Tea Tin Table Lamp
Pair of Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good pair of English 19th Century painted tin tea canisters with black and gilt chinoiserie
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Antique 1880s English Georgian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair Tea Tin Lamps
Located in South Salem, NY
Unique table lamp made from repurposed Chinese Export tea tins, made in China circa 1870. This
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Antique 19th Century British Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
An Edwardian Tea Tin Now As A Lamp
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1930
An Edwardian tea tin as a lamp, the green ground with red concentric rings to
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Antique Early 19th Century British Edwardian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Pair of Black and Gold Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good pair of English Victorian black painted tea tins, circa 1880, now as lamps.
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Antique 1880s English Early Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Late 19th Century Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A converted tea canister. They make great lamps. Made in the Late 19th Century
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Antique Late 19th Century British Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Early Nineteenth Century Tea Tin Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of original grocer’s tins for the storage and display of various loose tea varieties and
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Antique Early 19th Century British Georgian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Antique Chinese Export Golden Tea Tin Lamp
Located in South Salem, NY
Unique table lamp made from repurposed Chinese Export tea tins, made in China circa 1870. This
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
English Chinoiserie Tea Tin Red and Gold Canister Made into a Table Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Chinoiserie tea tin red and gold canister from the 19th century made into a table lamp
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Antique 19th Century English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
20th Century Vintage Tole Painted Floral Tin Tea Canister Jar Lamp W/ Shade
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 20th Century tole painted canister lamp. Features a yellow painted body with a still life of
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
19th Century Chinoiserie Export Tole Tea Canister Table Lamp
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Chinese export tole tea canister, mounted as a table lamp. A large general store tin
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
1970s Hand Painted Frederick Cooper French Tea Canister Tole Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Draper, UT
This is a 1970s French provincial-style Frederick Cooper French Tea Canister Lamp in vibrant light
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Vintage 1970s American French Provincial Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
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
Category
20th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Frederick Cooper Chinoiserie Table Lamps Vintage Circa 1950’s
By Frederick Cooper
Located in North Hollywood, CA
tea tin canister turned into table Lamps,
Vintage table lamps, one large, one smaller made by
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Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Selection of Asian Influenced Lamps
By James Mont
Located in Atlanta, GA
) Asian influenced brass vase lamp. It measures 33.5"H x 12"W.
4) Chinese tea canister lamp. It measures
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Tin
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19th Century English Regency Style Upholstered Mahogany Sofa Settee
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Sofas
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21st Century and Contemporary British Regency Sofas
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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...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
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Antique Victorian Renaissance Revival Tole Coal Hod Scuttle Box Fireplace Bin
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19th Century French Wooden Library Steps
Located in High Point, NC
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Wood
Chinoiserie Lamps After James Mont from the Waldorf Astoria
By James Mont
Located in Charleston, SC
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Pair of French Victorian Fantasy Armchairs
By Yves Marthelot
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Victorian style (Fantasy Furniture) upholstered open scroll Armchairs. (signed on bottom YVES MARTHELOT, PARIS 1983)
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20th Century French Victorian Armchairs
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Pair of Porcelain Table Lamps with Monkeys and Umbrella Shades
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of vintage Chinese table lamps with paper umbrella shades hand decorated and varnished over porcelain bamboo plants with monkeys on turned wood bases.
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20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century English Silvered Metal 'Worried Knight' Inkwell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century English Silvered Metal 'Worried Knight' Inkwell
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Pair of Chinoiserie Figural Table Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of chinoiserie table lamps crafted in cast bronze and painted depicting Asian figures of a man and woman. Signed Jeanne Reed on the bottom.
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20th Century Thai Chinoiserie Table Lamps
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Bronze
Early 20th-C. Hand Painted French Chinoiserie Oil On Canvas Screen - 3 Panels
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is an early 20th century French hand painted chinoiserie folding screen. It has three panels and looks wonderful mounted on a wall as well. The piece does show some age wear.
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Early 20th Century European Chinoiserie Screens and Room Dividers
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H 66.25 in W 66 in D 2 in
Regency Chinoiserie Decorated Gilt Wood & Tole Handled Urn or Centerpiece C 1820
Located in Atlanta, GA
English or French, Circa 1820.
Regency Chinoiserie Decorated Gilt Wood & Tole Pagoda Design Handled Urn or Centerpiece, crafted circa 1820. This exquisite piece stands as a testamen...
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Giltwood
Stunning Vintage English Red Leather Chesterfield 3 Seater Sofa
Located in Berlin, DE
3-seat chesterfield sofa with button tufted detail, circa 1970. Exceptional quality. Double hand-stitching, and applied brass nailhead trim details. The ebonized composite orb feet h...
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20th Century English Chesterfield Sofas
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Leather
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Chinoiserie Style Tea Tin Electric Table Lamp
Located in Cookeville, TN
A pair of Asian antique tea tins make up this electric table lamp that was designed in the 1940s
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
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Metal, Tin
Lamps Made from Tea Tins
Located in Seattle, WA
Wonderful old Chinoiserie tea tins made into lamps. Black with gold design. Great scale
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Antique 19th Century British Table Lamps
Mid-20th Century Black Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-20th century black tea tin lamp.
New wiring
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Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
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Tin
Pair English Tea Tins as Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A very unusually shaped pair of Painted English Tea Tins, original decoration, late 19th c
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
20th Century Chinoiserie Tole Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th century Chinoiserie tole tea tin lamp
New wiring.
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20th Century Table Lamps
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Tôle
Pair English Chinoiserie Red Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Tea Tins with elaborate gilded Chinese decoration, caligraphy and pagoda lid as
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Metal
19th Century English Chinoiserie Toleware Tea Tin as Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century English chinoiserie Toleware tea tin as lamp.
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tôle
19th Century Chinoiserie Chocolate Colored Tea Tin as Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century chinoiserie chocolate colored tea tin as lamp.
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Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
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Tôle
Antique Tea Tin Canister Table Lamp
Located in Cirencester, GB
We have converted this late 19th Century English tea tin or caddie into a table lamp.
Lovely
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Antique 1890s British Victorian Table Lamps
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Zinc
Pair Regency Tole Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine pair of late Georgian chinoiserie decorated tea tins of pagoda form, the green background with
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Antique 19th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamps
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Tin
Antique English Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
antique dealer whom we purchased it from. Antique English tea tin that was converted into a lamp. The
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Vintage 1920s British Country Table Lamps
Pair of Black Oval Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Great pair of "as found" tea tin lamps having well worn original paint with no restoration, of
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Antique 19th Century Georgian Table Lamps
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Tin
Pair 19th Century Asian Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Wilton, CT
Impressive pair of antique Asian tea tins wired as lamps. Graphic probable re-paint of calligraphic
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Vintage 1940s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
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Tin
Rare Pair of Blue Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Greenwich, CT
Wonderful pair of chinoiserie decorated tea tin lamps on a Prussian blue ground, the octagonal tops
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Antique 1820s English Georgian Table Lamps
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Tin
Pair of Antique Painted Tea Tins Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of antique tins that have been made into lamps labeled 9 and 10. A true pair. Beautiful old
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Table Lamps
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Tin
19th Century Tea Storage Tin Lamp No. 32
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Late 19th century large tole tea retailers storage tin. Converted to a lamp. England Circa 1890
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Antique Late 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tin
19th Century Tea Storage Tin Lamp No. 27
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Late 19th century large tole tea retailers storage tin. Converted to a lamp. England Circa 1890
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Antique Late 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tin
Pair of Chinoiserie Tea Tin Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of continental chinoiserie tea tin lamps with custom oriental wood base and light blue coral
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Antique Mid-18th Century European Table Lamps
Pair of Antique Painted Square Tea Tins Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unusual pair of square antique tea tins lamps with old paintings. Beautiful old dark patina
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Pair of Chinese Painted Tin Tea Containers, Mounted as Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Chinese painted tin tea containers, mounted as lamps.
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Pair of English Early 19th Century Chinoisserie Tea Tins
Located in Greenwich, CT
Wonderful pair of Early 19th chinoiserie painted tea tins in original paint.
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tin
Antique Tea Tin Canisters with Mother of Pearl Scenes of Victorian Follies
Located in London, GB
Exceptional pair of antique 19th century tea tin canisters highly decorated with mother-of-pearl
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Antique 1860s English Victorian Tea Caddies
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Tin
H 16.93 in W 9.85 in D 9.85 in
Chinese Tea Canister Table Lamp by Frederick Cooper
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Black tea canister table lamp mounted on a giltwood base featuring different social scenes and
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20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
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Tin
Two Toleware Tea Caddy Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A bit of peeling on very top of one Tea Caddy
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Antique 1870s British Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
English Victorian Tole Tea Canister Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
Typical form, great color and petina.
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
19TH C. GREEN PAINTED TEA CANISTER LAMP
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19TH C. ORIGINAL GREEN PAINTED TEA CANISTER LAMP WITH THE NUMBER 3 IN OLD GILDED GOLD PAINT
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tin
Pair Of Victorian Tole Tea Cannister Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
WONDERFUL SCARLET RED COLOR WITH GILT CHINOISERIE DECORATION.SIGNED JOHN A GILBERT, LONDON
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tin
Pair Of Victorian Tole Tea Cannister Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Each black ground with seascape painted scene , numbered 21 and 22. Provenance ; Stillington Hall , Gloucester Ma , John Cottrell Inc.
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Table Lamps
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Tin
Pair of 19th Century English Tea Can Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
This stunning pair of English antique tea cans have been mounted as lamps.
Statement lamps for
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Antique Late 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tin
Pair of English 19th century Red Tea Cannister Lamps
Located in Water Mill, NY
Pair Of English Tea Cannister Lamps with gilding - chineese red color
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Located in Winter Park, FL
A wonderful pair of Chinoiserie lamps converted from tea canisters.. Made of embossed tin with
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20th Century English Table Lamps
19th Century English Chinese Style Painted Green Tole Tin Lamp
Located in Southampton, NY
19th Century Green Tole Chinese Tea tin Painted with Chinese Scene
as a Lamp
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tôle
19th Century English Tole Store Tea Caddy Converted to Lamp
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 19th century English tole store tea caddy, fashioned into double socket lamp. Original
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Antique 1860s English Table Lamps
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Tin
Pair of Dark Green Gilt Decorated Chinese Tea Canister Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A well-decorated pair of Chinese export dark green and gold decorated tea canisters depicting
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Antique 1870s Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
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Gold Leaf, Tin
Pair of English Country Tea Canister Lamps by G Sutcliffe c1890
Located in Downham Market, GB
A fine pair of antique English country house tole tea canister lamps.
A wonderful, honest pair of
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Antique 1890s British Country Table Lamps
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Tin
Fine Pair of Green Tole Tins
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of late nineteenth century green tole tea tins with gilt cartouches to the fronts
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
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Metal
Early 19th Century Tea Bins in Original Green Paint with Decorative Paint
Located in Charleston, SC
Early 19th century tea bins in original green paint with decorative paint.
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Antique Early 19th Century European Table Lamps
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Tin
H 22 in W 10.5 in D 10.5 in
Vintage Chinoiserie Tea Tin Canister Table Lamp Black with Black Shade
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful go anywhere chinoiserie or Asian-style tea tin canister table lamp in great condition
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Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Table Lamps
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Tin
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
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Mid-20th Century American Chinese Export Table Lamps
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Brass, Tin
Antique English Tea Tin w/ Original Paint Fitted as Lamp from Reagan Ranch
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusual find!!! Large Antique English tea tin with original paint fitted as a lamp --found in Cape
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Early 20th Century English Table Lamps
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Tin
Tea Canister Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century tole tea tin or canister made into a lamp with a custom fitted wooden base. The
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Export Table Lamps
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Tin
Tea Canister Table Lamps, England, Circa 1850
Located in Culver City, CA
Tea Canister table lamps
England, Circa 1850
Pair of tea canister lamps with hand painted art
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Antique Mid-19th Century European Table Lamps
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Tin
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
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20th Century American Table Lamps
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Metal, Brass
Antique Painted Tea Canister Lamps, England 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of genuine tole painted tea canisters now converted to lamps. England, early to mid-19th
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tôle, Tin
Pair of 19th C. English Tea Jars, Made into Lamps
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of 19th Century English Tin Tea Jars, Made into Lamps
Unique English table lamps made from
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tin
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
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
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Tin
Pair of Regency Period Lamps
Located in New Haven, CT
These mid 19th Century Tea Canisters are painted in the desirable Apple Green Jade Color and have
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Antique 1840s English Regency Table Lamps
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Tin
Tea tin lamp
Located in New York, NY
A tole tea tin mounted as a lamp on a wood base with a two-light cluster.
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tôle
Pair English Tea Tin Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine pair of Mid 19th c. English Pagoda topped Tea Tins with scalloped oval reserve scenes
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tin
Chinese Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Wainscott, NY
Decorative Chinese Tea Tin converted into table lamp
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Antique Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Wainscott, NY
Old Tea Tin converted to a Lamp
with Number 10
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English Tôle Painted Tin Tea Canister Table Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
The drum form inscribed ‘Darjeeling Orange Pekoe’ in a gilt border on a black background mounted to lacquered base, now electrified.
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tin
Beautiful English Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Wainscott, NY
19th Century Tea Tin Container converted into Decorative Lamp,
Oval, nicely decorated with Chinese
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English Tea Tins as Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
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20th Century English Table Lamps
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Mid-20th Century Black Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-20th Century Black Tea Tin Lamp.
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Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
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Pair: English Tole Painted Tin Tea Canister Table Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each drum form decorated with chinoiserie scenes of exotic figures and motifs on a gilt ground over a vivid green background; Topped with mid century "gold-foiled" shades. Now elect...
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
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Tin
19th Century Chinese Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century Chinese tea tin lamp
Brand new wiring.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
20th Century Green Tea Tin Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th century green tea tin lamp
brand new wiring.
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20th Century Table Lamps
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Tôle
pr. antique tole tea tin lamps
Located in Tacoma, WA
Good pr. of late 19th century English tole tea-tins converted to lamps painted in fuax bois with
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20th Century English Table Lamps
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Tôle
English Tole Painted Tin Tea Canister Table Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ebonized drum form canister painted in vivid colors and gilding depicting court figures framed between gilt columns, now electrified with black shade topped with jade style finial.
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
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Tea Tin Table Lamp For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal tea tin table lamp for your home. Each tea tin table lamp for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, tin and tôle. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer tea tin table lamp, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Each tea tin table lamp bearing Hollywood Regency, Georgian or Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. Frederick Cooper and John Gilbert & Sons each produced at least one beautiful tea tin table lamp that is worth considering.
How Much is a Tea Tin Table Lamp?
A tea tin table lamp can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,400, while the lowest priced sells for $350 and the highest can go for as much as $12,500.
Finding the Right table-lamps for You
Well-crafted antique and vintage table lamps do more than provide light; the right fixture-and-table combination can add a focal point or creative element to any interior.
Proper table lamps have long been used for lighting our most intimate spaces. Perfect for lighting your nightstand or reading nook, table lamps play an integral role in styling an inviting room. In the years before electricity, lamps used oil. Today, a rewired 19th-century vintage lamp can still provide a touch of elegance for a study.
After industrial milestones such as mass production took hold in the Victorian era, various design movements sought to bring craftsmanship and innovation back to this indispensable household item. Lighting designers affiliated with Art Deco, which originated in the glamorous roaring ’20s, sought to celebrate modern life by fusing modern metals with dark woods and dazzling colors in the fixtures of the era. The geometric shapes and gilded details of vintage Art Deco table lamps provide an air of luxury and sophistication that never goes out of style.
After launching in 1934, Anglepoise lamps soon became a favorite among modernist architects and designers, who interpreted the fixture as “a machine for lighting,” just as Le Corbusier had reimagined the house as “a machine for living in.” The popular task light owed to a collaboration between a vehicle-suspension engineer by the name of George Carwardine and a West Midlands springs manufacturer, Herbert Terry & Sons.
Some mid-century modern table lamps, particularly those created by the likes of Joe Colombo and the legendary lighting artisans at Fontana Arte, bear all the provocative hallmarks associated with Space Age design. Sculptural and versatile, the Louis Poulsen table lamps of that period were revolutionary for their time and still seem innovative today.
If you are looking for something more contemporary, industrial table lamps are demonstrative of a newly chic style that isn’t afraid to pay homage to the past. They look particularly at home in any rustic loft space amid exposed brick and steel beams.
Before you buy a desk lamp or table lamp for your living room, consider your lighting needs. The Snoopy lamp, designed in 1967, or any other “banker’s lamp” (shorthand for the Emeralite desk lamps patented by H.G. McFaddin and Company), provides light at a downward angle that is perfect for writing, while the Fontana table lamp and the beloved Grasshopper lamp by Greta Magnusson-Grossman each yield a soft and even glow. Some table lamps require lampshades to be bought separately.
Whether it’s a classic antique Tiffany table lamp, a Murano glass table lamp or even a bold avant-garde fixture custom-made by a contemporary design firm, the right table lamp can completely transform a room. Find the right one for you on 1stDibs.
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