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Tea Sets For Sale
Antique Victorian Reed & Barton Silver Plate Tea & Coffee Set with Tray C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Five-Piece Victorian Reed & Barton Silver Plate Tea & Coffee Set with Double Handled Serving Tray, Maker Mark as Photographed, Circa 1900
Measures- Cream Pitcher 7''H x 3.5...
Category
Early 20th Century American Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Antique 1890 English Bone China Tea Cup and Saucer Sets
Located in Sheffield, MA
Treat yourself and a friend to enjoying a perfect cup of tea with this fine pair of antique Victorian 1890 English bone china cup and saucer set...
Category
1890s Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
1950's Rose Moss Tea Cup and Saucer - Set of Four
By Universal Potteries
Located in Munster, IN
Adorably vintage, this rose garden inspired tea set is pretty and enduring.
In the early 1950s, Universal Pottery debuted their Ballerina line - an elegant and graceful dishware col...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Antique George III Sterling Silver Tea-Coffeeset ivory Handles & Tray 1798-1800
Located in VALENZA, IT
Rare George III Sterling Silver Tea-Coffeeset ivory Handles plus tray 1799-1800
Hallmarked in London in 1798-9 by Charles Asprey, this superb, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Tea...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vivianne Torun Bulow-Hube SilverPlate Dansk Tea Set
Located in Sharon, CT
Silver Plated Brass Tea Pot (with strainer) and Sugar/ Creamer. Designed by Vivianne Torun Bulow-Hube for Dansk International. And produced from 1960...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Brass Hot Toddy Footed Goose Neck Tea Coffee Pot Kettle
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Scottish brass Hot Toddy / tea / Coffee kettle with low round body, small goose neck terminating in a bird spout, four round mushroom shaped feet, to...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
Gio Ponti Tea / coffee set from the Parco dei Principi hotel in Rome 1960s circa
Located in Roma, IT
Tea or coffee set designed by Gio Ponti for the Hotel Parco Dei Principi in Rome and produced by the historic Italian manufacturer Fratelli Calderoni between 1950s and 1960s.
This vintage breakfast set consists of 5 pieces:
1 small teapot with built-in filter in the body
1 large coffee maker
1 Water Jug
1 sugar bowl
1 Tray with feet...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate, Nickel
Three 1930s Art Deco Teapots by Gio Ponti for Fratelli Calderoni
By Gio Ponti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A set of three alpaca coffee pot designed by Gio Ponti and manufactured by Fratelli Calderoni in the Fifties, they were used in the hotels and they are marked on the bottom Calderoni...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Alpaca
Derby Porcelain Tea Service, Artichoke Pattern in Turquoise, ca 1785
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful and extremely rare tea service made by Derby in about 1785. The set has the distinctive "artichoke" moulding and a bright turquoise ground with the white artichok...
Category
1780s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Monumental Nephrite Jade Teapot
Located in New York, NY
Monumental Chinese Nephrite Teapot, carved from hardstone in the Zhoupan Hu or compass form.
Dealer: S138XX
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Materials
Stone
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine. Set of six tea cups with saucers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Germany, Green Ivy Vine.
A set of six tea cups with saucers. Hand-painted.
Mid-20th century.
Marked.
Four cups in first factory quality. Two cups in third factory quality.
A...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
22-Piece Colorful Ceramic Breakfast Set by Italo Casini, Sesto Fiorentino
By Italo Casini
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This set was designed by Italo Casini.
It's made in enameled and golden ceramic.
The set is incomplete.
There are
- Teapot 24 x 11.5 h 19 cm ;
- Sugar bowl...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
1930s Wedgwood Lustreware Tea Cups & Saucers, Set of 6
By Wedgwood
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of six 1930s Wedgwood lusterware tea cups and saucers. Overall silver floral motif on bone China background. Set includes 6 tea cups and 6 saucers, 12 pieces total.
Each piece i...
Category
1930s English Edwardian Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
C. 1930s Vintage Ercuis French Art Deco Tea or Coffee Set- 4 Pieces
By Ercuis
Located in Ross, CA
Gorgeous Art Deco silver plated tea or coffee set made in France in the 1930 by Ercuis. The handles are Macassar ebony and every piece is marked on the bottom with the Ercuis stamp. ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Arita Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Chocolate Cup / Tea Bowl Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very nice edo period examples, 18th century
A Japanese pair of Imari tea bowls / chocolate cups.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Tea/Coffee Drinking: Bowls, Cups & Teapots...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
A Meissen Dot Period Porcelain Tea Cup and Saucer and Coffee Cup, 1763 - 1774
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Meissen Dot Period Porcelain Tea Cup and Saucer and Coffee Cup, 1763 - 1774
Additional information:
Date : 1763 - 1774
Period : Augustus III
Marks : Underglaze blue crossed swords...
Category
18th Century German Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl. Four sets of 'Tema' tea cups with saucers in stoneware.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, "Tema". Four sets of tea cups with saucers in stoneware.
From the 1970s.
Model: 475.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Cup: H 6.4 cm x D 8.5 cm (w...
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Stoneware
Chase Three Piece Comet Tea Service Set with Bakelite Accents
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three-piece spherical tea set by Walter von Nessen for Chase, USA, c.1940s. The set includes an electric tea pot, creamer and sugar bowl with bone colored Bakelite handles. The chrom...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
PM Italian Silverplate & Brass Coffee Service
By PM Italy
Located in Chicago, IL
A very fine silver plated and brass coffee service signed PM Italy. The set includes the coffee pot, creamer, sugar bowl and serving tray.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
18th Century Sterling Silver Locking Tea Caddy
By Michael Plummer
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver locking tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique George III sterling silver locking tea caddy has a navette, paneled shaped form.
The body of this silver tea caddy box is embellished with bands of bright cut engraved volute spiraling leaf ornamentation on a matte background to the upper and lower portions; these bands flank a plain undulating bordered panel.
The ornamentation to the surface of the caddy alternates with panels of concave vertical fluted decoration.
This antique Georgian tea caddy is retains the original hallmarked flush hinged covers; the flush hinge indicates the fine quality of this piece.
The cover is embellished with further bright cut engraved undulating borders accented with bud motifs, in addition to simplified borders paralleling the domed paneled portion; the domed portions reflects the incurved shape of the body.
This impressive cover is surmounted with a cast sterling silver urn style finial, in the Classic Adams style.
The caddy retains the original fitted fully working lock and functional key.
This sterling silver tea caddy is a highly desirable shape and style.
Condition:
This Georgian silver tea caddy...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Samuel Alcock Tearcup Trio, Maroon, Yellow, Gilt and Fine Landscapes, ca 1845
Located in London, GB
A true trio consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, “rustic bean” shape, in deep maroon and pale yellow ground, with gilt and finely painted landscape reserves
Pattern 95...
Category
1840s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Stoneware tea pot with spaniel lid finial by Wedgwood, c. 1829
By Wedgewood
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Slip cast stoneware tea pot in a putty colored smear glaze. The tea pot features a spaniel finial and heavy Renaissance scrolls of flowers on an overall dimpled ground. Cast from the...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Arne Jacobsen Four Piece Stainless Steel Danish Coffee/Tea Set for Stelton
By Arne Jacobsen, Stelton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Four-piece stainless steel coffee and tea service set by Arne Jacobsen for Stelton, c.1960s, Denmark. The set includes a coffee pot, tea pot...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Stainless Steel
Keller - 8pc. Louis XVI 19th Century 950 Sterling Silver Tea Set, Museum Quality
Located in Wilmington, DE
Keller 8pc. Tea Set – Description
Direct from Paris, A Gorgeous 19th Century Louis XVI, 8 pc. 950 Sterling Silver Tea / Coffee Set by one of France's Premier Silversmiths, Gustave Keller, Includes a Large Sterling Silver Serving Tray...
Category
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
German Bavarian Wiuterliug Kirchenlamitz Cobalt Blue Gold Demitasse Tea Coffee
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage German Bavarian Wiuterliug Kirchenlomitz Echt Kobalt Scharffeuer china demitasse tea coffee set featuring teapot, creamer, sugar, cups, saucers and desert plates.
The compa...
Category
Late 20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Porcelain Solitaire Tea Set, Cobalt Blue, Gilt, Landscapes, ca1825
Located in London, GB
A solitaire tea set consisting of a teapot with cover on a stand and a trio consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, in “half orange” shape with deep cobalt blue and yellow...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Tea Pot Japan, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Faboulous japanese earthenware Teapot of unusual shape.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Tea/Coffee Drinking: Bowls, Cups & Teapots
Japanese Style: Satsum...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, "Tema". Stoneware teapot. Cast iron handle. 1970s.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, "Tema". Stoneware teapot. Cast iron handle.
From the 1970s.
Model: 656.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Dimensions: H 21.5 cm (including handle)...
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Stoneware
1940s Art Deco Set of Three Alpaca Coffee Pot By Krupp Designed by Gio Ponti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A set of three alpaca coffee pot designed by Gio Ponti and manufactured by Krupp Milano in the Forties, they were used in the hotels and they are marked on the bottom Krupp and Jolly...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Alpaca
Primitive Antique Copper Tea Pot Coffee Kettle Cowboy Farmhouse Teapot 11"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique copper teapot / coffee pot featuring primitive styling with nice handles and lid.
Dimensions:
10.75" x 8" x 10.75" (Width x Depth x Hei...
Category
Late 19th Century Rustic Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
Victoria Teacup and Saucer Set by Bethan Gray
Located in Milan, IT
This charming teacup with saucer is part of the Victoria tea set, inspired by the British afternoon tea tradition and hand-crafted using Arabescato marble. The iconic precious stone ...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Marble
Victoria Sugar Bowl by Bethan Gray
Located in Milan, IT
The Victoria Collection celebrates the tea ritual by merging the British afternoon tradition with a classic Italian and noble material: marble. This superb sugar bowl, part of the se...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Marble, Brass
Haviland & Suzanne Lalique Coffee Set Limoges Porcelain
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Coffee Set made in Limoges porcelain by Haviland and Suzanne Lalique.
All pieces are signed.
All pieces are in perfect condition.
Service including:
- 6 cups and 6 saucers
- 1 co...
Category
Early 2000s French Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Bing & Grøndahl, "Tema". Four sets of tea cups with saucers in stoneware.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Bing & Grøndahl, "Tema". Four sets of tea cups with saucers in stoneware.
From the 1970s.
Model: 475.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Cup: H 6.4 cm x D 8.5 cm (w...
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Stoneware
Aurora Ironstone Coffee Pot
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Japanese mid-century coffee pot in mustard yellow, made by Aurora Ironstone. Sleek lines throughout, with a straight spout and squared handle. The body of the pot is decorated with...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Ironstone
Samuel Alcock Porcelain Teacup, White with Flower Sprays, ca 1823
Located in London, GB
A teacup and saucer in the “half orange” shape, white with simple gilt rim and beautiful hand painted flower sprays
Pattern unknown but similar to 1082
Year: ca 1823
Size: cup diameter 10cm (4”), saucer diameter 14.2cm (5.5”)
Condition: excellent, some rubbing to gilt
There are several items available in this design, please see group image and ask for more info if interested.
The Samuel Alcock factory was operative in Staffordshire between 1822 and 1856, after which it was bought by Sir James Duke and Nephews. The factory started as a partnership between the young Samuel Alcock and the older Ralph Stevenson, who provided the factory and capital. Alcock quickly took the factory to great heights, building one of the biggest factories of its time. Alcock jumped on the new Rococo Revival fashion and served a huge new middle class market. The reason we now don't hear much about Samuel Alcock porcelain...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Coffee Set Vintage Bone China Kaiser For 12 Person Germany
By AK Kaiser
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage Coffee service for 12 person, 42 pieces from the famous AK Kaiser manufactory West Germany,
Romantica Collection, Monte Carlo series, 1970-1980s.
The service made of high quality bone china porcelain.
Gilded underglaze decor.
Each piece of this elegant Coffee Service has the blue AK Kaiser backstamp.
Never used, in perfect condition.
No chips, cracks or crazings.
Set contains:
1 Coffee Pot with lid
1 sugar bowl with lid
1 milk jug
1 small sugar bowl with lid
12 dinner plates
12 coffee pairs...
Category
1970s German Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Bone
Victoria Milk Jug by Bethan Gray
Located in Milan, IT
This classic item belonging to the British afternoon tea tradition is reinterpreted in an Italian way, thanks to the use of noble materials and a modern design. The curves of the jug...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Marble, Brass
Victoria Complete Tea Set by Bethan Gray
Located in Milan, IT
This exquisite set is inspired by the classic British tradition of afternoon tea and created using a combination of noble materials: marble and brass. The set includes a sugar bowl, ...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Marble, Brass
Hazel Atlas Pastel Moderntone Platonite Coffee Tea Cups - Set of Four
Located in Munster, IN
Adorably vintage... this set of four tea cups is ready to bring their pastel vibes into your home. We love the iconic colors: pink, green, yellow and blue in light but saturated hues...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Glass
1980s Vintage Alessi Tea Kettle Stainless and White Italy
By Alessi
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1980s Alessi 9093 Modernist Kettle Stainless Steel White
maker stamped
9.5 h x 8.75 diameter x 9.75 d
Not new, preowned unrestored vintage condition.
Comes...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Stainless Steel
Victoria Teapot by Bethan Gray
Located in Milan, IT
Part of the Victoria collection that celebrates the ritual of enjoying tea in the afternoon, this piece reinterprets the iconic teapot luxuriously and sumptuously, crafting a handmad...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique Kangxi Blue and White Floral Tea Bowl Fire of Rotterdam
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely made set of tea bowls China and Japan. Historically very interesting. It has burning damage. According to the history of the family who owned it was burned after the fires that occurred during the German bombardment of Rotterdam in WW2.
The German bombing of Rotterdam in World War II, also known as the Rotterdam Blitz, was the aerial bombardment of Rotterdam by the Luftwaffe on 14 May 1940, during the German invasion of the Netherlands in World War II. The objective was to support the German troops fighting in the city, break Dutch resistance...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Robj Glazed Earthenware Tea Set, Art Deco
By ROBJ, Villeroy & Boch
Located in Lisbon, PT
A tête à tête tea set in green, each stamped Import de/ Robj / Paris / Luxembourg.
Red labels on the base with the Evaluator assessment.
Set: 2...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Earthenware
Il Viaggio di Nettuno Set of 2 Coffee Cups and Saucers by Luke Edward Hall
Located in Milan, IT
This sophisticated set of two coffee cups with their saucers is a celebration of classical aesthetic and ancient mythology, seen through the eyes of designer Luke Edward Hall. The de...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19pc Japanese Nippon Moriage Eggshell Porcelain Dragonware Tea Set c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique 19-Piece Japanese Nippon Hand Painted Moriage Eggshell Porcelain Dragonware Tea Set c1920
Measures- Creamer cup: 4''H x 3.5''W x 4.5''D; Sugar Bowl: 5''H x 4''W x 5.5''D; Wa...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Coffee Service by Ana Maria Nunez De Brilanti for Plateria Victoria, Mexico 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing the remarkable Copper & Silver Coffee/Tea Service by Ana Maria Nunez De Brilanti for Plateria Victoria, Mexico 1960's. Immerse yourself in the rich heritage of Mexican cr...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Vintage Japanese Thousand Flower Satsuma Porcelain Demitasse Tea Coffee Set
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Japanese Satsuma porcelain demitasse tea or coffee set featuring the thousand flower design with gold accents. Includes tea pot with ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japonisme Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Brass & Stone Inlay by Justo "Coco" Castillo for Los Castillo, Mexico 1950's
By Los Castillo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing the exquisite Brass & Stone Inlay by Justo Lucio Castillo for Los Castillo, Mexico, a true testament to the artistry of 1960's design. This meticulously crafted set of te...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Brass
Edmond Bellefroid Tea Set by Petrus Regout Maastricht, Bauhaus, Dutch Art Deco
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful Art Deco, Bauhaus set designed by Edmond Bellefroid 1929, execution Petrus Regout Maastricht.The set is in very good condition.Included table ware set.
Dimensions:Height 9...
Category
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 12 Antique Super Japanese Porcelain Tea Bowl Cup Saucer Flowers, 18C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Set of 12 Antique Super Set Japanese Porcelain Tea Bowl Cup Saucer Imari Flowers, 18th Century.
Lovely pieces.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Tea Bowl...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Acanthus Leaf Mocha Teacup & Saucer 1st Choice White & Gold
Located in Dayton, OH
Meissen Porcelain, blue sword mark 1st choice, Pfeiffer period 1924-1934, acanthus decor, model no. Y33
"Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcela...
Category
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 5 Antique Japanese Porcelain Edo Period Tea Bowls Floral Imari
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red. Its a mariage
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Color: Blue & White
Region of Origin: China
Empe...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Victorian 4 Piece Sterling Silver Tea & Coffee Set London England 1852
Located in London, GB
An impressive Antique Victorian 4 piece Silver Tea and Coffee Set comprising of a Coffee Pot, Teapot, Cream / Milk Jug & Sugar Bowl. This Tea Set features a panelled gothic design wi...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
French porcelain Coffee / Tea Service for 10 People
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Nice coffee or tea service from the first half of the 20th century for 10 people.
Beautiful porcelain quality, white with fine gold edging and gold patterns on each piece.
High Porce...
Category
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Kangxi Revival Chinese Porcelain Tea Bowl & Dish Parsley Kangxi Marked, 19th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Cup and saucer. They are made in the style of the well known Kangxi period items but are of later 19th century. Kangxi marked but of later period.
Additional information:
Material: ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique Meiji Porcelain Kangxi Revival Japanese Tea Bowls, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Pair Antique Meiji Porcelain Kangxi Revival Japanese Tea Bowls, 19th Century
Lovely and very detailed pieces.
Additional information:
Materia...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Boulenger - 8pc. Louis XVI, Silver Tea Set - Museum Quality !
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from Paris, A Superb 8 piece 19th Century Louis XVI Sterling Silver Tea Set by the one of France's Premier Silversmiths "Adolphe Boulenger" in...
Category
1870s French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling 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.
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