Aynsley Jewelled Bone China Demitasse Cup and Saucer Set of Six, Boxed
Located in Nottingham, GB
Banded gilding punctuated by neoclassical cartouches and raised turquoise enamel cabochons defines this English bone china demitasse coffee service. Each piece is decorated with a br...
Bone
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Aynsley Porcelain Demitasse Cup, Art Nouveau Cobalt Blue with Gilt, 1891-1912
By John Aynsley
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful Aynsley demitasse cup and saucer made between 1891 and 1912. The set is decorated in cobalt blue and gilt. This little cup would make a perfect Valentine's Day g...
Porcelain
Vintage Aynsley Porcelain Fruit and Roses Tea Set, by JA Bailey and D Jones
By John Aynsley
Located in Richmond, London
A fabulously decorative harlequin set of eleven vintage Aynsley porcelain tea cups and saucers, in multicoloured glazes, hand-decorated and signed by the artists JA Bailey and D Jone...
Porcelain
$825 / set
H 2 in Dm 4.5 in
19thc Royal Crown Derby Demitasse Service for Eight Chinoiserie Imari Pattern
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Savannah, GA
19th century Royal Crown Derby demitasse service, Imari pattern #198, in classical Japanese chinoiserie taste having a beautiful painted Imari palette of birds and foliate decoration...
Porcelain
Haviland Limoges Porcelain Demitasse Cups and Saucers, Set of 6
Located in Coral Gables, FL
A delicate set of six Haviland Limoges porcelain demitasse cups and matching saucers, made in France and decorated with soft pink floral sprays, pale green foliage, and refined gilt ...
Porcelain
Limoges Porcelain Cream Soup Cup and Saucer Set, 11 Pieces
By Limoges
Located in Astoria, NY
Limoges Porcelain Cream Soup Cup and Saucer Set, with black and white floral bouquet pattern, comprising: five soup cups and six saucers, marked "Limoges France" to underside. Cup: ...
Porcelain
$511 / set
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Porcelain - Set of eight coffee cups and eleven saucers - Vista Alegre
Located in Porto, PT
Porcelain - Set of eight coffee cups and eleven saucers - Vista Alegre. Made of porcelain from the Vista Alegre factory, decorated with glazes from the green family. Mark No. 25 in u...
Porcelain
$510 / set
H 2.37 in W 4.34 in D 2.76 in
Set of 6 Vintage EPIAG Czech Porcelain Demitasse Cups and Saucers
By Royal Epiag
Located in Praha, CZ
A refined set of 6 vintage porcelain demitasse cups and matching saucers, made by EPIAG in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. Each piece features a Rococo-style romantic scene and decorati...
Porcelain
$380Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 2.5 in Dm 5 in
Tiffany & co staffordshire Porcelain Tea Cups and Saucers, 12 Pieces
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Plainview, NY
This exquisite Tiffany & Co porcelain tea set features 6 beautifully crafted tea cups and 6 matching saucers. The set, made in Staffordshire, is marked on the bottom and signed by th...
Porcelain
Haviland Limoges Ranson Porcelain Cup and Saucer Set, Gold Trim
Located in Coral Gables, FL
A refined set of four Haviland Limoges porcelain cups and saucers in the classic Ranson pattern, made in France and finished in luminous white porcelain with delicate gold trim. The ...
Porcelain
$4,500 / set
H 2.38 in W 3 in D 2.13 in
Set of 8 Tiffany Edwardian Demitasse Coffee Holders & Lenox Liners
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Set of 8 Edwardian sterling silver demi-tasse holders and saucers. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1914. This set comprises 8 holders and 8 saucers. Each holder: Conical wi...
Sterling Silver
Victorian Footed Porcelain TeaCup and Saucer Set of 6 Circa 1930
By Royal Albert, Limoges
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Victorian hand painted porcelain footed teacup and Saucer Set of 6 Circa 1930. Decorative Victorian fine porcelain footed coffee or tea cup with saucer, hand painted with flowers in ...
Porcelain
$236Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 3.5 in W 13.5 in D 9.5 in
Royal Worcester England Set of Six Demitasse Cups and Saucers In Original Box
By Royal Worcester
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Royal Worcester Floral Set of Six Demitasse Cups and Saucers In Original Royal Blue Box. This lovely boxed set of Royal Worcester coffee or tea cups and saucers are in mint condition...
Porcelain
Set of Six English Porcelain Cups, and Saucers, Royal Worcester, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Jeweled with a band of enameled drops above a gilt laced pattern, on a dark cobalt blue background. Marked underneath. With six spoons.
Porcelain
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Rothschild" Cups and saucers
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary Porcelain "Rothschild" Cups and saucers A Herend Hungary porcelain set with six cups and saucers. The saucers measures 14 cm diagonal and 2 cm high. The cups are 8,5...
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Set of 6 Demitasse Cups & Saucers
By Copeland Spode
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-20th century set of 6 demitasse cups & saucers. "Victoria" pattern by Copeland Spode. 1939-65 period. Overall: 4/75" x 2 3/8" We are a family business that has been a major...
Porcelain
$922Sale Price|20% Off
H 2.56 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in
Set of 4 Vintage Cups & Saucers, English, Ceramic, Silver, Coffee Cans, Aynsley
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 4 vintage cups and saucers. An English, ceramic and hallmarked silver coffee can by Aynsley, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930. Wonderfully petite with s...
Ceramic
Haviland Limoges Demitasse Cup and Saucer Set Bone China, Art Deco
By Haviland & Co.
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Haviland Limoges demitasse cup and saucer set was made for Wright Tindale & Van Roden, high end store in Philadelphia that specialized in selling English and Limoges porcelain in 188...
Porcelain
$600 / set
H 1.97 in Dm 3.55 in
KPM, Berlin, Seven Royal Ivory Tea Cups with Saucers in Cream-Colored Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
KPM, Berlin. Seven Royal Ivory tea cups with saucers in cream-colored porcelain with gold decoration. 1920s. The cup measures: 9.3 x 5.5 cm. Saucer diameter: 13.5 cm. In excellent...
Porcelain
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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