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Gold Tinplate Appliqué, Poillerat France 60s Style
Located in Lisboa, PT
This gold tin wall light is an exceptional piece of POILLERAT style, reminiscent of the glamor and sophistication of the 1970s. Made in France, this wall light is an example of the e...
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20th Century French Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Gold Plate

Metal Figurines at a France Tinplate Bar, 1950s
By Jean Pierre Pericaud
Located in Den Haag, NL
Small tinplate bar, with a bar lady, and a dandy customer in front of the bar. Drinking a cocktail
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Metal

1960s Antique Large Penca De Balangandan Afro-American Amulet Tinplate, Brazil
Located in Andernach, DE
Absolutely unique very large creole 'Penca De Balangandan' from Brazil from around 1960. Tin base, possibly silver plated. Traditional slave amulet filled with protective & symbolic ...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian American Colonial Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Tin

Pair of Model R3/1703 Chandeliers by Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy, 1930s
By Taito Oy, Paavo Tynell
Located in Helsinki, FI
Pair of model R3/1703 chandeliers by Paavo Tynell for Taito Oy from the 1930s. Tinplated forged
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1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Iron, Tin

Vintage Mechanical tin plated wind up Sparrow Bird toy - 1960's - China
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
Vintage wind-up Sparrow toy with a mechanical tinplated clockwork mechanism - 1960s Manufactured in
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Metal, Sheet Metal, Tin

Emanuel josef Margold, a small secessionist box for the Bahlsen factory, c.1915
By Emanuel Josef Margold
Located in London, GB
A nice shaped box with a hinged cover; tinplate, gilt and with beautiful colourful motifs. The
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20th Century German Vienna Secession Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Tin

Wall Mirror Embossed Metallic Indoor or Outdoor
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Antique brass embossed mirror Antique Spanish mirror. It is iron or tinplate type metal, brown
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Other Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Metal

Mr Fox The Magician Blowing Magical Bubbles working Tin Toy by Yonezawa of Japan
Located in High Wycombe, GB
is best known for producing tinplate toys
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1960s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Tin

Emanuel josef Margold, a secessionist box for the Bahlsen cookie factory c. 1915
By Emanuel Josef Margold
Located in London, GB
A rare rectangular shaped box with a hinge cover; tinplate, gilt and with beautiful colourful
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20th Century German Vienna Secession Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Tin

Vintage Desk Model Airplane, Private Jet, Scandinavia, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
. Unknown Scandinavian maker, circa 1970-1975. It’s made from lacquered acrylic, tinplate and oak (stand).
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1970s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tinplate

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Acrylic, Oak

French Empire Neoclassical Style Tole Lamp
Located in Rio Vista, CA
base. Signed by maker on the bottom. Made in the traditional tole method of lacquer tinplate.
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20th Century French Neoclassical Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Tin

Pair of West African Baga Nimba Carved Fertility Mask Sculptures
Located in Rio Vista, CA
tack nail heads and tinplate. The original dark finish is almost entirely worn off leaving a desirable
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20th Century Guinean Tribal Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Tin

Vintage Toy, Black Train Locomotive
Located in Roma, IT
This Black Train Locomotive is a vintage toy representing a train locomotive made in tinplate
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Mid-20th Century European Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Metal

Vintage Toy, Black Train Locomotive
Vintage Toy, Black Train Locomotive
H 5.91 in W 10.83 in D 3.15 in
Vintage Toy, Schuco Examico 4001 Car, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
stick shift and reverse. Vintage toy made in tinplate and plastic. Lighthly scratched surface, slow
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Mid-20th Century German Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Metal

Vintage Toy, Schuco Examico 4001 Car, 1950s
Vintage Toy, Schuco Examico 4001 Car, 1950s
H 2.37 in W 5.91 in D 1.58 in
Ronson 1937 Art Deco Heart Lighter Faux Tortoise Lacquer And Chromed Steel
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1936 Pik a Cig Magic Monkey Striker Touch Lighter & Cigarette Dispenser
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has been of great
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Enamel

Ronson 1930 Pik A Cig Magic Penguin Lighter Cigarette Dispenser Desk Box
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
, resulted in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Brass, Enamel, Bronze

Ronson 1935 Buffalo Touch Tip Striker Lighter In Black Cast Steel & Chrome
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
, resulted in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended
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1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Chrome, Steel

Ronson USA 1934 Art Deco Faux Tortoise Lacquer Rondette Desk Lighter In Chromed
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has been of great
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1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson USA 1935 Art Deco Black Lacquered Desk Box With Octette Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
, resulted in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1938 Art Deco Machine Age Black Geometric Deluxe Classic Touch Tip Lighte
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has been of great practical value to
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1939 Art Deco Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter Machine Age Bakelite Steel
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1938 Art Deco Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter Machine Age Geometric
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has
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1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Steel, Enamel

Ronson USA 1934 Art Deco Black Lacquered Rondette Desk Lighter in Stainless Stee
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Steel, Stainless Steel

Ronson 1938 Art Deco Machine Age Geometric Deluxe Classic Desk Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Ronson
Located in Miami, FL
electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has been of great
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1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Enamel, Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1940 Art Deco Machine Age Geometric Table Touch Tip Octette Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Ronson
Located in Miami, FL
discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the
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1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Chrome, Enamel, Steel

Ronson USA 1938 Art Deco Touch Tip Lighter Junior Bar In Steel & Lacquer
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has been of great
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Steel

Vintage Wind-Up Toy, Circa 1950 "Smiling Boy Polishing Boots" Rare
Located in Incline Village, NV
back (see images), a slight "bend" to tinplate in the rear; but for the most part, the toy is very
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1950s Japanese Folk Art Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Composition, Tin

Ronson USA 1935 Art Deco Brown Lacquered Desk Box With Touch Tip Striker
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has been of great
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Steel

Ronson 1936 Art Deco Tourette Geometric Bronze Table Touch Iip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the process... and has been of great
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1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Bronze

Ronson 1930 Pik a Cig Magic Penguin Touch Tip Cigarette Dispenser Desk Box
By Louis Vincent Aronson, Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
, resulted in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended
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1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Child of Tinplate 50s.
By Flor Barcelona
Located in Vulpellac (Costa Brava), ES
Funny child figure. Basketball Player. Usually used to decorate the garden. Barcelona Made in the 50s.
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1950s Spanish Vintage Tinplate

Child of Tinplate 50s.
Child of Tinplate 50s.
H 31.5 in W 15.36 in D 10.63 in
English 1930s Tinplate Terrestrial Globe
Located in Heathfield, East Sussex
A 1930s English tinplate terrestrial globe. Wear consistent with age. Great looking vintage item
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Tin

English 1930s Tinplate Terrestrial Globe
English 1930s Tinplate Terrestrial Globe
H 7.88 in W 5.12 in D 5.12 in
Tinplate Sunburst Wall-Mounted Sculpture
Located in Mexico City, DF
play with the adaptable properties of tinplate to form any shape their imagination can think of. This
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1980s Mexican Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Tin

Little Girl and Dog Tinplate from the '50s
By Flor Barcelona
Located in Vulpellac (Costa Brava), ES
Funny girlish figure. Usually used to decorate the garden. Barcelona Made in the 50s.
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1950s Spanish Vintage Tinplate

Little Girl and Dog Tinplate from the '50s
Little Girl and Dog Tinplate from the '50s
H 31.5 in W 20.08 in D 10.24 in
Blomer and Schuler "Jumbo" Tinplate Clockwork Elephant, US Zone, Germany
Located in Lugano, Ticino
Blomer e Schuler "Jumbo" di latta Elephant - realizzato nella zona USA della Germania, questo è il giocattolo che è stato copiato da Lesney per il loro modello Moko, string tail. Pe...
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1930s German Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Tin

Floor Lamp
Located in Milan, IT
Original italian floor lamp made in the fifties Cromo and laquered tinplate
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1950s Italian Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Iron

Floor Lamp
Floor Lamp
H 68.9 in Dm 11.82 in
1960s Italian Mirror in the Style of Fontana Arte
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Round mirror, crystal blue cornice with clips chrome structure tinplate back, In the style of
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1960s Italian Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Chrome

Art Deco Tinplate Toy Hydroplane by JEP.
Located in London, GB
A very rare lithographed, clockwork-powered Art Deco tinplate toy hydroplane, a rare surviving
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1930s French Vintage Tinplate

Art Deco Tinplate Toy Hydroplane by JEP.
Art Deco Tinplate Toy Hydroplane by JEP.
H 9.85 in W 15.75 in D 19.3 in
Unique Motorised Alfa Romeo P2 Tinplate Toy
By Compagnie Industrielle du Jouet
Located in London, GB
A highly important and UNIQUE, prototype electric-powered Alfa Romeo P2 tinplate toy by CIJ
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Rubber

Ferrari Tinplate Toy by Toschi of Milan
By Toschi of Milan
Located in London, GB
Ferrari Tipo 500/F2 A particularly Fine and mint-condition example of the large scale cast alloy toy made by Toschi of Milan, circa 1952. Complete with correct original wheels, st...
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1950s Italian Other Vintage Tinplate

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Metal

Ferrari Tinplate Toy by Toschi of Milan
H 7.09 in W 21.26 in D 9.06 in
Unusual And Rare Folk Art Sculpture Depicting A Train Locomotive
Located in Milan, IT
with tinplates and caps.
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1930s American Folk Art Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Wood

Bugatti clockwork toy.
Located in London, GB
A mint and boxed example of the tinplate Bugatti racing-car clockwork toy made by Paya of Madrid in
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Late 20th Century Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Enamel

Large Tin Friction Drive, Express Train Toy by ATC, Japan, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
made in Japan by ATC in the 1950s. It's a tinplate model with friction drive in the nice color blue
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Tin

Ronson 1936 Maltese Art Deco Machine Age Black Clock Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson 1935 Elephant Touch Titp Striker Lighter In Black Cast Steel And Chrome
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
, resulted in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended
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1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Rare 1950s Atom Jet #58 Tin Litho Friction Race Car Space Toy Yonezawa Japan
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
after tinplate toys, with all original parts, top fin pops on and off. Condition as seen in pictures
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1950s Japanese Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Tin

Ronson USA 1935 Art Deco Brown Lacquered Desk Double Box with Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Steel, Stainless Steel

Ronson USA 1934 Art Deco Faux Tortoise Lacquer Rondette Desk Lighter In Chromed
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
, resulted in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Ronson USA 1937 Art Deco Mechanical Cigarette Dispenser Box Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works, Louis Vincent Aronson
Located in Miami, FL
discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended upon improving the
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1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Bronze, Chrome, Enamel

Ronson 1939 Art Deco Cigarette Dispenser Lacquered Desk Box Touch Tip Lighter
By Ronson Art Metal Works
Located in Miami, FL
in 1893 in the discovery of a process for electrically producing tinplate. Much money was expended
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Ceiling Lantern in Tinplate, 20th Century Spain
Located in Lisboa, PT
Ceiling lantern in tinplate 20th century Spain. Not electrified.
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20th Century Spanish Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Brass

Vintage Folk Art Wood and Tinplate Pig
By Broyhill
Located in Morristown, NJ
A vintage folk art style pig figure made of wood and tinplate. This is a cute piggy with a sweet
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1970s Indian Folk Art Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Metal, Tin

Mid-Century Modern Silver Colored Tinplate Miniature Crane
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This crane has often been played with and we totally understand that. And the attractiveness of this toy still has not faded away. Part of its charm is the crane driver in his clear...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Aluminum

Wall Sconce , Tinplate Mirror With illumination or Wall Mirror
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Wall Sconce ,tinplate mirror with illumination or wall mirror Antique Spanish mirror. It is iron
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Other Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Metal

Rare tinplate motorcycle by J.M.L (France), 1940
By J. M. L.
Located in London, GB
A rare clockwork lithographed tinplate motorcycle with rider in a tan jacket and checked red and
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Tinplate

Lithographed Tinplate Automaton 'The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace'
Located in London, GB
A small and unusual lithographed tinplate automaton - 'The Changing of the Guard at Buckingham
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1930s German Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Tin

Islamic Style Frame
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Mirror frame, or just for decoration In the shape of a door it will be embossed with a tinplate
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20th Century Moroccan Islamic Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Tin

Islamic Style Frame
Islamic Style Frame
H 12.6 in W 7.88 in D 0.79 in
Babe Rainbow
By Peter Blake
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Screenprint on tinplate Incised numbers lower left: "69/100" Incised signature and date lower right
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1960s Pop Art Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Metal

Midcentury Golden Mirror Illuminated Decorated with Leaves and Roses Spain 1960s
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Antique Spanish mirror. It is iron or tinplate type metal, brown color It has a strong and
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Other Vintage Tinplate

Materials

Metal

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Vintage Tinplate For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal vintage tinplate for your home. A vintage tinplate — often made from metal, lacquer and steel — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect vintage tinplate — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A vintage tinplate, designed in the Art Deco, folk art or mid-century modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made vintage tinplate has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Johann Distler KG and Ronson are consistently popular.

How Much is a Vintage Tinplate?

Prices for a vintage tinplate start at $177 and top out at $19,612 with the average selling for $850.