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Antique Copper Milk Cans

19th Century French Polished Copper Milk Can with Lid and Handles
19th Century French Polished Copper Milk Can with Lid and Handles

19th Century French Polished Copper Milk Can with Lid and Handles

Located in Dallas, TX

This antique French copper milk can was crafted circa 1890 and reflects the honest utilitarian charm of rural dairy life.

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Late 19th Century French Country Antique Copper Milk Cans

Materials

Copper

19th Century French Polished Copper Milk Can with Lid and Handles
19th Century French Polished Copper Milk Can with Lid and Handles

19th Century French Polished Copper Milk Can with Lid and Handles

Located in Dallas, TX

This substantial antique copper milk can was crafted in France circa 1890.

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Late 19th Century French Country Antique Copper Milk Cans

Materials

Copper

19th Century Belgium Polished Copper-Clad Milk Can “Laiterie de Florennes”
19th Century Belgium Polished Copper-Clad Milk Can “Laiterie de Florennes”

19th Century Belgium Polished Copper-Clad Milk Can “Laiterie de Florennes”

Located in Dallas, TX

Celebrate the charm of rural French life with this striking antique milk can, marked "Laiterie de Florennes", a historic dairy located in southern Belgium near the French border.

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Late 19th Century Belgian Country Antique Copper Milk Cans

Materials

Copper

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19th Century French Polished Copper and Iron Milk Can with Locking Lid
19th Century French Polished Copper and Iron Milk Can with Locking Lid

19th Century French Polished Copper and Iron Milk Can with Locking Lid

Located in Dallas, TX

Bring vintage farmhouse charm to your kitchen or garden with this antique French milk can. Crafted in France circa 1890, the piece is made of hand-hammered copper with a rich, natura...

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Late 19th Century French Country Antique Copper Milk Cans

Materials

Copper, Iron

Copper Milk Can
Copper Milk Can

Copper Milk Can

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H 19 in W 15 in

Copper Milk Can

Located in New York, NY

Large antique copper milk can with removable lid and side handles.

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19th Century English Antique Copper Milk Cans

Copper Milk Can
Copper Milk Can

Copper Milk Can

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H 17.5 in W 13 in

Copper Milk Can

Located in New York, NY

Large antique copper milk can with removable lid and side handles.

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19th Century English Antique Copper Milk Cans

Brass and Copper Milk Can
Brass and Copper Milk Can

Brass and Copper Milk Can

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H 21 in W 15 in D 10 in

Brass and Copper Milk Can

Located in Greenwich, CT

A copper milk can with brass banding featuring canted spout, looped pouring handle, filler lid and wooden filler handle.

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1890s English Antique Copper Milk Cans

Materials

Brass, Copper

19th Century Copper Milk Can
19th Century Copper Milk Can

19th Century Copper Milk Can

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H 19 in Dm 11 in

19th Century Copper Milk Can

Located in Dallas, TX

19th Century Copper Milk Can is a testament both to ingenious engineering as well as a bygone era, when 24 hour convenience stores didn't exist, and folks got by with fresh milk deli...

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Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Copper Milk Cans

Materials

Copper

Antique French Milk Jar Umbrella Stand Holder Copper 1880 Country Style Can Farm
Antique French Milk Jar Umbrella Stand Holder Copper 1880 Country Style Can Farm

Antique French Milk Jar Umbrella Stand Holder Copper 1880 Country Style Can Farm

Located in Ijzendijke, NL

Heavy antique copper milk can / jug from France 1880s. Amazing to use as an umbrella / stick stand in your hallway.

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1880s French Country Antique Copper Milk Cans

Materials

Copper

Antique French Polished Copper Milk Container, circa 1890
Antique French Polished Copper Milk Container, circa 1890

Antique French Polished Copper Milk Container, circa 1890

Located in Dallas, TX

Although no longer needed for transporting milk in today’s world, our polished copper milk container can be used as a decorative piece in a kitchen or as a unique umbrella holder for...

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1890s French Antique Copper Milk Cans

Materials

Copper

Antique French Polished Copper Milk Container "73", circa 1890
Antique French Polished Copper Milk Container "73", circa 1890

Antique French Polished Copper Milk Container "73", circa 1890

Located in Dallas, TX

Although it is no longer needed for transporting milk in today’s world, our polished copper milk container can be used as a decorative piece in a kitchen or as a unique umbrella hold...

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1890s French Antique Copper Milk Cans

Materials

Copper

Large Antique French Polished Copper Milk Container "77", Early 1900s
Large Antique French Polished Copper Milk Container "77", Early 1900s

Large Antique French Polished Copper Milk Container "77", Early 1900s

Located in Dallas, TX

Although it is no longer needed for transporting milk in today’s world, our polished copper milk container can be used as a decorative piece in a kitchen or as a unique umbrella hold...

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Early 20th Century French Antique Copper Milk Cans

Materials

Metal, Copper

Late 19th Century Dutch Copper and Brass Milk Can
Late 19th Century Dutch Copper and Brass Milk Can

Late 19th Century Dutch Copper and Brass Milk Can

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H 20.8 in W 13.7 in D 13.7 in

Late 19th Century Dutch Copper and Brass Milk Can

Located in Raalte, NL

Large and decorative 19th century Dutch copper and brass milk can. The measurements are, Depth 35 cm/ 13.7 inch.

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Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Copper Milk Cans

Materials

Brass, Copper

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Antique Copper Milk Cans For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique copper milk cans available for sale. Frequently made of metal, copper and iron, all antique copper milk cans available were constructed with great care. Antique copper milk cans have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique copper milk cans bearing industrial or Victorian hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs.

How Much are Antique Copper Milk Cans?

Antique copper milk cans can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $985, while the lowest priced sells for $640 and the highest can go for as much as $103,358.

Materials: Copper Furniture

From cupolas to cookware and fine art to filaments, copper metal has been used in so many ways since prehistoric times. Today, antique, new and vintage copper coffee tables, mirrors, lamps and other furniture and decor can bring a warm metallic flourish to interiors of any kind.

In years spanning 8,700 BC (the time of the first-known copper pendant) until roughly 3,700 BC, it may have been the only metal people knew how to manipulate.

Valuable deposits of copper were first extracted on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus around 4,000 BC — well before Europe’s actual Bronze Age (copper + tin = bronze). Tiny Cyprus is even credited with supplying all of Egypt and the Near East with copper for the production of sophisticated currency, weaponry, jewelry and decorative items.

In the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, master painters such as Leonardo da Vinci, El Greco, Rembrandt and Jan Brueghel created fine works on copper. (Back then, copper-based pigments, too, were all the rage.) By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, decorative items like bas-relief plaques, trays and jewelry produced during the Art Deco, Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau periods espoused copper. These became highly valuable and collectible pieces and remain so today.

Copper’s beauty, malleability, conductivity and versatility make it perhaps the most coveted nonprecious metal in existence. In interiors, polished copper begets an understated luxuriousness, and its reflectivity casts bright, golden and earthy warmth seldom realized in brass or bronze. (Just ask Tom Dixon.)

Outdoors, its most celebrated attribute — the verdigris patina it slowly develops from exposure to oxygen and other elements — isn’t the only hue it takes. Architects often refer to shades of copper as russet, ebony, plum and even chocolate brown. And Frank Lloyd Wright, Renzo Piano and Michael Graves have each used copper in their building projects.

Find antique, new and vintage copper furniture and decorative objects on 1stDibs.

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