Chinoiserie Etched Brass Tea Caddy Canister Table Lamp, 1970s
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage hand-crafted brass tea canister or tea caddy style table lamp features octagonal form with 4 larger sides decorated with etched Chinoiserie motifs.
Brass
$940 / set
H 18.75 in W 7.5 in D 8.25 in
2 Brass Chinoiserie Hollywood Regency Octagonal Tea Caddy Canister Table Lamps
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of late 20th century Hollywood Regency / Chinoiserie octagonal brass tea caddy / canister shaped table lamps with black wood bases.
Brass
19th Century Anglo-Indian Engraved Brass Canister Converted to a Table Lamp
Located in Middleburg, VA
An intricate fusion of colonial elegance and traditional Indian craftsmanship, this 19th-century brass canister, originally a lidded vessel, has been masterfully converted into a one...
Metal, Brass, Wire
$2,800 / set
H 31 in Dm 8 in
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
$920
H 60.5 in W 13 in D 13 in
Mid Century Modern Brass 3 light Floor Lamp attributed to Gerald Thurston C1970
By Clover Lamp Company, Gerald Thurston
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic brass floor lamp with 3 canister lights all equipped for individual and simultaneous use.
Brass, Iron
$1,800 / set
H 32.5 in W 7 in D 7 in
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.
Metal, Brass
$850 / set
H 29 in W 11 in D 10 in
Vintage Frederick Cooper Chinoiserie Double Happiness Brass Drum Table Lamp Pair
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Frederick Cooper Chinoiserie "Double Happiness" Brass Drum Oriental Tea Canister Table Lamps with Drop Ring Pulls - a Pair.
Brass
Chinese Incised Brass Tea Canister Table Lamp
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive Chinese incised brass tea canister or tea caddy table lamp. Features an octagonal shaped body decorated on four sides with scenes of bamboo, foliate, and birds.
Brass
Sold
H 34 in W 12 in D 12 in
1972 Vintage Chapman Chinoiserie Brass Octagonal Canister Lamp Hollywood Regency
By Chapman Manufacturing Company
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Chapman chinoiserie octagonal brass tea canister table lamp over wooden base, circa 1972.
Brass
Frederick Cooper Stamped Brass Hollywood Regency Canister Table Lamp Chinoiserie
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid Century polished brass lamp on a wood base, with scenic engravings of birds and foliage ( Includes nature cranes, eagles, pines, small birds and bamboo) Finial designed with Chi...
Brass
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H 27.5 in W 7.75 in D 7.75 in
Vtg Frederick Cooper Chinese Chinoiserie Etched Brass Tea Caddy Canister Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Frederick Cooper Chinese canister ginger jar or tea caddy table lamp featuring etched octagonal brass body with dogwood floral and bird motif.
Brass
Pair of Frederick Cooper Canister Lamps
Located in Astoria, NY
Mid Century polished brass lamps on a wood base, with scenic engravings of birds and foliage. Finial designed with Chinese character.
Reduced From: $995
Brass
Pair English Chinoiserie Tea Canister Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of English style hand painted tea canisters with Chinoiserie motiff on customs fitted acrylic lamp bases.
Metal, Brass
Pair of Vintage Brass Oriental Chinese Canister Table Lamps with Wooden Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These brass oriental lamps have developed a gorgeous aged patina and are decorated with engraved birds, flowers and symbols. See close up photos for details. Lamps are in great worki...
Brass
Antique Chinoisiere French Metal Tea Canister Lamp
By Camard
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful tin can Made in France by Campro circa the 1960s, the nice vintage patinated condition shows its original finish, beautiful colors rewired 3 way, sitting on a lacquer woo...
Metal, Brass
Italian, Sicily, Patinated Brass Canister Mounted as a Table Lamp, 19th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Of cylindrical form with a cast design, the top with a tapering section, mounted as a table lamp.
Chinese Export Green Painted and Gilt Tôle Tea Canister Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Of cylindrical form with incurved top; elaborately decorated with a central cartouche enclosing a Mandarin figure leaning against tea chests set above the number 11, flanked by pseud...
Metal, Brass
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
Gino Sarfatti Glass Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Six solid glass pendants with brass canisters which house the lamps creating a soft diffused light.
Brass
Vintage 1960's Chinoiserie Metal Tea Canister Lamp
By Wildwood Lamp Company
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Chinese Export Chinoiserie tea canister by Wildwood Lamp Co., USA c. 1960's. Lamp has one socket, with original vintage wiring. A wonderful international world traveler st...
Brass, Tin
Chinoiserie Tea Canister Brass Table Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Polished hand-crafted brass tea canister turned into a table lamp. Hollywood Regency style, hand-engraved with flowers and birds design.
Brass
Sold
H 18 in Dm 11.5 in
2 Vintage 1990s Chinoiserie Brass Octagonal Tea Canister Lamps Hollywood Regency
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of 1990s chinoiserie octagonal brass tea canister table lamps with white shades.
Brass
Frederick Cooper Equestrian Tea Canister Table Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Frederick Cooper equestrian tea canister table lamp featuring horsemen on a fox hunt.
Metal, Brass
Chinese Porcelain Tole Tea Canister Table Lamp
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stylish Chinese porcelain tea canister style table lamp featuring a gilt painted Asian themed decoration and a hexagon shape.
Brass
Pair of Chinoiserie Decorated Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Mounted on square plinths and topped with faded brass hardware. Each lamp has a brass Asian motif finial on the top.
Metal, Brass
Frederick Cooper Vintage Floral Tea Caddy Canister Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Frederick Cooper vintage black floral tea canister ceramic lamp featuring a floral and swag motif, craquelure finish with brass hardware and hand-painted gilt accents.
Brass
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
Pair of Chinese Export Midnight Blue and Gilt-Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Each of cylindrical form with corresponding domed caps decorated with broad gilt banding; the shoulders centering plain gilt shields and a thin gilt band, the bodies with a front pan...
Metal, Brass
Sold
H 30 in W 16 in D 16 in
Victorian Red and Gold Tole Tea Canister Lamps with Black Card Shades - A Pair
Located in Morristown, NJ
., England, a pair of gilt and red enameled sheet metal tea canister table lamps, decorated with robed Mandarin figures standing by tea boxes and framed by faux-Chinese characters an...
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
Pair of Brass Chinese Style Table Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chic pair of midcentury Chinese style brass table lamps with a canister form having overlapping circular good luck symbols, ring handles and turned wood bases.
Brass
Hollywood Regency Brass Canister Table Lamps
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Pair of hexagon brass canister lamps ready to appear in your Hollywood Regency decor.
Brass Tea Canister Lamp
Located in High Point, NC
Mid-20th Century Brass tea canister lamp with aged finish and black painted wood base.
Brass
Polished Brass Inlaid Pewter Tea Canister Lamp
Located in London, GB
An early twentieth century polished brass inlaid pewter tea canister of square form as a lamp base.
Brass
Pair of Tea Canister Table Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lamps have been rewired with brass fittings. Shades not included.
Tôle, Metal, Brass, Tin
Pair of Chinese Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A pair of 19th century English tole tea canisters made by Parnall & Sons in Bristol, England, converted into lamps some time ago.
Metal, Brass
Vintage Black Asian Tea Canister Table Lamp
Located in Oakland Park, FL
Vintage Black Asian Tea Canister Table Lamp, with pleated Linen lampshade in natural. Wood square base and wood finial. Size: 11"Square x 25"H 16"D shade.
Brass
$2,000 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
Organic Modern Table Lamp Sculptural Parota Wood Base
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pata de Elefante Small Table Lamp — Atomic Collection by Isabel Moncada Named ""Elephant's Foot"" for its bold, bulbous base, the Pata de Elefante Small is one of Isabel Moncada's m...
Fiberglass, Linen, Fabric, Wood
Late 17th-Early 18th Century Italian Majolica Bowl
Located in Hudson, NY
This good sized bowl is a great example of the majolica wares produced in Italy throughout the 15th, 16th, 17, and 18th centuries. Humble and simple but highly decorative and enterta...
Majolica
Pair Tea Canister Table Lamps, 20th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a pair of very decorative tea canister table lamps. We believe that the chinoiserie canister bases were created in the 1980s to intentionally mimic actual earlier 20th centu...
Metal
Frederick Cooper Tea Canister Tole Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Vintage tea canister tole lamp finished overall in black with a decorative gilt number 84 and foliate designs in gold, green, and oxblood color. Brass hardware with harp and finial. ...
Metal
Gilt Tole Tea Canisters
Located in New York, NY
Set of three, English, 19th century tole canisters with painted and gilt finish, original patina. 18" height, 10.5" width of base.
Pair of Victorian Tole Tea Canisters
Located in Essex, MA
Octagonal form with Asian figures! Great old paint.
Other
Chinoiserie Tea Canister Tole Lamp
Located in Sheffield, MA
Black-on-gold tole lamp is decorated with engravings of doubly repeated Chinese figures in a fantasy garden, as well as bands of Greek Revival motif top and bottom. Lamp sits on blac...
Metal
$5,750 / set
H 26 in W 16 in D 16 in
Rare Antique Pair of Very Large Victorian Chinoiserie Tole-ware Tea Canisters
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th C. Victorian England. 19th c., England, a rare pair of very large gilt, polychrome and black painted metal tea cannisters. These Victorian tole tea canisters are stunning exampl...
Metal
Pair of Early Nineteenth Century Tea Tin Lamps
Located in London, England
A pair of original grocer’s tins for the storage and display of various loose tea varieties and decorated with numbers to the fronts. Bristol makr plaque to reverse English, Early ...
Tin
$4,500 / set
H 20 in W 10.5 in D 8 in
Pair of English Chinoiserie Genre Scene Hand-Painted Tole Tea Caddy Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of Vintage English export Chinoiserie-style table lamps made of tole tea caddies mounted as lamps with brass hardware, hand painted with a gold genre scene of a family in a gar...
Brass
Pair of 1940s Classical Tole Lamps
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1940s hand painted classical tole lamps.
Metal
$10,000
H 34 in W 11 in D 11 in
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
$3,600 / set
H 20 in W 9 in D 9 in
Pair of Vintage English Chinoiserie Red Hand-Painted Tole Tea Caddy Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English export Chinoiserie-style table lamps made of tole tea caddies mounted as lamps with brass hardware, hand painted with gold and black portraiture designs framed by flo...
Brass
Gilt Tea Canister Lamps with Red Details
Located in New York, NY
A pair of circa 1940s English tea canister mounted as lamps, original patina and red details. Measurements: Height of body 28" Diameter 9".
Metal
Chinoiserie Table Lamps, Green and Gilt Tea Canisters, Circa 1880
Located in London, GB
A magnificent pair of late 19th century green and gilt chinoiserie decorated tea canisters of rounded form with pagoda shaped tops, now mounted as lamps with hand gilded turned bases...
Metal
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