Tole Urn Lamp
Vintage French Empire Neoclassical Tole Urn Lamp Yellow Toile Table Buffet Light
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage 20th century black and mustard yellow tole table lamp in the shape of a French Empire style
Category
20th Century French Provincial Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
H 24.5 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in
19th Century English Red Painted Tole Urn as a Lamp
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century English red tole painted with gold design urn as a lamp.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Chinoiserie Decorated Tole Urn Mounted as a Lamp, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
19th century Chinoiserie decorated tole urn mounted as a lamp.
Shade is not included
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
A Pair of Neoclassical Tole & Eglomise Mirrored Urn Motif Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Pair of Neoclassical Tole & Eglomise Mirrored Urn Motif Lamps
Later 20th Century
Each one
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$1,036 Sale Price / set
20% Off
H 17 in W 14.5 in D 6 in
Vintage Neoclassical Hollywood Regency Urn Form Tole Faux Marble Table Lamp
By Maitland Smith
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning neoclassical or Hollywood Regency style urn form green tole table lamp
USA, Circa 1960s
Category
Vintage 1960s American Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Marble, Metal, Brass
$396 Sale Price
50% Off
H 29 in W 8 in D 6.5 in
Vintage French Empire Green Tole Metal Gold Swan Painted Urn Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Empire Neoclassical Green Tole Metal Gold Swan Painted Urn Form Table Lamp. Circa
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage French Empire Blue Tole Metal Gold Swan Painted Urn Form Table Lamp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage French Empire Neoclassical Blue Tole Metal Gold Swan Painted Urn Form Table Lamp. Circa Mid
Category
Mid-20th Century Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$895
H 31 in W 7 in D 3 in
Neoclassical Tole Painted Black & Gold Trophy Mantel Urn Vase Table Lamp 38"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Neoclassical black and gold painted lamp featuring a handled vase with gold feathers and
Category
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$376 Sale Price
20% Off
H 38 in W 7.5 in D 7.5 in
Pair French Empire Black & Gold Tole Table Lamps
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of French Empire style black and gold tole metal table lamps. The urn style lamps are hand
Category
Vintage 1930s French Classical Greek Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Tole Decorated French Empire Revival Table Lamps by Tyndale
By Tyndale
Located in New York, NY
Classical urn form tole decorated table lamps, having bases made in France, for the Tyndale Lamp
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Revival Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$675 / set
H 29.5 in W 5 in D 5 in
Antique French Tole Metal & Wood Table Lamp / Candelabra W/ Red Birds - 4 Arm
Located in Kennesaw, GA
Happy Holidays! Where did the year go? This is an antique French tole table lamp. The ebonized urn
Category
Early 20th Century French Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
$1,295
H 31.5 in W 12 in D 5.5 in
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20th Century Painted Tole Urn Lamp with Swan Motif, Custom Finish
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th century painted tole urn lamp with swan motif, custom finish
New wiring.
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Hollywood Regency Tole Urn Table Lamp
Located in High Point, NC
A tole metal plant-shaped table lamp with urn base. Distressed painted gray finish. New black paper
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
20th Century Neoclassical Italian Patinated Tole Urn as Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th century neoclassical Italian patinated tole urn as lamp
New wiring.
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of 19th Century French Tole & Gilt Bronze Urns as Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 19th century French tole & gilt bronze urns as lamps
Exceptional quality.
new wiring
Category
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle, Bronze
PAIR OF CAMPANIA FORM URNS AS LAMPS
Located in Natchez, MS
Pair of 19th century urns on faux marble plinths now as lamps
Category
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Antique Italian Tole and Floral Gilt Painted Carved Urn Electrified Candlesticks
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Italian parcel-gilt and olive green painted neoclassical carved urns issuing three tole
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Table Lamps
H 26 in W 13.5 in D 10.5 in
PAIR OF ITALIAN CHINOISERIE DECORATED POLYCHROME URN LAMPS
Located in San Francisco, CA
A FANCIFUL PAIR OF ITALIAN CHINOISERIE DECORATED POLYCHROME PALE CREAMY YELLOW TOLE URNS NOW
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Table Lamps
Italian Painted Tole Urn Lamps, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous pair of Italian painted tole urn lamps with landscape scenes
Itlay, Mid-20th Century
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Red Tole Urn Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of red tole ware lamps of urn form, decorated with black bands.
Currently wired for the
Category
Mid-20th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Bold 19th Century Tole Urn Lamp
Located in Greenwich, CT
Impressive early to mid Nineteenth Century parcel gilt and patinated tole Neoclassical urn, now as
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Pair of 1950s Yellow Tole Urn Lamps With Lion Mask Handles
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Pair of urn-form tole lamps in a bold mustard yellow, decorated with fine black floral detailing
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Urn Tole Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Very fine pair of Charles X period urn form red tole lamps with gold hand-painted and black
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Charles X Table Lamps
Urn-Shape Tole Table Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
Urn-shape tole table lamp, newly wired for use within the USA using UL listed parts. Hand-painted
Category
Mid-20th Century English Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Tin, Gold Leaf
19th c. Tole Water Urn as Custom Table Lamp
Located in Houston, TX
Newly wired as a custom table lamp with a rolled-edge linen shade, this 19th century French tole
Category
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of 19th Century Tole Urns Mounted as Lamps
Located in Hudson, NY
A large and impressive pair of tole urns mounted as lamps. The pieces, originally made as potpourri
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of Neoclassical Tole Urn Form Lamps
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of neoclassical tole urn form lamps, twin-light dark green tole urns with twin brass swan form
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Table Lamps
Empire Brass-Mounted Tole Urn Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Kittery Point, ME
electricity and mounted as a lamp.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle, Brass
Regency Style Tole Peinte Urn Form Lamps, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Regency Style Tole Peinte Urn Form Lamps, each with two gilded lion mask handles and gilt
Category
20th Century Unknown Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
English Pair of Georgian Style Chinoiserie Tole Urns, Made into Lamps
Located in Charleston, SC
Elegant pair of Georgian style Chinoiserie tole urns, made into Lamps.
Shade is 20 inches Diameter.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Georgian Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of Tole Urn Table Lamps by Vaughn
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of classical Tole lamps with lion heads. Designed by Vaughan
Category
Early 2000s Table Lamps
Italian Tole Hot Water Urn or Heater Now Mounted as Lamp
Located in Nashville, TN
removed and sealed .
Height of urn only 13 inches , with lamp fittings 18 inches
no shade
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Empire Gilt Bronze and Patinated Tole Urn Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Kittery Point, ME
, fitted for electricity and mounted as a lamp.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle, Bronze
Wood Urn & Tole Flower Lamps w/ White Burlap Shades
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of carved wood painted urns holding bouquets of painted tole flowers. Have been newly wired
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Other Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Tole Palm Frond in Urn Table Lamps
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of tole urns with leaf fronds all around the top. Black finish with slight traces of rust
Category
Late 20th Century Bohemian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair Of George III Tole Chestnut Urns Mounted As Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
EACH URN FORM, WITH LION HEADS
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Vintage French Tole Hunting Urns Converted Into Table Lamps - a Pair
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair, antique or vintage french green tole hunting urns which have been converted into table lamps
Category
Mid-20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Vintage Pair of Italian Tole Flowers Urn Table Lamps Newly Wired
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lovely pair of vintage Italian tole table lamps. Beautiful leaves, flowers and urn. These have
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Neoclassical Gilt Bronze Urn Form Lamps with Tole Metal Shades
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century French neoclassical style gilt bronze urn form lamps after Claude-Michel
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Fabulous Pair Italian Faux Porphyry Painted Tole Urn Lion Handle Regency Lamps
Located in Roslyn, NY
A fabulous pair of Italian Faux Porphyry Marble Painted Tole Urn Having Bronze / Brass Lion Handles
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass, Bronze
Pair of Vintage Italian Painted Tole Lemon Bush lamps in Cast Stone Urns
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
These decorative Italian lemon bush lamps feature hand painted tole leaves and individual lemons
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Pineapple Tole Table Lamps
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of Hollywood Regency style tole table lamps, pineapple on urn base.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair cast iron urn lamps
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pair of cast iron urn lamps with tole shades
Category
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Pair of Hollywood Regency Gilt Tole Lamps
Located in Astoria, NY
A pair of gilt tole urn shaped table lamps in the Hollywood Regency style.
Category
20th Century American Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Romantic Yellow Tole Urns Mounted as Lamps
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Each mounted as a lamp, the flaring top above a stepped square base, with a decor of antique scenes
Category
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of Urn Form Painted Tole Lamps
Located in Norwood, NJ
Pair of French 19th century painted tole lamps. Hand painted birds in classical form. Pale green
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Vintage Pair Italian Tole Metal Urn Flowers Floral Urns Table Lamps Newly Wired
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage 1940s tole floral flowers Lily Lillies table lamps, tagged Made in Italy. These have been
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 38 in W 14 in D 14 in
Chinoiserie Decorated Tole Urn Mounted as a Lamp, Early 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
19th century Chinoiserie decorated tole urn mounted as a lamp.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Italian Gilt Decorated Tole Hot Water Urn with Charcoal Brazier
Located in Nashville, TN
A tole hot water (or other beverage ) urn with the original basket for insertin charcoal to keep
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Empire Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair Green Tole Urn Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful pair green tole urn lamps on hand carved custom bases.
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Paint, Wood
Pair Of Large Neoclassical Tole Urn Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
PAIR OF LARGE NEOCLASSICAL TOLE URN LAMPS, WITH GILT DETAIL & RAM'S HEADS
AN ATLANTA RESOURCE FOR
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
PAIR OF 19thC FRENCH TOLE URN LAMPS
Located in Atlanta, GA
PAIR OF 19thC FRENCH TOLE URN LAMPS
French Painted Tole Urn Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
1920's French Painted Tole Urn as lamp. (16" Linen Shade not included.)
Category
20th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair Empire-Style Painted Tole Urn Lamps, Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Empire-Style Painted Tole and Brass Urns in Green and Gold Tones with Ram's Head Motif and
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair Empire Style Tole Lamps (GMD#2769)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair French Empire Style Lacquered & Painted Tole Urn Lamps with Lion Mask Handles, on Carved
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Neoclassical Urn Tole Table Lamp
Located in Easton, PA
Tole table lamp in the shape of a neoclassical urn circa 1950s. Height of base only is 17.5
Category
Vintage 1950s American Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Tole Botanical Floral Urn Table Lamps, A Pair
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Pair of early 20th century table lamps feature handwrought tole in a botanical motif with urns on a
Category
Early 20th Century Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Tôle
Yellow Tole Grisaille Painted Urn Lamps
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of yellow tole urns with painted chinoiserie decoration in blue and greys made into lamps with
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tin, Brass
Red Tole "Decorated Urn" Floor Lamp with Hexagonal Pagoda Shade
Located in Stamford, CT
Offered here is a nicely decorated urn floor or standing lamp with hexagonal base and complementing
Category
Vintage 1940s Floor Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Tole pair of urns made into lamps
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tole pair of urns made into lamps newly electrified
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Pair Charming Tole Urns Adapted As Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair charming tole urns adapted as lamps with beautiful antiqued floral design
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
A pair of antique tole urns later mounted as lamps
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
An Antique pair of painted tole urns mounted as lamps in the early 20th century. The central paint
Category
Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
19th Century Tole and Brass Hot Water Urn as Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th century tole and brass hot water urn as lamp
New wiring.
Category
Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Brass, Tôle
Large 1940's French Painted Tole Urn Shaped Table Lamp
Located in Washington, DC
Wonderful tall urn shaped lamp, France 1940's, constructed of cherry red painted tole with black
Category
Vintage 1950s French Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
PAIR OF 19thC CONTINENTAL TOLE URNS AS LAMPS
Located in Atlanta, GA
PAIR OF 19thC CONTINENTAL TOLE URNS AS LAMPS
OUR INVENTORY #08-L-230
AN ATLANTA
Category
Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
Pair Tole Peinte Urns, Wired as Lamps, France, Late 19th C.
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Tole Peinte Urn Lamps, Each with Two Scrolled Ormolu Handles Depicting Winter Village
Category
Antique 19th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of 19th-20th Century Tole Hot Water Urn Lamps with Shades
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of 19th-20th century tole hot water urn lamps with shades
New wiring
Measures: Overall: 13.5
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Paid of Mid-20th Century Green Tole Chinoiserie Urn Lamps with Swan Motif
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paid of Mid-20th century green tole chinoiserie urn lamps with swan motif
New wiring.
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of Neoclassical Style Tôle Urn-Form Table Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each urn with an everted rim above tapering sides over a bulbous body, above a cinched reeded socle
Category
20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the tole urn lamp you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A tole urn lamp — often made from metal, tôle and bronze — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the tole urn lamp you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Each tole urn lamp bearing Neoclassical, Regency or Empire hallmarks is very popular.
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