Tea Sets
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s English Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver Leaf
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s British Hollywood Regency Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal, Silver Leaf
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tea Sets
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Czech Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s German Baroque Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s French Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Glass
1940s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 18th Century George III Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
1960s German American Classical Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1840s French Empire Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Brass, Pewter
1970s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Teak
2010s South African Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Metal, Enamel, Metallic Thread
1820s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Glass
Early 1900s American Japonisme Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Pewter
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1910s American Classical Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s Czech Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Art Deco Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Scottish Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Glass, Murrine, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Brass, Chrome
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1810s British Regency Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Antique, New and Vintage Tea Sets
Ready to serve high tea and brunch for your family and friends? Start with the right antique, new or vintage tea set.
Tea is a multicultural, multinational beverage and isn’t confined to any particular lifestyle or age group. It has humble beginnings, and one of its best-known origin stories places the first cups of tea in 2700 B.C. in China, where it was recognized for its medicinal properties. Jump ahead to 17th-century England, when Chinese tea began to arrive at ports in London. During the early 1800s, tea became widely affordable, and the concept of teatime took shape all over England. Today, more than 150 million people reportedly drink tea daily in the United States.
Early tea drinkers enjoyed their beverage in a bowl, and English potters eventually added a handle to the porcelain bowls so that burning your fingers became less of a teatime hazard. With the rise in the popularity of teatime, tea sets, also referred to as tea service, became a hot commodity.
During Queen Victoria’s reign, teakettles and coffeepots were added to tea services that were quite large — indeed, small baked goods were served with your drink back then, and a tea set could include many teacups and saucers, a milk pot and other accessories.
During the early 1920s, a sterling-silver full tea service and tray designed by Tiffany & Co. might include a hot-water kettle on a stand, a coffeepot, teapot, a creamer with a small lip spout, a waste bowl and a bowl for sugar, which the British were stirring into tea as early as the 18th century.
But you don’t have to limit your tea set to Victorian or Art Deco styles — shake up teatime with an artful contemporary service. If the bold porcelain cups and saucers by Italian brand Seletti are too unconventional for your otherwise subdued tea circle, find antique services on 1stDibs from Japan, France and other locales as well as vintage mid-century modern tea sets and neoclassical designs.