Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Miniature Teapot
By Yapp & Woodward
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, miniature antique Victorian English sterling silver teapot in the Chinoiserie style; an addition to our silver teaware collection This exception...
Sterling Silver
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H 7.1 in W 6.7 in D 10.6 in
Charles Riley & George Storer Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Teapot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, large antique Victorian English sterling silver teapot made by Charles Riley & George Storer; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
Sterling Silver
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H 5.91 in W 9.65 in D 5.91 in
19th Century Victorian Scottish Sterling Silver Teapot, Edinburgh, 1846
By J. McKay
Located in Cagliari, IT
A fine and impressive antique Victorian Scottish sterling silver teapot. The upper part of the teapot and the cover are embellished with a decoration made with engraving of flowers ...
Sterling Silver
China, Zisha Teapot, Daoguang Period, 1840
Located in Paris, FR
China, a zisha tea pot, pewter and jade over a Yixing teapot. Poem and signature by You Xiangming. Fan Luzeng zhi seal on the clay inside. Daoguang period, circa 1840. Mid Qing dina...
Jade, Pewter
American Pewter Teapot, New York, Circa 1840
Located in Lake Forest, IL
American Pewter Teapot, New York, Circa 1840
Pewter
Samuel Alcock Teapot, Maroon Pear Shaped Rococo Revival, 1843
By Samuel Alcock & Co.
Located in London, GB
A pear-shaped Rococo Revival teapot with cover, a dramatically scrolled and acanthus moulded foot, spout, loop finial and handle, picked out in gilt. Maroon cartouches and mushroom b...
Porcelain
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
$116,079
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
Wrought Iron
$89,500 / set
H 3.5 in W 5 in D 5 in
Stuart Devlin Set of Twelve Silver and Silver-Gilt "Twelve Days of Christmas"
By Cartier, Stuart Devlin
Located in North Miami, FL
Introducing an extraordinary and complete collection of Twelve English silver and silver-gilt "Twelve Days of Christmas" gift boxes, presented as edition No. 94 out of a limited prod...
Sterling Silver
Fabergé Silver Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...
Silver
1950s Small Sterling Silver Traditional Teapot
Located in Paris, FR
A handcrafted Moorish sterling small silver teapot handcrafted in the 1950s. What truly sets this piece apart are the intricate hand-engraved Moorish patterns. Weighing 316g, this t...
Silver
Six-Piece English Silver Tea and Coffee Service
Located in London, GB
Six-piece English silver tea and coffee service English, circa 1850-1863 Tray: Height 6cm, width 58cm, depth 58cm Kettle on stand: Height 43cm, width 29cm, depth 23cm Weight: 7,1...
Silver
Chinese Export Silver Tea and Coffee Service
By Yu Chang
Located in New Orleans, LA
This stunning and complete seven-piece Chinese export silver tea and coffee service was crafted by Yu Chang of Shanghai and Hong Kong, a firm renowned for its unique and high-quality...
Sterling Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver Six Piece Bachelor Tea and Coffee Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver six piece bachelor tea and coffee service; an addition to our silver teaware collection This exceptiona...
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling 925/°°° Silver Finely Chased Teapot
Located in Torino, IT
Manufactured by Charles Wright, London, England, 1771.
Sterling Silver
Victorian Sterling Silver Three-Piece Bachelor Tea Service
By George Richards Elkington
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver three-piece bachelor tea set or service, boxed, an addition to our diverse silver tea ware collection. ...
Silver, Sterling Silver
Reed & Barton Francis I Sterling Silver Teapot
By Reed & Barton
Located in New York, NY
Francis I sterling silver teapot. Made by Reed & Barton in Taunton, Mass. Bellied ovoid body on domed foot, high-looping leaf-capped scroll handle, and leaf-capped s-scroll handl...
Sterling Silver
$12,500 / set
H 12 in Dm 7 in
John R Wendt for Ball Black & Co Seven-Piece Medallion Sterling Tea & Coffee Set
By John Wendt, Ball Black & Co.
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This neoclassical sterling silver tea and coffee set was designed by renowned 19th century silversmith, John R. Wendt (1826-1907). Recognized as "one of the best designers and chaser...
Sterling Silver
19th Century Victorian Sterling Silver Bachelor Coffee Pot
By John Samuel Hunt
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver bachelor coffee pot made by John Samuel Hunt; an addition to our silver teaware collection. This magni...
Sterling Silver
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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