaning so the features are not lost, as may be the case in the greenish tinting to make it look like bronze patina. [ATTACH=full]202084[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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