Chinoiserie Tôle Large Tea Canisters with Chinese Figures
Located in Downingtown, PA
Pair of English Chinoiserie Tole Tea Canisters, Chinese Figures, Victorian Circa 1840–80 These grandly scaled English tôle tea canisters come straight from the theater of the Victor...
Metal
English Green Tole Tea Canister Lamp on Custom Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
A striking green tole tea canister lamp from England, transformed into a one of a kind lighting piece.
Metal
Pair Antique 19th century English Regency Chinoiserie Tole Tea Caddy Canisters
Located in Litchfield, CT
Large pair antique 19th century English Chinoiserie tole tea canisters. Decorated with Chinese figures in black on a rare yellow ground with gilt highlights.
Metal
Vintage Chinoiserie English Tole Metal Tea Canister Chinese Painted Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie English Tole Metal Tea Canister Chinese Painted Table Lamp, Made in Great Britain.
Metal
19th-Century English Wuyi Tea Tole Canister with Chinese Calligraphy, 1850-1880
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th-Century English Wuyi Tea Tole Canister with Chinese Calligraphy A large 19th-century English iron-red and gilt-decorated toleware tea canister, retaining its original fitted li...
Metal, Tin
Vintage Chinoiserie Tole Metal Square English Tea Canister Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinoiserie Tole Metal Square Paint Decorated English Tea Canister Table Lamps - a Pair.
Metal
Pair of English Red Tole Peinte Tea Canister Lamps with Orientalist Landscapes
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 19th c., England, a pair of red enameled sheet metal tole table lamps, painted with Orientalist landscapes. The landscapes are encircled by a gold painted border. Each of the tw...
Brass, Sheet Metal, Enamel
A fine 19th century English Regency tole and hand painted tea canister lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
A fine 19th century English Regency tole lamp. Hand painted in the Chinoiserie design. Fine painting and details. Large pagoda design . Custom wired and shaded
Tin
Antique Pair of English Black and Gold Tole Tea Canisters Adapted to Table Lamps
Located in Morristown, NJ
A pair of late 19th c. tea canisters adapted to table lamps each with 3 bulb sockets. With gold painted decorated black enameled metal, each rectangular canister is decorated with bu...
Metal, Brass
Pair of English Tole Tea Canister lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of semi-cylinder English shop tole tea canisters with original black and gold decoration in the chinoisserie style on a green ground now mounted and newly wired as lamps with ...
Good Pair of English 19th Century Japanned Tole Tea Canister
Located in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
A good pair of English 19th century japanned tole tea canisters of typical cylindrical form, with lovely original green and gilt decoration.
Metal
English Tole Tea Canister Mounted as a Lamp, Great Color
Located in Buchanan, MI
English tole tea canister mounted as lamp. Great color.
Tôle
A Pair of English Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of octagonal English tole tea canisters with hand painted and stenciled decoration on a red ground with gilt reserve, the center panel having a Chinese figure on a gilt ground...
Pair of Large English Tole Tea Canister Lamps With Chinoiserie Decoration
Located in Houston, TX
A true pair of large-scale English tea canisters, numbered and richly decorated in the chinoiserie taste--unusual in both size and survival.
Paint
Pair oval English hand painted tea canister lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of oval English tole tea canisters with round reserve having hand painted design depicting sea shells and branches of coral. 28" Height to shade rest, 13" Width, 9" Depth
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H 31 in W 12 in D 9.5 in
Pair of Antique English Red Tole and Gilt Tea Canister Lamps on Lucite Bases
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A pair of large oval English tole tea canisters with hand painted and stenciled decoration on a red ground with gilt reserve, the center panel having a Chinese figure on a gilt groun...
Metal, Gold Leaf
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H 18.12 in W 11.42 in D 9.45 in
Late 19th Century Bartlett & Son Japanned Green Tole Tea Canister
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A well executed and large scale English antique Bartlett & Son Japanned tole tea canister oval cylindrical form with Japanned decoration on a green ground enclosed with gilt decor...
Metal
English 19th Century Tole Tea Canister Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
A painted tole tea canister wired into a lamp with painted chinoiserie scene of an exotic figure with gilt decoration and foliage over black background
For many more ...
Tôle
English Victorian Tole Tea Canister Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
Typical form, great color and petina.
Tin
19th Century English Hand Painted Tole Tea Canister Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a bedside table, or a side table in a living room with this elegant antique canister lamp. Created in England, circa 1890 and made of tole, the large tea box features the wo...
Tôle
Pair of English Green and Gilt Tôle Tea Canister Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Each of cylindrical form with rounded cap, painted in yellow with a three-dimensional "9" on one and a "6" on the other, between gilt bands decorated with floral sprays. Later fitted...
Metal, Brass
19th c. English Shop Display Tea Canister
Located in Greenwich, CT
A 19th century English shop display tole tea canister with original black and gold decoration in the chinoisserie style.
Tôle
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H 30 in W 9.5 in D 7.5 in
Pair of 19th Century English Painted Tole Tea Canister Table Lamps with Shades
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate bedside tables in a master bedroom, or side tables in a living room with this elegant pair of antique canister lamps. Created in England, circa 1890 and made of tole, each l...
Tôle
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H 36 in W 11.75 in D 11.75 in
Pair of 19th Century English Painted and Gilt Tole Tea Canisters Table Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate bedside tables or side tables in a living room with this elegant pair of antique table lamps. Created in England, circa 1900 and made of tole, each large tea box features ex...
Tôle
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H 33 in W 12.5 in D 10 in
Large English Antique Bartlett & Son Japanned Tole Tea Canister Now a Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
A well-executed and large-scaled English antique Bartlett & Son Japanned tole tea canister now mounted as a lamp; this good example of an antique tole tea canister of oval cylindrica...
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H 20 in Dm 10 in L 20 in
Robust Pair of English Chinoiserie Style Red Painted Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A robust pair of English chinoiserie style Chinese-red painted tole tea canister lamps; each painted canister adorned overall with painted figures amid a gilded and painted landscape...
Pair of Vintage Orange Tole & Leather Wrapped English Tea Canister Table Lamps
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Early to Mid 20th Century pair of vintage French style burnt orange tole metal and leather wrapped English tea canister shaped lamps.
1870s English Tole Tea Canister
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1870s English tole tea canister, hand-painted columns, decal of people.
19th Century English Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Water Mill, NY
Pair of tole hand-painted 19th century English tea canisters made into lamps.
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H 36 in W 13 in D 13 in
Large Antique English Tole Tea Canister Lamp Black & Gold Chinoiserie Decoration
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 19th c. , a lovely large black and gold painted hexagonal English tea canister with Chinoiserie decoration, mounted as 3-light table lamp with a tall brass finial. Once a tea c...
Metal
Antique English Tole Painted Tea Canister Lamp, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique tole painted and gilt tea canister converted to a lamp. Has original label on the back Parnall & Sons, Ltd. "Shopfitters of Bristol, England who were in business from 1840-1860.
Tin
Pair of English Green Tin Tole Tea Canisters or Jars
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful distressed pair of English Green Tin Tole Tea Canisters. Perfect decorative objects to finish off the perfect room.
Tin
English Black and Gilt-Decorated Tôle Tea Canister Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Of cylindrical form; decorated with a large gilt and red letter "A" and gilt fretwork banding, on a black ground. Later mounted as a lamp with brass double bulb sockets and adjustabl...
Metal, Brass
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H 30 in Dm 10.5 in
Pair of 19th Century English Painted Tole Tea Canister Table Lamps with Shades
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate bedside tables in a master bedroom, or side tables in a living room with this elegant pair of antique lamps. Created in England, circa 1890 and made of tole, each large tea ...
Tôle
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H 23 in W 10.5 in D 8 in
Pair of English Regency Green Chinoiserie Tôle Peinte Tea Canisters Mounted
Located in Nashville, TN
as lamps .Each dark green front with gilt highlighted Oriental robed figures. Large swell form size and now mounted as lamps on ebonized wood bases. Well worn overall with areas of p...
Pair of Chinoiserie Decorated Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Matching pair of English chinoiserie style tole tea canister table lamps.
Metal, Brass
Set of Six English Chinoiserie Black and Gilt-Painted Tole Tea Canisters
Located in New York, NY
Each of cylindrical form with domed lid, elaborately decorated in vibrant polychrome with Mandarin figures in brightly-colored dress in exotic landscape settings, set between broad g...
Metal
Antique table lamps became a category of their own once electricity moved light off the wall and onto furniture. The form split quickly: task-driven designs like the Anglepoise on one side, decorative ceramic and glass on the other.
Styles to Know
Base material shapes the light as much as the shade does: ceramic and glass diffuse a softer glow, while brass and metal read more directional. Layer the look with a mid-century modern floor lamp for ambient light, or set a pair on a mid-century modern nightstand for a bedroom.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Table Lamp
Buying individually rather than as a pair allows more flexibility when mixing eras across a room. For those shopping by name rather than by shape, the history of the Anglepoise lamp is worth a read. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.
Designer Eva Menz wants the light to "evoke curiosity and a sense of wonder."
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The alluring pendant light exemplifies the designer’s winsome mid-career work.
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