Antique Chinese Export Sterling Silver Tea Set with Dragon & Bamboo Decoration
By Luen Hing
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique handcrafted sterling silver tea set was made in China in circa 1880 in the period Chinese export style.
Sterling Silver
Antique Chinese Export Silver Three Piece Tea Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Condition This antique Chinese silver tea set with dragons is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional presentation condition.
Silver
$360Sale Price|25% Off
Chinese Enamelware Teapot with Twin Dragons, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range of social customs and material traditions. In addition to tea leaves, water, and he...
Brass
Antique Chinese Export Silver Three Piece Tea Service Circa 1890
By Kwan Wo
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
This exceptional antique tea set/service, in Chinese Export Silver consists of a teapot, cream jug and covered sugar bowl.
Silver
Chinese Dragon Scale Table Set with Square Stools, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century tea table and set of four stools were carved of a fine hardwood with a tight grain and beautiful, warm coloring. The detailed style of carving on the legs and...
Hardwood
Rare Chinese Export Sterling Silver Tea Set with Dragon Design Tianjing Wuhua
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese export sterling silver tea set comprised of 13 pieces including tea pot, sugar, creamer, four tea bowls and six tea spoons, circa 1910s-1920s.
Sterling Silver
Unavailable
H 5.52 in Dm 5.91 in
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Three-Piece Dragon Tea Set by Kuen Wo
Located in Singapore, SG
A Classic Chinese Export silver (CES) three-piece tea set. Each piece has been repousse worked with four clawed dragons against a polished surface.
Silver
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H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 9.65 in
Antique Chinese Export Tu Mao Xing Solid Silver Dragon Tea Set, circa 1890
By Tu Mao Xing
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century Chinese Export solid silver three-piece tea set, comprising of teapot, sugar bowl and milk jug, each spherical body is beautifully applied with dragons chasing t...
Silver
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H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 9.65 in
Antique 19th Century, Chinese Export Tu Mao Xing Solid Silver Dragon Tea Set
By Tu Mao Xing
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century Chinese export solid silver three piece tea set, comprising of teapot, sugar bowl and milk jug, each spherical body is beautifully applied with dragons chasing t...
Silver
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H 4.73 in Dm 6.7 in
19th Century Chinese Export Solid Silver Dragon Tea Set, Wing Cheong, circa 1890
By Wing Cheong
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-19th century Chinese export solid silver three-piece tea set, comprising of teapot, sugar bowl and milk jug, each spherical body embossed with dragons in relief, cast sp...
Silver
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H 5.52 in W 9.45 in D 6.3 in
19th Century Chinese Export Silver Dragon Tea Set by Wang Hing, circa 1890
By Wang Hing & Co.
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th century Chinese export solid silver three-piece tea set, comprising of teapot, sugar bowl and milk jug, each spherical body applied with exquisite dragons in relief...
Silver
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H 5.12 in W 4.73 in D 7.88 in
20th Century Chinese Export Solid Silver Dragon Tea Set Cheong Shing, circa 1910
By Cheong Shing
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th century Chinese export solid silver four-piece tea set, comprising of teapot, sugar bowl, milk jug and sugar tongs, each spherical body applied with dragons and flowers ...
Silver
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H 24.81 in W 0.79 in D 15.36 in
Antique Chinese Export Tu Qing Yun Solid Silver Dragon Tea Service, circa 1900
By Tu Qing Yun
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th century Chinese Export solid silver five piece tea set on tray, comprising of teapot, sugar bowl, milk jug, waist bowl, sugar tongs and tray.
Silver
Chinese Dragon and Phoenix Celadon Jade Teapot
Located in New Orleans, LA
Outstanding in artistry and design, this absolutely gorgeous Chinese teapot is crafted entirely of green celadon jade, a favorite material in Asian decorative arts. A bevy of mythic ...
Jade
Antique Chinese Export Silver Three Piece Tea Service
By Wang Hing & Co.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
This exceptional antique Chinese silver tea set/service consists of a teapot, cream jug and covered sugar bowl.
Silver
Dramatic Dragon Teapot by Khecheong - Chinese Export Silver - C 1850
Located in New York, NY
Dramatic silver teapot. Made by Khecheong in Canton, ca. 1850. Upward tapering sides, side-hinged and curved cover, scroll handle, and scrolled vertical spout. The sides have raised ...
Sterling Silver
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H 5.91 in W 5.91 in D 9.65 in
Antique 19th Century Chinese Export Tu Mao Xing Solid Silver Dragon Tea Set
By Tu Mao Xing
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Description: Antique 19th century Chinese export solid silver three-piece tea set, comprising of teapot, sugar bowl and milk jug, each spherical body is beautifully applied with ...
Silver
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H 5.52 in W 7.88 in D 4.73 in
19th Century Chinese Export Tu Mao Xing Solid Silver Dragon Tea Set, circa 1890
By Tu Mao Xing
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century Chinese Export solid silver four piece tea set, comprising of teapot, tea caddy, sugar bowl and milk jug, each spherical body is beautifully embossed with dragon...
Silver
Chinese Export Early 20th Century Blue and White Porcelain Teapot with Dragons
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese Export blue and white porcelain teapot from the early 20th century, with dragon and cloud motifs. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this porcelai...
Brass
Chinese Export Silver Imperial Dragon Creamer and Sugar
Located in New York, NY
About the maker:
Wang Hing & Co was the most prolific silversmith during the period of 1870-1940.
Producing some of the finest highest grade of Chinese export silver ev...
Chinese Export Silver Bamboo Pattern Tea Service, circa 1880s
By Cumwo
Located in Sarasota, FL
Chinese export bamboo pattern silver 5-piece tea service, circa 1860-1880. The teapot, covered sugar, creamer and waste bowl marked "GW" for Gemwo maker of Hong Kong. The tray is mar...
Silver
Art Deco English Sterling Silver Tea set London 1926-38
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Art Deco English Sterling Silver Tea set London 1926-38. Good heavy quality Batchelor’s set, each piece with plain hemi spherical body, central ribbed band surround and curvilinear h...
Sterling Silver
Later 19th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Pot
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Later 19th century Chinese export porcelain tea pot. Famille rose figural decoration featuring a lady of the court in a wheeled chair with attendants. Rarely found inner, inset tea i...
Porcelain
$695 / set
H 9 in W 10 in D 4 in
Antique English Sheffield B. Altman Art Deco Silver Plated Tea Service Set, 4 Pc
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Sheffield B. Altman Art Deco Silver Plated Tea Service Set with Bakelite Handles - 4 Pcs. Set includes (1) Teapot, (1) Coffee pot, (1) Creamer, (1) Open sugar bowl al...
Silver Plate
Antique Sheffield Silverplate Tea Set, Victorian Style, 1920s-1930s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Elegant classic antique sheffield silverplate tea set- 3 pieces. These are silver plated with black Bakelite handles and lid knobs. They are from circa. 1920's-1930's, they look to h...
Silver Plate, Pewter
Antique Chinese Porcelain Kangxi Imari Landscape Teapot, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated teapot in imari palette. Kangxi period with landscape Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of Origin: China Period: 18th century Emp...
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Porcelain Teapot with Mandarin Decoration
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Chinese Porcelain Teapot with Mandarin Decoration China, 19th century Refined Chinese Porcelain teapot decorated in the traditional Mandarin style, featuring delicately painted fig...
Porcelain
$350 / set
H 5.5 in W 11.75 in D 6.5 in
Antique 1881 Rogers 7377 Art Nouveau Silver Plated Tea Service Set - 3 Pcs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique 1881 Rogers 7377 Art Nouveau Silver Plated Tea Service Set - 3 Pcs. Set includes (1) teapot/coffee pot, (1) creamer, (1) sugar bowl. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: T...
Silver Plate
$1,930Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 10.44 in W 5.52 in D 8.47 in
Antique 4 Piece Tea Service, English, Silver Plate, Coffee Pot, Edwardian, 1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a fine antique four piece tea service, beautifully crafted in silver plate over cast white metal, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. This elegant set comprises a co...
Silver Plate
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. All three pieces of the set...
Silver Plate
19th Century Famille Rose Teapot, Hand-Painted Ceramic, Circa 1880
Located in Basildon, GB
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Teapot, white rounded body with colourful hand-painted designs, including figures in traditional clothing, foliage, and floral elements, a curved sp...
Ceramic
$1,200 / set
H 9 in W 9.75 in D 3.5 in
Antique Bailey Banks & Biddle English Edwardian Silver Plated Tea Set - 4 Pcs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Bailey Banks & Biddle English Edwardian Silver Plated Engraved and Monogrammed Tea Service Set - 4 Pcs. Set includes (1) Teapot, (1) Coffee pot, (1) Creamer, (1) Sugar Bo...
Silver Plate
$865
H 6.3 in Dm 0.04 in
Antique Ca 1720-30 Qing Dynasty Chinese Porcelain Imari Verte Teapot Amsterdams
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Sharing with you this very nicely Dutch decorated Chinese Porcelain Kangxi - Yongzheng teapot What you see is a Jingdezhen made porcelain bowl in Famille Verte from aroun...
Porcelain
Chinese Blue & White Tea Pot, c. 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
This blue-and-white porcelain teapot dates to the early 20th century and would have been used as either a teapot for brewed tea or as a ewer for dispensing boiled water during tea ce...
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Teapot Kangxi/Yongzheng Imari Amsterdam Bont Qing
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated Kangxi or Yongzheng Teapot. Rare teapot in the family of Amsterdam Bont. Dating to 1st half of the 18th century Amsterdams Bont A relatively unknown niche o...
Porcelain
$1,254 / set
H 9.06 in W 7.88 in D 3.94 in
Antique four piece silver tea set, Sheffield, England, 1930s
By Sheffield
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Antique four piece silver plate tea set made in Sheffield, England in the 1930s. Of plain form, on four claw feet, all with egg and bead rim the teapot and water pot with wooden hand...
Silver Plate
$95,950 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Chrysanthemum Tiffany Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 255 pcs Fitted Chest
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Big Bend, WI
Chrysanthemum (c1880) originally called Indian Chrysanthemum .Tiffany's luxurious Chrysanthemum silver was designed in 1880 by Charles Grosjean. With its flowing curves, swirling ve...
Sterling Silver
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
Oil, Canvas
$74,975 / set
H 1 in Dm 10.8 in
Set of 12 Exquisite "Gilded Age" Sterling Silver Tiffany Charger Plates
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite set of 12 "Gilded Age" Sterling Silver Tiffany Charges was realized in America in 1905. Each plate has heavily detailed boarders featuring a Kylix cup amid scrolling s...
Sterling Silver
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
Tiffany & Co. Colonial Silver Flatware Service for 12
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sterling Silver Flatware Service for 12 Tiffany & Co. This exquisite 180-piece sterling silver flatware service for 12 by Tiffany & Co. is crafted in the distinguished Colon...
Sterling Silver
$57,513
H 17.33 in W 22.05 in
Macbeth and the Three Witches a Painting on Panel by Francesco Zuccarelli
By Francesco Zuccarelli
Located in PARIS, FR
This painting, created during Zuccarelli's stay in England, represents the decisive moment when Macbeth, together with Banquo, meets the three witches who announce that he will be Ki...
Oil, Wood Panel
$574,500
H 84 in W 56 in D 20 in
An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Ceremony Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan. This extraordinary Meiji-period shibayama cabinet, attributed to the Tokugawa samurai clan, s...
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
$976,800
H 15 in W 39 in D 34 in
Tiffany & Company, George Paulding Farnham, A Rare, Lavish Silver Centerpiece
By Paulding Farnham., Tiffany & Co.
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Tiffany & Company and George Paulding Farnham, A rare, lavish and monumental sterling silver centerpiece with original mirrored-glass sterling silver plateau, circa 1900. Museum...
Sterling Silver
$6,500 / set
H 1.5 in W 23.75 in D 16 in
Tiffany & Co. Antique Victorian Silver Plate Coffee or Tea Service Set
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Victorian silverplate tea or coffee service set, including: tea pots, sugar, creamer, and large service tray. By Tiffany & Co. USA, Late 19th Century Measuremen...
Silver Plate
$347,200
H 68 in W 55 in
A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in Queens, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...
Oil
French Louis XVI Style Sofa
By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
French, Louis XVI style, sofa, hand-carved in solid, beechwood. Fully “upholstered in customers choice of fabric and completed with bolster pillows and feather cushions”. (13 m's of ...
Beech
Fabergé Silver Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...
Silver
$197,519
H 57.68 in W 85.44 in
Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
Flemish school, 17th century Orpheus and the animals Oil on canvas, 146,5 x 217 cm Provenance: South German private collection. On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting ...
Canvas, Oil
$205,435Sale Price|24% Off
H 53.125 in W 43.25 in
Portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in London, GB
A three-quarter length portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford (1615-1684), in a blue dress. Attributed to Sir Anthony Van Dyck. Anne Carr, Lady Russell, an estee...
Oil
Antique Meissen 68-Piece Floral Dinner Service
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Antique Meissen 68-piece floral dinner service German, c. 1900 Largest serving dish: Height 6cm, width 52.5cm, depth 37.5cm Square salad bowl: Height 9.5cm, width 22cm, depth 22cm...
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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