Copeland Spode for Tiffany Dessert & Tea Set for 12 Floral Japonesque Service
By Copeland Spode
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This is a complete dessert service for 12 that includes the matching coffee or teapot, creamer and sugar made by Copeland Spode, exclusively for Tiffany and Co. The butterscotch col...
Porcelain
Antique Spode Copeland's England Art Nouveau Tea Set – "Blue Lily" Fleur de Lily
By Copeland Spode
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A beautiful and highly collectible Art Nouveau porcelain tea service by Spode Copeland's England, featuring the elegant "Blue Lily" / "Fleur de Lys" pattern.
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
Spode Copeland Blue & White Cream and Sugar Set in Silver-Plated Stand
Located in Braintree, GB
A blue-and-white porcelain cream jug and sugar bowl by Spode Copeland, held within a fitted silver-plated carrier. The porcelain is transfer-printed with landscape decoration and fin...
Silver Plate
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H 6.7 in W 11.03 in D 7.88 in
Antique Robert Burns, Auld Lang Syne China Teapot By Copeland Spode 19th Century
By Copeland Spode
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE VICTORIAN BLUE AND WHITE CHINA TEAPOT Part of a range of china by Copeland Spode which celebrated the famous Scottish poet Robert Burns. This example features lyrics arou...
Porcelain
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H 2.75 in Dm 3.5 in
Antique English Copeland and Garrett 'Spode' Earthenware "Chintz" Mini Teapot
By Copeland & Garrett Spode
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Rare antique English Copeland and Garrett (Spode) earthenware "Chintz" mini teapot Rare size and rare "Chintz" pattern 6" W (handle to spout) with two "tiny fleabite" chips as i...
Earthenware
Copeland Spode Tobacco Leaf Tea Set
By Copeland Spode
Located in New York, NY
Antique Copeland Spode tobacco leaf or cabbage leaf tea pot, cookie platter, creamer and sugar bowl in blue, red, peach, pink and green with gilt highlighting. Markings for Spode in ...
Porcelain
Neoclassical Jasperware Espresso Coffee Cup Saucer Copeland Spode
By Copeland
Located in New York, NY
A rare English jasperware espresso coffee or tea demitasse cup and saucer, in the Neoclassical style, by Copeland Spode, circa 19th century, England. A beautiful cup and saucer with ...
Stoneware
Early 20th Century English Child's Teapot
By Copeland Spode
Located in Sheffield, MA
The early 20th Century English petite child's teapot is decorated around the opening with fluting as is the rim of the lid. Both pieces of the white teapot are marked "Spode Copeland...
Pottery
Six Blue and White Espresso Cups
By Copeland Spode
Located in New York, NY
Six blue and white espresso cups. Assembled set of three pairs of English espresso cups and in rich blues and white featuring Italian landscapes, chinoiserie birds and chinoiserie re...
Porcelain
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H 5.25 in W 7.25 in D 5.25 in
19th Century Copeland Spode Cobalt and White Hunting Scene Tea Set, Set of Three
By Copeland Spode
Located in Richmond, VA
Offered is a gorgeous, set of three, late 19th century, English Copeland Spode cobalt blue and white Jasperware hunting scene tea set.
Porcelain
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H 0.5 in Dm 9.5 in
Copeland Spode Porcelain Plate, Green Sèvres Style, Flowers, Thomas Goode, 1924
By Copeland Spode
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful dessert plate made by Copeland Spode in 1924. The plate is decorated in the traditional Sèvres style, which originated at this French factory in the 18th Century ...
Porcelain
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H 3 in Dm 6.5 in
Pair of 19th Century English Copeland Spode Ironstone Porcelain Cups and Saucers
By Copeland Spode
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of early 19th century English Copeland Spode ironstone porcelain cups and saucers, all marked Cups: 5.75" W x 4.75" D x 2.75" T Saucers: 6.5" diameter x 1.5" tall Overall: 6....
Porcelain
$194,500
H 32 in Dm 51 in
Italian 19th-20th Century Whimsical White Marble Wishing Wellhead with Children
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and exceptionally carved Italian 19th-20th century Baroque Revival style whimsical white Carrara marble wishing wellhead, raised on an octagonal two-step marble base. The...
Carrara Marble
$14,000 / set
H 19 in Dm 12 in
Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Planters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Planters Each urn mounted with bow tied ribbons connected in the front and back with a foliate swags. In late 1...
Bronze, Ormolu
Porcelain Transfer Decorate / Gilt Dinner Service Plate For 11 People
By Coronet
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Dine in timeless elegance with our Porcelain Painted and Gilt Floral Bouquet Decorated Set of Eleven Dinner Plates, a stunning creation from the mid-20th century by Coronet Chinaware...
Porcelain
Very Fine and Special Mid-19th Century Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very fine and special mid-19th century gilt bronze and Baccarat crystal twelve-light chandelier. Multi-faceted and shaped crystal, cut crystal central column with beaded arms. F...
Crystal, Bronze
$113,779Sale Price|20% Off
H 55.12 in Dm 39.38 in
Baccarat Crystal Exceptional Chandelier, France, Early 19th Century
By Baccarat
Located in Rome, IT
Outstanding and rare original Baccarat chandelier. The supporting structure is made of silver plated brass. The central rod is solid iron. The chandelier states no signing because at...
Crystal, Brass
$95,000
H 21.5 in W 94 in D 27 in
Excellent Quality 19th Century Gilt Bronze Surtout De Table on Low Stands
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Excellent Quality Mid 19th Century Gilt Bronze Four Piece Surtout De Table on Low Stands This wonderful plateau cast with a grapevine bronze gallery, centered with a mirror base,...
Bronze, Ormolu
Terrestrial Globe by W. & A.K. Johnston
By W. & A.K. Johnston
Located in New Orleans, LA
Measuring a monumental 30 inches in diameter, this impressive globe was crafted by the renowned firm W. & A.K. Johnston. Founded in 1825, the Johnston firm is considered the fore...
Brass
$1,250 / set
H 1 in Dm 10.5 in
Set of 12 Dinner Plates, Royal Worcester England All Over Gold Decorated
By Royal Worcester
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant set of 24 karat all over gold embossed design dinner or presentation plates by the storied English firm of Royal Worcester. We featured a single plate for the main picture...
Gold
Large Faience Soup Tureen Delft, circa 1930
By Delft
Located in Austin, TX
Faience Soup Tureen Delft, circa 1930. Chinoiserie scene on the platter , handle with fish and lobster. Platter 17.5 by 13.3 inches. Height / 11.5 inches.
Faience
19th Century Paul Storr Silver Tea Urn
By Paul Storr, Rundell, Bridge & Rundell
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinarily rare and masterfully crafted tea urn is by the hand of the master Georgian silversmith Paul Storr. Created by Storr while working for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell...
Silver
19th Century Watch Winding Display Cabinet
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredible, one-of-a-kind watch display cabinet brings together the beauty of an antique with the functionality of modern technology. Crafted of mahogany, this 19th century jewe...
Mahogany
Meissen Rococo Porcelain Box
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New Orleans, LA
Incredible hand-painted scenes inspired by Rococo master Antoine Watteau cover this magnificent Meissen porcelain box. Displaying romantic courtship scenes on each side, the casket i...
Porcelain
$49,000 / set
H 2 in Dm 9.5 in
A Large 121 Total Piece 20th C. Meissen Porcelain Green Vine Table Service
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Tremendously Large 121 Piece 20th Century Meissen Porcelain Green Vine Table Service. This service is fully complete with an exuberant number of pieces which can we used in all di...
Porcelain
$8,400 / set
H 1 in Dm 10 in
12 Royal Crown Derby Neoclassical Dinner Plates with Profuse Raised Paste Gold
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Great Barrington, MA
There is great and then there is magnificent and these plates made by Royal Crown Derby qualify as magnificent! This set of 12 dinner plates exhibit all of the characteristics of the...
Gold
Sèvres Porcelain And Bronze Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Seven resplendent Sèvres porcelain plaques surround this magnificent doré bronze box. The bright floral motif on the plaques perfectly matches the intricate chased, engraved and appl...
Bronze
$12,450Sale Price / set|34% Off
H 1.5 in W 29.25 in D 19 in
A Pair French 19th C. Louis XV Style Gilt-Bronze Surtout-de-Table Centerpieces
By Paul Canaux and Company 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of French 19th-20th century Louis XV style gilt-bronze surtout-de-Table plateau centerpieces by the Parsian Orfèvre Paul Canaux et Cie. The ovoid shaped gilt-bronze ...
Ormolu, Bronze
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.