Rare Antique Pair of Very Large Victorian Chinoiserie Tole-ware Tea Canisters

Late 19th c., England, a pair of red enameled sheet metal tole table lamps, painted with Orientalist landscapes. The landscapes are encircled by a gol...

20th c., a pair of Japanese Kutani style porcelain lidded jars, stamped on Porcelaine de Paris underside of foot. The mark indicates the piece was produced in the 1970's. The jars are decorated in deep orange, tangerine and gold motifs on a white background. On one side, both jars have matching decoration depicting a scroll showing a pastoral scene. On the other side, each jar has a seperate floral depiction; one including bamboo. Both are highly decorative. Founded 1773 by Jean-Baptiste Locre, Porcelaine de Paris, was one of the first manufactures to use the Chinese secret of porcelain. It immediately aimed for the luxury trade, selling to the Royal Courts of Europe. After surviving the French Revolution, Porcelaine de Paris steadily produced tableware as well as purely decorative pieces, receiving orders from all over Europe. Productivity was astonishing, creating one new model every day over 30 years! Around 1830, Jean-Marx Clauss, a German-born potter bought a building at Rue de la Pierre-Levee, where he took over Locre's activity. M. Achille Bloch...

A charming and atmospheric 19th-century English tole coal bin or scuttle, beautifully decorated in the chinoiserie style, with hand-painted gilt figures in a landscape on a black gro...

A striking oval tole jardinière in fine Georgian‑style, featuring a glossy black lacquer base accented with hand‐painted gilt chinoiserie village and swan scenes framed in red accent...

Embrace the elegance of the 19th century with this exquisite pair of Chinoiserie tea can lamps. Each lamp showcases a unique chinoiserie pattern that adds a touch of antique charm to...

A rare pair of large-scale tea cannisters with wooden lids over rounded tin bodies each elaborately decorated with bucolic scenes of a pair of figures in Chinese dress in a garden, w...

Pair of beautifully hand-painted, parcel gilt, c. 1850, Chinoiserie urns with pierced, gilt brass necks. Each with quatrefoil vignettes featuring figures, and birds amidst flowering ...

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...