Regency period antique sterling silver 3 piece tea set made in London in 1819
By Joseph Angell II
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1819 by Joseph Angell II, this handsome, Regency Period, Antique Sterling Silver Tea Set, comprises a teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl, all standing on 4 ball...
Sterling Silver
Antique Chinese Porcelain Yellow & Overglaze Blue Teapot Chine de Commande
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Yongzheng, 18th century, Very fine painting. Yellow glaze and overglaze blue. Very rare combination. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Em...
Porcelain
Armorial Chinese Porcelain Large Teapot Chine de Commande Qianlong, 18th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Qianlong, 18th century,Famille Rose. Famile rose enamels with flowers. Large Teapot. Missing lid Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Tea/Coffee Drinking: Bow...
Porcelain
Antique Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Teapot Imari Red Gold, 1690-1720
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely shaped teapot in round and moulded shape. With flower scene. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: Japan Japanese Style: Imari Decoration Ty...
Porcelain
Japanese Meiji Period Late 19th Century Bronze Teapots with Weathered Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
Six Japanese Meiji period bronze teapots from the late 19th century, sold individually. Created in Japan during the second half of the 19th century, each of these six teapots will ma...
Bronze
Antique Meiji Period Satsuma Teapot Flowers Butterflies, Late 19th/Early 20th
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A lovely Satsuma Teapot. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Japanese Style: Satsuma Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century, 20th century Meiji Periode (1867...
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Valentines Patter Teapot Chine de Commande Qianlong, 18th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Porcelain teapot. Qianlong period Fantastic and highly detailed decoration in Grisaille/Encre de Chine Painted with ‘The Valentine Pattern’. Two doves perched on a quiver o...
Porcelain
Vintage Hand-Hammered Copper Teapot with Patina from 20th Century, India
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage 1930s teapot from India where it was hand-hammered on copper which displays time’s patina. This teapot adopts a pleasant pyramid shape with a long spout and a tall round ri...
Copper
Sevres Sky Blue Ground Porcelain Teapot and Cover, Dated 1785
Located in New York, NY
Painter: Vincent Taillandier (1753-90). Gilder; Boileau Le Jeune (1783-89).
Porcelain
1920's German Bauhaus Ceramic Teapot by Margarete Heymann for Häel Werkstat
By Margarete Heymann
Located in New York, NY
Bauhaus design hand painted ceramic teapot by renowned artist Margarete Heymann, c. 1920's. Germany. Stamped with workshop hallmark on bottom. Margarete Heymann was born in August ...
Ceramic
$6,400Sale Price|20% Off
c.1735-40 An Exceptional Meissen Teapot, Hand-Painted Chinoiserie Trading Scene
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Skien, NO
An Important Early Meissen Porcelain Teapot, Ca. 1735-40: Finely Painted with Chinoiserie Trading Scenes and Gilt Decoration An exceptional and important early Meissen porcelain tea...
Porcelain
WAS Benson. A good quality small Arts & Crafts copper and brass teapot
By W.A.S. Benson
Located in London, GB
W A S Benson. A good quality small copper and brass teapot.
Copper
Victorian Solid Silver 3Pieces Tea Set, 2 pcs Gold Gilded Inside, Roberts&Staler
By Roberts & Slater
Located in Beirut, LB
An exquisite and rare mid-19th century English sterling silver tea set, comprising a teapot, sugar bowl, and milk jug, crafted by the esteemed silversmiths Roberts & Staler.
Gold, Silver
Antique Signed Satsuma Teapot Fujiware no Teika, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A lovely Satsuma Teapot. Marked on body and lid + pot rims. So, the teapot depicts the author Fujiwara no Teika (the text to the right reads, "Counselor Teika"), who lived in the 13t...
Porcelain
Art Deco Copper Teapot with Wood Lid and Handle and Matching Tealight
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Subtly styled copper teapot with wooden lid and handle, plus matching tea light, in Art Deco-style. Beautiful design for this very rarely used tea pot with its graceful wooden handl...
Copper
Set Of Two Silver Teapots By The Goldsmith G.Lecomte XXth
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Flat bottom model, the paunchy body has pinched ribs. THE The lids of the two teapots are fitted with a thumb rest in rosewood. The rosewood handle is fixed and inserted into a si...
Sterling Silver
Jugendstil Copper and Brass Teapot by Atelier Mayer for WMF, Germany, 1905-1910
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Chicago, IL
Jugendstil copper and brass teapot set by Atelier Mayer for WMF, Germany, 1905-1910 Dims are of teapot alone.
Metal
$304Sale Price|25% Off
Art Nouveau Teapot & Warmer Brass-Early 20th Century by F. & R. Fischer, Germany
By Fischer Brothers
Located in Andernach, DE
Wonderful antique brass teapot & warmer - i.e. teapot with stand and in original condition. Completely preserved original from the 1910s to 1920s. Wonderful craftsmanship & design by...
Brass
Rosenthal, Porcelain Tea Set Consisting of Teapot, Creamer and Sugar Bowl
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rosenthal, a porcelain tea set consisting of teapot, creamer and sugar bowl. Hand-painted with purple flowers. 1920/30s. In perfect condition. Teapot measuring: L 27.5 (incl. spo...
Porcelain
$6,058 / set
Antique Russian Silver Tea-set
Located in London, GB
This fine and charming silver tea-set comprises a teapot, a sugar pot with a spoon and two jugs; one smaller and one larger.
Silver
$531 / set
Antique Ornate Silver Plated Tea Set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Ornate Silver Plated Tea Set, the teapot having an unusual owl finial, black shaped handle and standing on a pedestal circular base with bun feet.
Silver Plate
Antique European Silver Teapot in Dutch Rococo Style
Located in New York, NY
European Rococo silver teapot, 19th century. Dutch-form: Bellied bowl and hinged and domed cover with vasiform finial. Double-scroll handle has leaf-cap with cherub head terminal. Sp...
Silver
$2,880Sale Price|20% Off
Antique John Burger New York Federal Classical Silver Teapot
Located in New York, NY
Federal Classical coin silver teapot. Made by John Burger in New York, ca 1790. Straight and oval with long diagonal spout; silver-mounted high-looping and leaf-capped stained-wood h...
Silver
Hester Bateman English Georgian Neoclassical Teapot, 1788
By Hester Bateman
Located in New York, NY
George III sterling silver teapot. Made by Hester Bateman in London, 1788. Ovoid with straight sides; cover hinged and domed with stained-wood finial. Diagonal spout and high-looping...
Sterling Silver
$7,200Sale Price|20% Off
Hester Bateman English Georgian Neoclassical Teapot, 1780
By Hester Bateman
Located in New York, NY
George III sterling silver teapot. Made by Hester Bateman in London in 1780. Oval body with straight diagonal spout and capped and high-looping stained-wood handle; cover hinged and ...
Sterling Silver
$4,320Sale Price|20% Off
Peter & Jonathan Bateman English Georgian Neoclassical Teapot, 1790
By Peter & Jonathan Bateman
Located in New York, NY
George III sterling silver teapot. Made by Peter and Jonathan Bateman in London in London in 1790. Oval bowl with diagonal spout; cover hinged and domed. Stained-wood handle and fini...
Sterling Silver
George Jones Blossom Teapot And Cover
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica teapot which features apple leaves and blossom. Colouration: turquoise, brown, green, are predominant. English diamond registration mark for the date 23/04/1873.
Majolica
19th-Century Majolica Minton Chinaman Teapot
By Minton
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica figural teapot signed Minton. Modeled as a Chinaman , the tail formed as the Chinaman’s pigtail, his head forming the cover with his hair comb forming the finial. Reference ...
Ceramic
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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