Vintage Belleek 19 piece LIMPET Tea Set
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Pasadena, TX
4 cups and 4 saucers. There are 5 hand painted Shamrock pieces. 2 tea cups, a sugar bowl and 2
Porcelain
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. It has
Porcelain
$295
H 3.38 in W 4 in D 3.38 in
BELLEEK - 'New Shell - Yellow' - Tea Cup & Saucer - Ireland - Circa 1965-1980
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Chatham, ON
BELLEEK (Manufacturer) - ' New Shell - Yellow ' (Pattern) - Vintage porcelain tea cup and saucer
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Cup and Saucer, Grass Pattern, Victorian 1863-1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer in the Grass design. Both items carry the 1st Black Mark
Porcelain
Belleek Porcelain Demitasse Cup, Soft Pink Tridacna, Victorian 1891-1926
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful Belleek demitasse cup and saucer in the pink Tridacna design with the 2nd Black
Porcelain
Sold
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Belleek Porcelain Cabaret Tea Set, White, Japonism Dragon, Victorian, 1863-1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
basin and cup and saucer, all placed on a matching tray. The set is from the first period of the Belleek
Porcelain
Antique Art Deco Aynsley Bone China Butterfly Tea Set 1920s
Located in London, GB
An exquisite, rare, and highly collectible 1920s Tea set with a bright sunshine yellow trim with a
Ceramic
Antique Art Deco Aynsley Bone China Butterfly Trio 1920s
Located in London, GB
An exquisite, rare, and highly collectable 1920s Art Deco Trio tea cup, saucer and side plate with
Ceramic
Belleek Demitasse Cup and Saucer, Shamrock Pattern, 1926-1946
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming Belleek demitasse cup and saucer in the Shamrock design with the 3rd Black
Porcelain
A Large Belleek Willets Porcelain Tea Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Consisting of pot, sugar, creamer (restored), two trays and six cups and saucers. Delicately gilded
Porcelain
Sold
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
Porcelain
$229,511Sale Price|33% Off
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
Other
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
Antique Belleek Irish Porcelain Saucer – Etruscan Shell Pattern Mid 20th Century
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Antique Belleek Irish Porcelain Saucer – Basket Weave Shell Pattern, 5th Mark (c.1955–1965) Delicate Irish craftsmanship in luminous creamy porcelain Add a touch of historic eleganc...
Porcelain
$4,350 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Belleek Cabaret Tea Set for Two, Cream Grass Pattern, Victorian 1863-1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful and very rare Belleek cabaret set in the Grass design, consisting of a teapot, two teacups and saucers, a milk jug and a lidded sugar bowl, all placed on a large ...
Porcelain
Belleek - 'Neptune' - Ceramic Cream Jug - Ireland - circa 1965-1980
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Chatham, ON
BELLEEK (Manufacturer) - ' Neptune ' (Pattern) - Vintage porcelain cream jug - large Size - featuring a yellow iridescent glaze to the handle - green maker's mark to the bottom - Ire...
Porcelain
$500
H 15 in W 18.25 in D 18.25 in
Antique Irish Belleek Porcelain Echinus Tray Centerpiece Black Mark Ireland 1891
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Stunning Example of an extremely rare Irish Belleek Porcelain Blanc de chine Echinus Dejeuner Oval Serving Tray of unusually large proportions. Nineteenth Century. This exception...
Porcelain, Pottery
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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