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Bone China Tea Set

Vintage Villeroy & Boch Gallo Design Bone China Tea Set, Floral 1970s, 23 Pc
By Villeroy & Boch
Located in Bastogne, BE
Design tea set is no exception. The fine bone china is both delicate and durable, designed to withstand
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Vintage 1970s German Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

English Wedgwood Tea Set Etruscan Empire Creamware Porcelain Turquoise 15 pcs
By Dresden Porcelain, Furstenberg Porcelain, Wedgwood, Royal Albert
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Beautiful English porcelain - Wedgwood Bone China Tea Set Decorated in the coveted Etruscan Empire
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20th Century English Classical Roman Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Aynsley Bone China Decorative Tea Set
Located in New York, NY
A highly collectible pink Aynsley floral design tea set. 8 plates, 11 cups & saucers, 1 sugar bowl
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Antique Early 1800s English Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Tea Set Antique Krautheim Selb Bavaria Art Deco Ivory Bone China
Located in Bastogne, BE
This exquisite antique tea set, crafted in the Art Deco style, is a true testament to timeless
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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Afternoon Tea Set, English, Bone China, Cup & Saucer, Plate, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique two-person afternoon tea set. An English, bone China cup and saucer, sandwich
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Antique Late 18th Century British Victorian Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Porcelain Tea/Coffee Set Bone China Royal Maastricht Sphinx, Holland
Located in Bastogne, BE
This beautiful vintage tea set was crafted in Holland, circa 1950s by Royal Maastricht Sphinx. Its
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Vintage 1950s Dutch Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

English Bone China Hand Painted & Signed Tea Set for Six with Teapot
Located in Leicester, GB
A beautiful midcentury English tea set by Tuscan Fine Bone China Made in England This tea set has
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Antique 1890 English Bone China Tea Cup and Saucer Sets
Located in Sheffield, MA
Victorian 1890 English bone china cup and saucer sets. The sets are embellished in a royal purple with some
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Antique 1890s Victorian Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Coffee Set Vintage Bone China Kaiser For 12 Person Germany
By AK Kaiser
Located in Bastogne, BE
- 14 cm. The coffee set of the empire style form made of bone china with gold arabesque will help you
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Vintage 1970s German Tea Sets

Materials

Bone

Coffee Set Vintage Tuscan England Bone China Pale Pink Enamel Gold Plate 1960s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Elegant six-piece coffee set, crafted from pristine English bone china. Each piece showcases the
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Vintage 1960s British Tea Sets

Materials

Bone

Bone China Coffee Set From Kaiser Set For Six Person, Set of 33
By Kaiser
Located in Bastogne, BE
. Delightful thin-walled bone relief porcelain. The sophistication of the set is given by smooth lines and a
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Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Set of 4 Antique Coffee Cups, English, Bone China, Cup and Saucer, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 4 antique coffee cups. An English, bone China decorative drinking can and saucer
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

1930s Wedgwood Lustreware Tea Cups & Saucers, Set of 6
By Wedgwood
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of six 1930s Wedgwood lusterware tea cups and saucers. Overall silver floral motif on bone
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Vintage 1930s English Edwardian Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Limoges France Demitasse Tea Cup and Saucers Set Porcelain 1930
By Limoges
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Cups and 3 Saucers Set Porcelain 1930 Fine China. Hand-Crafted and hand painted with flowers. Fine bone
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Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Recent Sales

Heinrich Bavaria Porcelain Tea-Set, 14-Piece Gold Rimmed Bone China Set
By Heinrich & Co. 1
Located in Venice, Murano
Beautiful set of 14-piece tea-service, manufactured in Germany by Heinrich & Co, circa 1960s-1970s
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Vintage 1960s German Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Set of Three Bone China Tea Cups with Pedestal Bottom, Saucers Early 1900s
Located in Petaluma, CA
These are three lovely French bone china tea cups with a pedestal bottom and their saucers. All
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Limoges Bone China Tea Cups with Legs and Saucers, Set of Three, Early 1900s
Located in Petaluma, CA
This is a set of three lovely French Limoges bone china tea cups with pedestal bottom and matching
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Royal Albert Bone China Tea Set and Plates Lady Carlyle Pattern 14 Pcs
By Royal Albert
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Stunning English fabulous porcelain - Bone China Tea set from Royal Albert. Decorated with the much
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20th Century English Rococo Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Representative Pieces from a Yates Bone China Tea Set C.1820
By James Yates
Located in Exeter, GB
Representative pieces from a Yates Bone China Tea Set c.1820. Comprising a teapot, sugar box
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Antique 1820s English Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

1990s Wedgwood Bone China Tea Set-Royal College of Art Kensington Anniversary
By Wedgwood
Located in London, England
A limited edition Wedgwood bone china seven piece, Kensington shaped, tea set designed by William
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1990s British Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Lou Rota London Flamingo Tea Set
Located in Toronto, ON
A chic fine bone china tea set with flamingos from Lou Rota, London. This sophisticated set
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2010s English Tea Sets

Materials

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
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Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Minton Haddon Hall 11 Pieces Tea Set Bone China Porcelain
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
This tea set is composed of 11 pieces: 1 teapot, 1 sugar bowl, 1 milk pot, and 8 teacups and with
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Early 20th Century English Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Wileman Porcelain Tea Set, Chrysanthemum, Pastel Colors, Art Nouveau, 1896
By Wileman
Located in London, GB
most respected manufacturers of fine bone china tea sets in the late 19th and early 20th century, and
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Antique 1890s English Art Nouveau Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

20 Pc Aynsley Cobalt Blue & Gold Porcelain Bone China Simcoe Tea Set Serves 8
By John Aynsley
Located in Dayton, OH
"Vintage twenty piece John Aynsley bone china demitasse tea or coffe set in the Simcoe pattern
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Late 20th Century Neoclassical Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Wileman Tea for One Set, Red Floral Chains on Court Shape, Art Nouveau, 1906
By Shelley Pottery
Located in London, GB
the most respected manufacturers of fine bone china tea sets in the late 19th century, and many of
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Antique Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Fine Spode Harrogate Bone China Dinner Service
By Spode
Located in Worcester, GB
Fine Spode Harrogate Bone China Dinner Service Late 20th century, English, c.1980 Spode
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Late 20th Century British Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Shelley Art Deco Slop Bowl, Peaches and Grapes on Queen Anne Shape, 1926
By Shelley Pottery
Located in London, GB
china tea sets in the late 19th and early 20th century, and many of their products are now collector's
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Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Shelley Art Deco Teacup Quartet, Peaches & Grapes on Queen Anne Shape, 1926
By Shelley Pottery
Located in London, GB
with its peculiar octagonal shape and extremely fine bone china. This set is a beautiful example of
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Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Shelley Art Deco Teacup Trio, Peaches and Grapes on Queen Anne Shape, 1926
By Shelley Pottery
Located in London, GB
called Late Foley) was one of the most respected manufacturers of fine bone china tea sets in the late
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Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

New Hall Bone China Teacup and Saucer, Elephant Pattern, Regency ca 1815
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
and expensive to produce. Once Josiah Spode had standardised bone china this quickly became the
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Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Wileman Porcelain Teacup Quartet, Japanese Buttercup Imari, Art Nouveau, 1902
By Wileman
Located in London, GB
renamed Shelley and sometimes called Foley) was one of the most respected manufacturers of fine bone china
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Antique Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Wileman Teacup Quartet, Japan Pattern on Snowdrop Shape, 1898
By Shelley Pottery
Located in London, GB
manufacturers of fine bone china tea sets in the late 19th and early 20th Century, and many of their products
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Antique 1890s English Late Victorian Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Cobalt Aynsley English Bone China Hand Painted Butterfly Tea Cup and Saucer Set
By John Aynsley
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very intricately hand painted tea cup and saucer set is made of fine bone china by the Aynsley
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Mid-20th Century English Arts and Crafts Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

142 Pc Ancestral Minton Bone China Dinnerwear Set Service for 22 Tea England 376
By Minton
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Ancestral pattern dinner set by Minton. S-376, circa 1951-1991. Featuers a fife design
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Late 20th Century Victorian Tableware

Materials

Porcelain

Wileman Dessert Service, Art Nouveau Japan Patt, 6664, 1895-1914
By Shelley Pottery
Located in London, GB
sometimes called Foley) was one of the most respected manufacturers of fine bone china tea sets in the late
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Antique Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

English Royal Crown Derby 'Red Aves' Bone China Tea Set
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Astoria, NY
English bone china tea set of three pieces by Royal Crown Derby, “Red Aves” design, with tea pot
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Vintage 1980s English Chinoiserie Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Hutschenreuther Selb Tea Set Antique Hutschenreuter Bavaria Bone China
By Hutschenreuther
Located in Bastogne, BE
Magnificent bone china from the renowned oldest German manufactory Hutschenreuther Selb
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Minton Haddon Hall 27 Pieces Tea Set Bone China Porcelain
By Minton
Located in Paris, FR
This tea set is composed of 19 pieces: 1 teapot, 1 sugar bowl, 1 milk pot, 8 cake plate with 8
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Early 20th Century English Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Exquisite Royal Crown Derby "Old Imari" English Bone China Full Size Tea Set
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Tustin, CA
Timelessly elegant and of the finest quality, this classic bone china tea set from Royal Crown
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Vintage 1980s English Anglo-Japanese Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Curated Set of 10 Vintage Floral English Bone China Tea Cups and Saucers
By Royal Albert
Located in Palm Springs, CA
marked. Perfect to mix with solid white bone china plates.
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Early 20th Century English American Classical Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Shelley Art Deco Breakfast Set, Trees and Sunset, 1926
By Shelley Pottery
Located in London, GB
fine bone china tea sets in the late 19th and early 20th Century, and many of their products are now
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Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Japanese Rokko Hand Painted Eggshell Porcelain Tea Set for 5
Located in Pomona, CA
This bone china/Eggshell china tea set, produced in Japan between 1940-1950 in Japan, shows a
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Rosenthal Gold Red White Porcelain Bone Chine Tea Coffee Set
By Rosenthal
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Sharp looking fine bone china porcelain tea coffee desert set by Rosenthal. Saucer cup plate tea
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20th Century German Baroque Serving Pieces

Materials

Gold Plate

Wileman Milk Jug or Creamer, Japan Red & Blue Pattern Imari, Victorian 1890
By Wileman
Located in London, GB
Shelley and sometimes called Foley) was one of the most respected manufacturers of fine bone china tea
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Antique 1890s English Victorian Pitchers

Materials

Porcelain

Royal Albert Whisper Pink and Green English Bone China Tea Set of Two
By Royal Albert
Located in New York, NY
Indulge your inner Bridgerton, English bone china tea set of two in whisper pink, delicate green
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Vintage 1960s English Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco Fine Bone Chine Tea Set by Charles Ahrenfeldt for Limoges
By Charles Ahrenfeldt, Limoges
Located in London, GB
bone china tea set was designed by Charles Ahrenfeldt for Limoges, Charles Ahrenfeldt was the art
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Tea Time Porcelain Bone China Set of Six by Coalport
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Solebury, PA
This set of six tea and crumpet/sandwich cup and plates were made by Coalport in England around
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Vintage 1950s British Tea Sets

Adderley Fine Bone China 42 Piece Teaset
Located in Middleburg, VA
Fabulous Green English Adderley Fine Bone China 42 Piece Double Tea Set - Hand Decorated
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Early 20th Century English Porcelain

Materials

Bone

Aynsley English Bone China Tea Set Empress Patten Cobalt
By John Aynsley
Located in London, GB
Aynsley English Bone China tea set empress patten cobalt consisting of 10 cups, 10 saucers and 10
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Vintage 1920s British Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Royal Stuart Pink Peonies with Brushed Gold Trim Bone China Tea Service
By Royal Stuart
Located in Pataskala, OH
20 pieces of vintage Royal Stuart in the Pink Peonies pattern bone china tableware. This pattern
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Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Fitz and Floyd White Bone China Harvest Teapot
By Fitz and Floyd
Located in Oakland Park, FL
white bone China 40 OZ. U.S.A. 1981 Fitz and Floyd Enterprises, LLC engages in the design and
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Vintage 1980s American Country Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

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Pair of Original 1960s Italian Nightstands with Salmon-Colored Glass Top Walnut
Located in Buggiano, IT
Pair of original 1960s Italian nightstands with salmon-colored glass top. Walnut wood. One is Right and one is left. They will be delivered in a specific wooden case for export, pa...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Night Stands

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Pair of Original 1960s Italian Nightstands with Salmon-Colored Glass Top Walnut
Pair of Original 1960s Italian Nightstands with Salmon-Colored Glass Top Walnut
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20th Century English Neoclassical Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

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Wedgwood blue and white jasperware jewelry tray
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Steel

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$3,050
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Kangxi Famille Verte Porcelain Large Dish, Qing Dynasty, 17th/18th c
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A large and magnificent Chinese famille verte enameled porcelain large dish or charger, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662 - 1722), circa 1700, China. The shallow, shaped dish of fo...
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Antique Early 1700s Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Enamel

20th Century Limoges Porcelain Dinner Service ULIM 63-Piece
By ULIM Limoges
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite 63-piece Limoges porcelain dinnerware set embodies the elegance and craftsmanship synonymous with the renowned French porcelain tradition. Crafted in Limoges, this set...
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20th Century French Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

20th Century Limoges Porcelain Dinner Service ULIM 63-Piece
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$2,800 Sale Price / set
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Materials

Wood, Oak

Antique George II Britannia Standard Silver Salvers by Paul de Lamerie
By Paul de Lamerie
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Antique 1730s British George II Serving Pieces

Materials

Silver, Britannia Standard Silver

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By Woka Lamps
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2010s Austrian Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

Fabric Pende Woka Chandelier
Fabric Pende Woka Chandelier
$5,537 / item
H 15.75 in Dm 15.75 in
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Located in Philadelphia, PA
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2010s South American Chesterfield Sofas

Materials

Leather

A pair of leather Chesterfield style sofas
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Early Meissen Porcelain Teapot circa 1715 from the Arnhold Collection
By Meissen Porcelain
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Antique Early 18th Century German Other Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Richard Ginori Galli RossiPorcelain Dinnerware Set, Doccia Manufactory, Florence
By Richard Ginori
Located in Prato, Tuscany
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Late 20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Porcelain

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Porcelain

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Teak

Johannes Andersen Extendable Dining Table in Teak
Johannes Andersen Extendable Dining Table in Teak
$4,200 Sale Price
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H 29 in W 120 in D 35.4 in
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By Mason's Ironstone
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Pitchers

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Ironstone

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Late 20th Century Japanese Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

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Barbara Dining Table with Walnut Top by Renato Zamberlan
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Antique 1890s French Aesthetic Movement Dinner Plates

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19th Century Plate Vieillard Bordeaux Service Nella
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Bone China Tea Set For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic bone china tea set available at 1stDibs. Each bone china tea set for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic and porcelain. There are many kinds of the bone china tea set you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right bone china tea set, those designed in Arts and Crafts, Mid-Century Modern and Neoclassical styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one bone china tea set that is appealing in its simplicity, but Minton, John Aynsley and Royal Crown Derby Porcelain produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Bone China Tea Set?

The average selling price for a bone china tea set at 1stDibs is $1,060, while they’re typically $15 on the low end and $2,534 for the highest priced.

Finding the Right Tea-sets for You

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.