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Located in Los Angeles, CA
Candle lantern
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
$650
Bronze, bevelled glass lantern from France
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bronze 4 candle lantern with bevelled glass.
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Category
Antique 19th Century French Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Commanding Pair Of Vintage Lanterns
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A great pair of vintage candle lanterns with strong shapes and forms. Nice detailing and
Category
Vintage 1930s English Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Large 19th c. Tole Lantern
Located in Houston, TX
interior. Can be wired for gas; also great as candle lantern.
Category
Antique 19th Century Lanterns
Materials
Metal
A Gabriella Crespi Hurricane Lamp (signed)
Located in Miami, FL
An oversized three-candle lantern/hurricane lamp.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Lanterns
Materials
Brass
Pair Marine Lanterns
Located in Culver City, CA
This pair of candle lanterns were manufactured by the "National Marine Lamp Co, New York". They
Category
Early 20th Century American Lanterns
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron
$1,850
Antique Lantern With Four Candle Arms
Located in Santa Rosa, CA
Unpolished brass lantern with internal light source and four external candle arms. This was most
Category
Antique 19th Century Lanterns
Materials
Metal
20thc Large Bell Jar Lantern With Three Candle Cluster
Located in Atlanta, GA
20thC LARGE BELL JAR LANTERN WITH THREE CANDLE CLUSTER
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20th Century Lanterns
Large Solid Cast Iron Chinese Pagoda Lantern, Made to Hold Candles
Located in Hollywood, CA
A beautifully aged solid cast iron Chinese Pagoda style lantern. The top is removable and reveals
Category
Vintage 1940s American Lanterns
Hanging Candle Holder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tole candle holder. Delicate cut work.
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Lanterns
French Iron Lantern
Located in Fairfax, VA
GRAND FRENCH IRON LANTERN WITH FOUR CANDLE LIGHT SOCKET. REDONE AND REWIRED FOR USA USE
Category
Vintage 1950s French Lanterns
Materials
Iron
$1,200
Vintage French Lantern
Located in New Orleans, LA
with a pendant four light chandelier having faux candles with beeswax sleeves. The lantern has been re
Category
Vintage 1940s French Lanterns
Materials
Brass
$3,400
Pair of Lanterns
Located in Seattle, WA
Wonderful pair of lanterns from Italy. 4 candles each lantern, nice natural brass with some patina
Category
20th Century Italian Lanterns
Materials
Brass
$5,800
Bell Jar Lantern
Located in Alexandria, VA
This was designed as a candle-burning lantern. It has a hand-etched foliate design and a brass
Category
Antique 19th Century English Lanterns
Materials
Brass
$2,500
19th Century Bronze Lantern
Located in Fairfax, VA
HAND MADE FOUR PANELS BRONZE LANTERN WITH FOUR CANDLE LIGHTS
Category
Antique 19th Century French Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Tole Lantern
Located in Houston, TX
candle holders inside lantern.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Lanterns
Materials
Metal
French Tole Table Lantern
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare complete 18th Century French Tole table lantern with removable candle tray and snuffer.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Lanterns
19th c. Tole Lantern
Located in Houston, TX
19th c. tole lantern. One candle holder in center. Four panels newly added reclaimed glass.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Lanterns
Materials
Metal
$1,300
Hexagonal Galvanized Hall Lantern
Located in Woodbury, CT
touch to a romantic bedroom or entry hall. We have placed a pillar candle inside, but the lantern can
Category
20th Century English Lanterns
Materials
Glass
One Moroccan style metal lantern
Located in Hudson, NY
A rusted Moroccan style lantern for candles.
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Lanterns
Materials
Iron
French Gilded Antique Convex Lantern
Located in Chester, GB
A large French gilded cast bronze triple candle sconce antique hall lantern, the three scrolling
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Antique Italian Carved Wood Lantern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique Italian hand carved and gilt wood lantern. Originally for candles, now converted for
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Lanterns
Materials
Glass
French 19 C Gas Converted Lantern
Located in Fairfax, VA
CONVERTED 19 C BRASS GAS LANTERN WITH THREE CANDLE LIGHTS
Category
Antique 19th Century French Lanterns
Materials
Brass
Pair 19th c. French Tole Lanterns
Located in Houston, TX
panes reclaimed glass newly added. Holds one candle in each lantern. Priced and sold as pair.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Fun Big Metal Fish Hanging Lantern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is such a fun piece. It's a big hanging or standing painted metal fish lantern for a candle
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Lanterns
Materials
Iron
British Colonial Brass Lantern Wall Sconce
Located in Charlottesville, VA
shaped backplate. It was designed for a candle, recently electrified. This lantern was made in Hong Kong
Category
Antique 19th Century Hong Kong British Colonial Lanterns
Materials
Brass
Pair of Early 20th c. Lanterns
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stately pair of early 20th c iron and bronze Argentine hexagonal form lanterns with hipped roofs
Category
Early 20th Century Argentine Lanterns
Materials
Iron, Bronze
Bell Jar Lantern with Cut Glass Etching
Located in Heath, MA
An authentic bell jar lantern with lovely form and an etched diamond motif. This circa 1890 lantern
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown High Victorian Lanterns
Materials
Brass
French Bronze Four-Light Large Antique Lantern
Located in Chester, GB
A large French dark gilded cast bronze four light candle antique lantern, the shaped glass panels
Category
Antique 1850s French Baroque Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Antique Bell Jar Lantern with Trellis Etching
Located in Heath, MA
An exceptional, larger-sized English bell jar lantern with etched trellis motif. This circa 1870
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English High Victorian Lanterns
Materials
Brass
French Gilded Triple Light Antique Hall Lantern
Located in Chester, GB
A French gilded cast bronze triple light antique hall lantern, the bulbous candle sconces
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Italian Lantern Iron Glass, circa 1940
Located in Houston, TX
around the circumference of the lantern are four candle arms each wired to take a chandelier base bulb
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Lanterns
Materials
Crystal, Iron
French Pair of Gilded Bronze Convex Hall Lanterns
By Lucian Gau
Located in Chester, GB
A French pair of gilded cast bronze triple light antique hall lanterns, the bulbous candle sconces
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Pair Black Lacquer Wooden Lanterns, Shanghai, China c.1930.
Located in Houston, TX
iron candle cup has been removed along with the iron spike that held the candle and each lantern has
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Lanterns
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Pair of Early 20th Century Patinated Bronze Hall Lanterns
Located in London, GB
finials, glazed panelling with a central door and fitted with twin candle arms.
This pair of lanterns
Category
Early 20th Century French Lanterns
Large Vintage Brass and Glass European Lantern c 1950
Located in New Orleans, LA
chandelier having faux candles with beeswax sleeves. The lantern has been re-wired for USA.
Category
20th Century European Lanterns
Materials
Brass
Venetian Gilded Timber Glass Enclosed Lantern, Italy c.1940
Located in Houston, TX
in space. Inside the lantern are six candle arms (now rewired for American electricity) covered with
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Neoclassical Revival Lanterns
Materials
Glass
A fabulous gilded Venetian lantern from Italy c.1940
Located in Houston, TX
hangs delicately in space. Inside the lantern are six candle arms (now rewired for American electricity
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Lanterns
Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Candle Lights Model 145 in Perforated Brass
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair of candle lights, model 145 designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson.
Produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Category
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Lanterns
Materials
Brass
Very Large French Painted Wrought-Iron Hanging Lantern, circa 1890
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
common as candles. This particular lantern would have hung in a large chateau big enough to bear it
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Lanterns
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pair Of Painted Gothic Style Wrought Iron Lanterns Found In France, C.1960
Located in Houston, TX
candle arms contained within each lantern to provide illumination. Of course, each iron panel encloses a
Category
Vintage 1960s French Gothic Lanterns
Materials
Iron
French Hanging Lantern
Located in Dallas, TX
French cast iron hexagonal hanging lantern with frosted glass panels. Not electrified. Holds pillar
Category
20th Century French Byzantine Candle Holders
Materials
Iron
$2,200
Two Chinoiserie Lanterns
Located in New York, NY
Not electrified. Each with glass panes enclosing a foliate branches supporting votive candles.
Category
Vintage 1960s Candle Holders
Pair of Vintage Pagoda Lanterns
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Vintage lanterns newly painted
Category
Vintage 1940s Chinese Candle Holders
Materials
Gold
Pair of 18th c. Venetian Processional Lanterns
Located in Houston, TX
Venetian Processional Lanterns made of gilded and painted tole with a pierced pattern in the base
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Candle Holders
Materials
Metal, Tôle
Pair of Late 19th Century Meiji Japanese Bronze Lanterns
Located in San Francisco, CA
A nice large pair of Japanese bronze lanterns made during the Meiji period. Cast in four or five
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Candle Holders
Materials
Bronze
Hanging lantern
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A Bronze 3 candle hanging lantern, not electrified
Category
20th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Moroccan Metal and Glass Hanging Candle Lantern
Located in Miami, FL
Moroccan octagonal gilt metal and glass hanging candle lantern.
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Pair of Vintage Brass and Pressed Glass Moroccan Candle Lanterns
Located in Antwerp, BE
A pair of small Moroccan lanterns to use with tea light candles. The lanterns both retain the
Category
20th Century Moroccan Bohemian Lanterns
Materials
Brass
Swedish Lantern
Located in Sheffield, MA
Swedish candle lantern, circa 1900, with glass front and sides. The back is solid with a strap to
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Lanterns
Materials
Tin
$950
Early 20th Century Small Size Bell Jar Lantern with Etched Glass
Located in Raalte, NL
Old candle lantern lantern also called bell jar with carved brass frame and peacock heads on which
Category
Early 20th Century European Lanterns
Materials
Brass
Pair of Iron Pillar Pagoda Lanterns
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of painted black iron and bronze pillar lanterns, square body in the shape of a pagoda, frieze
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Lanterns
Materials
Iron
Antique Lantern Leaded Glass
Located in Retie, BE
Antique lantern with colored stained glass - leaded glass
A wrought iron French candle lantern
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Lanterns
Materials
Wrought Iron
Four Vintage Railway Lanterns, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
diameter lens. 19cm wide x 36cm high x 22cm deep
D: Victorian candle lantern with attractive bevelled
Category
20th Century European Lanterns
Materials
Metal
Brass Hurricane Candle Holder
Located in Canton, MA
Brass candle holder with blown glass hurricane shade. Glass shade is clear with cut and etched
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century European Lanterns
Materials
Brass
Pair of Forged Lanterns
Located in Carmel, CA
Pair of forged lanterns with center candle holder. These lantern can be electrified. The raw and
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Lanterns
$1,050
Cobalt Blue Pumpkin Lantern
Located in Alexandria, VA
Originally candle-burning, now electrified. Lantern has its original brass fittings wired with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Lanterns
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Candle Lanterns For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of candle lanterns available on 1stDibs. Each of these unique candle lanterns was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, glass and brass. Find 70 antique and vintage candle lanterns at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 11 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. Candle lanterns have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. There are many kinds of candle lanterns to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Folk Art, Mid-Century Modern and Georgian candle lanterns are of considerable interest. Not every interior allows for large candle lanterns, so small candle lanterns measuring 3 inches across are available at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made candle lanterns over the years, but those made by Aldus, Berber Tribes of Morocco and Lynne Meade Ceramics are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Candle Lanterns?
Prices for candle lanterns can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, candle lanterns begin at $50 and can go as high as $11,250, while the average can fetch as much as $1,059.
Finding the Right Lanterns for You
Whether you’re in search of a functional fixture to help illuminate a room or just a minimalist ornamental touch, the choice of lighting is important. Selecting the perfect vintage, new or antique lanterns can transform an otherwise monotonous space in your home.
In the 1700s, lanterns became widely popular when accessibility broadened for whale oil, as fuel for lamps was one of its earliest uses. Lantern design evolved considerably during the mid- to late 19th century, when a powerful, adaptable fuel came into play: kerosene. Portable and immediately sought after, kerosene lamps were traditionally surrounded by a glass globe or tube that sat on a metal frame to protect the flame from spreading or extinguishing. (While reproductions abound, antique kerosene lanterns have since become collector's items.)
Later, in 1862, John H. Irwin created coil oil lamps, which were designed for coal oils as well as kerosene and lessened the risk of fire. They required plentiful oxygen to remain lit, and with refinements, the lamps could be used indoors. Lanterns increasingly came to be part of commercial spaces such as museums and theaters, and over time, lighting artisans worked to refine and perfect these innovative fixtures so that they weren’t only practical but also elegant, sophisticated additions to home decor.
Antiques inject a touch of classical chic into any space. With the right lantern, you could also deepen the impact of the collection of vases and vessels, sculptures or other decorative objects in a living room or dining room. It’s essential to find a balance between utility and aesthetics when choosing the perfect vintage–style lantern for your space, and the right lighting decisions can determine the underlying mood of a room as well as enhance the choices you’ve made for your home’s decor. While old-time charm is something to be cherished, there is lots to love in modern lanterns from today’s top furniture designers.
On 1stDibs, search by creator to find lanterns crafted by the likes of Woka Lamps, Barovier Toso and Material Lust or browse the collection by style. From today’s standouts to mid-century modern classics to Art Deco–era innovations, find the best vintage, new or antique lantern for you now.
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