$1,670 / set
Vintage Belleek 15 piece NEPTUNE Tea Set
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a highly sought after set of Belleek Neptune porcelain. This tea set has 15 pieces.
Porcelain
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H 4.25 in W 4 in D 2.5 in
BELLEEK - 'Neptune' - Ceramic Cream Jug & Sugar Bowl - Ireland - Circa 1955-1980
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Chatham, ON
BELLEEK (Manufacturer) - ' Neptune ' (Pattern) - Vintage porcelain cream jug and sugar bowl - featuring a yellow iridescent glaze to the interior of the jug and handle as well as the...
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Cabaret Tea Set, Pink Neptune, Victorian, circa 1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and gorgeous Belleek cabaret tea service for four in the pink Neptune design, consisting of a teapot, four teacups and saucers, a milk jug, a sugar basin and a large t...
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Cabaret Tea Set, Green Neptune, Victorian, 1891-1926
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and gorgeous Belleek cabaret tea service for four in the green Neptune design made by Belleek some time between 1891 and 1926, most probably in the 1890s.
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Cabaret Tea Set, Green Neptune, Victorian, 1891-1926
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and gorgeous Belleek cabaret tea service for four in the green Neptune design made by Belleek some time between 1891 and 1926, most probably in the 1890s.
Porcelain
Belleek Cabaret Tea Set Serving Four, Green Neptune, 1863-1946
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and gorgeous Belleek cabaret tea service for four in the green Neptune design made by Belleek.
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Cabaret Teapot Set, Green Neptune, Victorian, 1891-1926
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and gorgeous Belleek cabaret teapot set in the green Neptune design, consisting of a teapot, a milk jug and a sugar basin, all placed on a small tray. All items carry ...
Porcelain
$512Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.78 in W 5.32 in D 3.94 in
Tettau Porcelain Tea Service, 35-Piece Set, Gilded, Germany, 1930s
Located in Opole, PL
Presented tea service is made of white china. It is ornamented with a sky-blue stripe of a painted, gilded pattern. The whole is signed with the Koniglich Porzellanfabrik Tettau Bav...
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 q...
Bone
$1,584Sale Price / set|25% Off
Vintage ULIM Limoges Porcelain Tea and Coffee Set – 41 Pieces
By ULIM Limoges
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This beautiful 41-piece tea and coffee set is part of the ULIM collection, a classic and highly sought-after design from Limoges, known for its fine French porcelain. Adorned with a ...
Porcelain, Paint
19th C. Spode 44 Pc. Porcelain Tea Set
By Spode
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This Classic 19th century Spode Dessert and tea and coffee service encompasses the beauty of the period as well as the elegant floral decoration. The complete service for 8, plus ext...
Porcelain
White Porcelain Coffee Service, 18 pieces, France, 20th Century
By Limoges
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Elegant vintage French coffee service in white porcelain with refined gold trim. The set includes a tall coffee pot, a lidded sugar bowl, a creamer, and twelve matching cups with sau...
Porcelain
$1,290 / set
H 1.19 in W 10.63 in D 9.85 in
Vintage Royal Albert 12 Place Tea & Coffee Service Set Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful vintage 50 piece tea, coffee service by Royal Albert China, the design is called Old Country Roses, Circa 1960 in date. It is beautifully made of fine bone chi...
Porcelain
$577 / set
H 0.79 in W 8.67 in D 8.67 in
Antique 21 piece Doric China Longton Stafford Porcelain Tea Set 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful Antique Doric China High Street Longton Staffordshire porcelain tea set Circa 1926 - 35 in date. It contains 21 pieces and is beautifully made with superb decor...
Porcelain
Antique Porcelain Tea Set for 11 Person by Carl Tielsch
By Carl Tielsch & Co. 1
Located in Vilnius, LT
The porcelain tea set for 11 person is decorated with black and gold decor and handmade by Carl Tielsch in 19th century. The total amount of items in the set: 37 pcs. Tea cup dimen...
Porcelain
19th Century R.S. Prussia Children's Tea Set
By RS Prussia
Located in High Point, NC
19th century RS Prussia incomplete child's tea set. The set includes a tray, tea to, sugar and creamer, waste bowl, 4 small cups and 3 saucers and 5 small plates. The measurements ...
Ceramic
Bavarian porcelain Tea Set for 12, "Mitterteich", 1931
By Mitterteich Bavaria Porcelain
Located in Palermo, IT
Bavarian porcelain tea set for 12, "Mitterteich," 1931 Consisting of 12 cups and saucers, a teapot, a milk jug, and a sugar bowl. Intact and in good condition. The teapot measures 16...
Porcelain
18th Century Pearlware Tea Set with Swan Finial
By Wedgwood
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This 18th century rare and complete tea service for six is finely and simply decorated in the style of the period. The creamy white paste is hand-painted with black enamel decoration...
Porcelain
Vintage Belleek 19 piece LIMPET Tea Set
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a partial set of Belleek Limpet porcelain. The Limpet tea set has 9 pieces. The teapot and 4 cups and 4 saucers. There are 5 hand painted Shamrock pieces. 2 tea cups, a suga...
Porcelain
$253Sale Price / set|68% Off
H 7.09 in W 9.06 in D 5.12 in
Deshoulières Limoges Empire Tea Set, 15-Piece Fine Porcelain Set
By Deshoulières Limoges
Located in London, England
This Empire-style tea service, from Sologne, is a real jewel of the 20th century. Composed of 15 pieces in fine porcelain, each element is delicately decorated with fine gold, testif...
Gold Leaf
$1,779Sale Price|20% Off
H 7.88 in W 4.93 in D 7.68 in
Antique Kutani Tea Service, Japanese, Porcelain, Teapot, Cup & Saucer, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Kutani tea service. A Japanese, porcelain 6 person teapot and cups set, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Superb Japanese tea service, with delica...
Porcelain
Haviland Limoges Tea Set with 24k Gold & Orientalist Frieze, c.1900
By Haviland & Co.
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant Haviland Limoges porcelain tea set is a refined example of early 20th-century French craftsmanship, created by Haviland & Co. in Limoges and decorated for the prestigiou...
Gold
20th century White Limoges Porcelain Tea set by Bernardaud, 1930s
By Bernardaud
Located in LEGNY, FR
Elegant Limoges Porcelain Tea Set by Bernardaud – Gold Trimmed Refined and timeless, this exquisite Limoges porcelain tea set is crafted by the prestigious house of Bernardaud, "Ver...
Porcelain
Porcelain Miniature Pig by Belleek
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in San Diego, CA
Whimsical porcelain pig made by the Belleek Pottery Ltd. of Ireland, circa 1980s. #4815
Porcelain
Belleek Four-Strand Oval Basket, 20th Century
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Belleek four-strand oval basket 20th century Oval basket with a waved loop rim applied with sprigs of flowers, impressed banner mark. Note: Restoration to four loops, as i...
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.