Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Chinese Export Green Painted and Gilt Tôle Tea Canister Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Mandarin figure leaning against tea chests set above the number 11, flanked by pseudo-Chinese characters
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Large Antique English Tole Tea Canister Lamp Black & Gold Chinoiserie Decoration
Located in Morristown, NJ
Chinoiserie decoration, mounted as 3-light table lamp with a tall brass finial.
Once a tea canister, now a
Category
Antique 1890s English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 36 in W 13 in D 13 in
Italian Red Tole & Neoclassical Gilt Medallion Tea Canister Lamp, Circa 1950s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Red Tole & Neoclassical Gilt Medallion Tea Canister Lamp, Circa 1950
This Italian red tole
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
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
Category
Vintage 1930s American Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
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
Category
20th Century Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
19th Century English Hand Painted Tole Tea Canister Table Lamp
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a bedside table, or a side table in a living room with this elegant antique canister lamp
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
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
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Antique Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Enamel, Brass, Sheet Metal
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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
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. With gold
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
H 32.5 in W 7 in D 7 in
Large Green Hand-Painted English Tea Canister Lamps (Pair)
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of late 1800s tole tea tin canisters made into table lamps. They are green with gold trim
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British British Colonial Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Recent Sales
1950s Chinoiserie Red and Black Tole Tea Canister Lamp with Leather Details
Located in Richmond, VA
Listed is a gorgeous, petite 1950s chinoiserie red and black tole tea canister lamp. Lovely
Category
20th Century English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 12 in W 5.38 in D 5.38 in
19th Century Tole Tea Canister Lamp
Located in Nashville, TN
A stunning tole, or painted metal, tea canister from the late 19th century, fashioned into a lamp
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of English Tole Tea Canister lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of semi-cylinder English shop tole tea canisters with original black and gold decoration in
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Pair of Green and Gilt Decorated Tôle Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A pair of English tea cannisters adapted into lamps, redecorated with later painted and gilded
Category
20th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Green Tole Tea Canister
Located in Stonington, CT
Now mounted as a lamp, this tea canister has the most unusual, and unique, picture on its front. It
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Tole tea canister and cover
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Tole tea canister and cover, with parrot green ground color highlighted in gilt and black
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Pair of Chinoiserie Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Classic chinese export tea canisters made into lamps with decadent but worn vintage custom shades.
Category
Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of Mid-19th Century Tole Tea Canister Table Lamps, circa 1860
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
This is a rather charming pair of mid-19th century tole tea canister table lamps, re-wired and PAT
Category
Antique 1860s English Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Chinoiserie Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of chinoiserie tole tea canister lamps.
Category
20th Century Asian Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Robust Pair of English Chinoiserie Style Red Painted Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A robust pair of English chinoiserie style Chinese-red painted tole tea canister lamps; each
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
H 20 in Dm 10 in L 20 in
Antique Tole Tea Canister Lamp
Located in Norwalk, CT
Chinoiserie themed tea canister in Chinese red with gilded decoration. Nice scale; wonderful patina.
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Early 20th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
19th Century Tole Tea Canister Lamp
Located in London, GB
A late 19th century tole tea canister, now mounted as a lamp base and decorated with gilded Chinese
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
English Victorian Tole Tea Canister Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
Typical form, great color and petina.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
English 19th Century Tole Tea Canister Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
A painted tole tea canister wired into a lamp with painted chinoiserie scene of an exotic figure
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
1880s Orange # 5 Tole Tea Canister lamp
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1880s tole tea canister turned into a lamp.The height is to the top of the socket. The height of
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Antique 1880s Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
A Pair of English Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in New York, NY
A pair of octagonal English tole tea canisters with hand painted and stenciled decoration on a red
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Pair of 1920s Red Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Charlottesville, VA
This is a beautiful pair of tea canister lamps. They are decorated in the chinoiserie style.
Category
Vintage 1920s British Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Pair of Victorian Green Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Green cylindrical form numbered 3 and 4, two-light, black painted wood bases.
Category
Antique 1850s English Victorian Table Lamps
Pair of English Green and Gilt Tôle Tea Canister Lamps
Located in New York, NY
lamps.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Tole Tea Cannister Lamp
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
19th century red tole tea canister lamp with Chinese figures. The height to top of the shade is 31
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Other Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Tea Canister Tole Lamp
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Vintage tea canister tole lamp finished in an ox blood color with a decorative gilt number 48 and
Category
20th Century Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
French Tea Canister Tole Lamp
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Rio Vista, CA
French Provincial style tea canister tole lamp finished in mustard yellow with French country
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20th Century American Table Lamps
19th Century Tôle Peinte Tea Canister Lamp
Located in Essex, MA
A 19th century English 'tôle peinte' tea canister, fitted as a table lamp, the cylindrical form
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Antique 19th Century British Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
19th Century Tole Peinte Tea Canister Now A Lamp
Located in Nashville, TN
A 19th century English tea canister,now fitted as a table lamp, the urn form with domed cover
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
English Tole Tea Canister Mounted as a Lamp, Great Color
Located in Buchanan, MI
English tole tea canister mounted as lamp. Great color.
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Antique 19th Century British Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Outstanding Pair of Red Tole Tea Canisters Mounted as Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very fine pair of red Chinese tea canisters now as lamps, numbered 3 and 4 respectively, each
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of Oriental Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of antique tole,gilt and painted oriental tea canisters now as lamps.
Category
Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Late Regency Chinoiserie Decorated Tole Tea Canister
Located in Nashville, TN
canister. Now mounted as lamp. Rare canister shape.
Paint loss. Apparently with a sealant to prevent
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Antique 1840s Unknown Regency Table Lamps
Pair of 19th Century English Painted Tole Tea Canister Table Lamps with Shades
Located in Dallas, TX
of antique canister lamps. Created in England, circa 1890 and made of tole, each large tea box
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
H 30 in W 9.5 in D 7.5 in
Pair of 19th Century English Painted and Gilt Tole Tea Canisters Table Lamps
Located in Dallas, TX
lamps. Created in England, circa 1900 and made of tole, each large tea box features exotic scenes with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
H 36 in W 11.75 in D 11.75 in
Pair of 19th Century French Painted Tole Tea Canister Table Lamps with Shades
Located in Dallas, TX
of antique lamps. Created in France, circa 1890 and made of tole, each large tea box features two
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
H 31 in W 11.75 in D 11.75 in
Large English Antique Bartlett & Son Japanned Tole Tea Canister Now a Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
mounted as a lamp; this good example of an antique tole tea canister of oval cylindrical form with
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Antique Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Pair of Vintage Orange Tole & Leather Wrapped English Tea Canister Table Lamps
Located in Philadelphia, PA
English tea canister shaped lamps. The lamps feature a French lion and unicorn coat of arms decoration on
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20th Century English Revival Table Lamps
A Pair of Chinese Tea Canisters Converted to Lamps
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A pair of Chinese tea canisters converted to lamps in the early 20th C. Beautiful painted figures
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of Antique English Red Tole and Gilt Tea Canister Lamps on Lucite Bases
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A pair of large oval English tole tea canisters with hand painted and stenciled decoration on a red
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
H 31 in W 12 in D 9.5 in
19th c. English Shop Display Tea Canister
Located in Greenwich, CT
A 19th century English shop display tole tea canister with original black and gold decoration in
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Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of Regency Tea Canisters with Chinese Script, Now as Table Lamps
Located in London, GB
A pair of early 19th century tea canisters decorated with red Chinese script and gilt foliate
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
19th century Chinese Export Tole Lamp
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Chinese Export painted tole tea canister transformed into a lamp
Category
20th Century Chinese Table Lamps
19th Century English Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Water Mill, NY
Pair of tole hand-painted 19th century English tea canisters made into lamps.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Pair of Chinoiserie Decorated Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Matching pair of English chinoiserie style tole tea canister table lamps. Lidded rectangular forms
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
English Black and Gilt-Decorated Tôle Tea Canister Lamp
Located in New York, NY
black ground. Later mounted as a lamp with brass double bulb sockets and adjustable rod.
Category
20th Century English Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Chinese Export Midnight Blue and Gilt-Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in New York, NY
and foliage, set between gilt fretwork banding;s, later wired as lamps, the tops fitted with antiques
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Antique 19th Century English Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass
Victorian Red and Gold Tole Tea Canister Lamps with Black Card Shades - A Pair
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 19th c., England, a pair of gilt and red enameled sheet metal tea canister table lamps
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Brass, Sheet Metal
H 30 in W 16 in D 16 in
Chinoiserie Tea Canister Tole Lamp
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Tea canister tole lamp hand-painted in the Asian taste featuring an Imperial red background. Made
Category
20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Chinoiserie Tea Canister Mounted As Lamp
Located in Nashville, TN
Scarlet red tea canister , polygon form The front three panels with gilt decorations in japanned or
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Tea Caddies
Materials
Tôle
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Brass
Pair of Victorian Tole Tea Canister Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Mustard yellow tea canisters with chinoiserie decoration on each, depicting a figure and a small
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Table Lamps
Pair of Victorian Tole Tea Canister Table Lamps
Located in Essex, MA
Green painted tea canisters from Parnall & Sons, Bristol, featuring scenes of Asian men and women
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Table Lamps
Materials
Other
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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Table Lamps
Materials
Tin
Tea Canister Table Lamp
Located in Tarrytown, NY
19th century tole tea canister turned into a table lamp.
Category
Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
Pair of Tole “H” Tea Canister Lamps by Woolpit Interiors
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of tole “H” tea canister lamps by Woolpit Interiors of England. From a Greenwich, Connecticut
Category
Early 2000s Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
Late Regency Chinoiserie Decorated Tole Tea Canister
Located in Nashville, TN
canister. Now mounted as lamp. Sturdy and sound with extensive wear to finish.
Paint loss to the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Regency Table Lamps
Mid-19th Century English Tole Spice or Tea Canister, Now as a Lamp
Located in Charleston, SC
Wonderfully decorated mid-19th century English Tole Spice/Tea Canister, now as a Lamp. This tea
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of 19th Century English Painted Tole Tea Canister Table Lamps with Shades
Located in Dallas, TX
of antique lamps. Created in England, circa 1890 and made of tole, each large tea box stands on a
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
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
Materials
Tôle, Tin
Pair of Asian Ornate Tooled Leather Over Tole Tea Canisters Mounted as Lamps
Located in Germantown, MD
Pair of Asian decorated Tooled Leather Over Tole Tea Canisters Mounted as Lamps in great vintage
Category
20th Century East Asian Chinese Export Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 25 in W 8.25 in D 8.25 in
Pair of English Regency Green Chinoiserie Tôle Peinte Tea Canisters Mounted
Located in Nashville, TN
as lamps .Each dark green front with gilt highlighted Oriental robed figures. Large swell form size
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Regency Table Lamps
Green Tole Tea Canister Lamp With Chinoiserie Decoration
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Great looking worn chinoiserie tole tea canister lamp
Category
Antique 19th Century Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Pair of Old Tole Tea Canister Lamps
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of charming old tole tea canister lamps, mounted on round tole bases. They are from the home
Category
Early 20th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Tôle
Tole Tea Canister Lamp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming and rare tan and gilt decorated tea canister. The oval panel contains a painting of a
Category
Antique 19th Century English Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
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Tole Tea Canister Lamps For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of tole tea canister lamps available for sale. The range of distinct tole tea canister lamps — often made from metal, tôle and brass — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of tole tea canister lamps available, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Tole tea canister lamps are generally popular furniture pieces, but Regency, Victorian and Hollywood Regency styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Many tole tea canister lamps are appealing in their simplicity, but Frederick Cooper produced popular tole tea canister lamps that are worth a look.
How Much are Tole Tea Canister Lamps?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,540, while they’re typically $350 on the low end and $9,500 highest priced.
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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.
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