Empire Tea Service
Bing & Grøndahl Empire Tea Service for Five People
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bing & Grøndahl Empire tea service for five people.
Consisting of five teacups (108 and 473) with
Category
20th Century Danish Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
French Empire "Tête a Tête" Service
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This exquisite 7 piece coffee service makes an elegant statement in rich matted blue, accented with
Category
Antique 19th Century French Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain, Paste
Early 19th Century Paris Porcelain Tea Service with Rich Gilt Decoration
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This refined Paris porcelain tea service dates from the early 19th-century and beautifully reflects
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Antique American Gorham Coin Silver Mary Todd Lincoln Tea & Coffee Service 1861
By Gorham CO.
Located in Portland, OR
Antique Gorham & Co coin silver Mary Todd Lincoln tea and coffee set, 1861.
Gorham & Co had made
Category
Antique 1860s American American Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
$10,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
H 12.75 in W 8.5 in D 5.5 in
Service à thé en porcelaine de Sologne décor or fin Francais style Empire 20ième
By Deshoulières Limoges
Located in London, England
Ce service à thé de style Empire, provenant de Sologne, est un véritable bijou du 20ème siècle
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Gold Leaf
$227 Sale Price / set
72% Off
H 7.09 in W 9.06 in D 5.12 in
Darte Frères Faux Tortoise and Gilt Partial Coffee Service
By Darte Frères
Located in New York, NY
Darte Frères Faux Tortoise and Gilt Partial Coffee Service. Antique Empire Paris porcelain by Darte
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
4-Piece Tea and Coffee Service Plus Tray, Empire Style, 800 Silver, Italy, 1980
Located in Palermo, IT
4-Piece tea and coffee service plus tray, Empire style, 800 silver, Italy, 1980.
The service has a
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
$21,583 / set
H 1.19 in W 19.69 in D 11.82 in
French Limoges Gold Gilt Porcelain Coffee Tea Dessert Service for Six
By Limoges
Located in Barcelona, ES
comprised by 6 coffee or tea cups, 6 saucers and 6 bread and butter / dessert plates.
On sale as a set
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Tableware
Materials
Gold Leaf
$2,386 / set
H 0.99 in Dm 8.47 in
Vieux Paris 'Old Paris' Tea Caddy or Apothocary Jar Painted with Harbor Scene
By Old Paris
Located in Mobile, AL
This empire period Old Paris tea caddy, canister or jar from the 1830's is sure to delight. It was
Category
Antique 1830s French Empire Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
$328 Sale Price
54% Off
H 6.25 in W 4.25 in D 4.25 in
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Paris Porcelain Part Tea and Coffee Service, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
A Paris part tea and coffee service in porcelain painted with livened up landscape in sepia color
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Old Paris Porcelain - Porcelaine de Paris Tea Service with Monogram
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Stunning beautiful antique Old Paris porcelain (Porcelaine de Paris) tea service from the Louis
Category
Antique 1840s French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
H 9.85 in W 7.88 in D 5.91 in
Beautiful Antique Old Paris Porcelain Coffee service - France 1850-1880
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Beautiful antique Old Paris porcelain (Porcelaine de Paris) coffee tea service from ca 1850-1880
Category
Antique 1860s French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Empire Style Porcelaine Tea and Coffee Service
Located in Brussels, BE
Tea and coffee Empire style porcelain service for ten persons. Hand painted decoration.
Teapot
Category
20th Century European Empire Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful Antique Old Paris Porcelain Coffee Tea service 1860-1880
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Beautiful antique hand painted Old Paris porcelain Coffee tea service from 1860-1880
Handpainted
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Empire Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Empire Style 800 Silver Tea and Coffee Service
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful service six pieces for tea and coffee in 800 silver marked under the base 1930s approx
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Antique 19th Century French Empire Solid Silver Tea Service, Paris, circa 1880
By Alphonse Debain
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Description
Antique late 19th century French Empire style exceptional solid silver four piece tea
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
H 14.97 in W 7.09 in D 9.06 in
Antique 19th Century French Empire Solid Silver Tea Service, Paris, circa 1880
By Alphonse Debain
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Description
Antique late 19th century French Empire style exceptional solid silver four piece tea
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
H 14.97 in W 7.09 in D 9.06 in
Antique French Empire Solid Silver Six Piece Tea Service, circa 1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th century French Empire style exceptional solid silver six piece tea service
Category
Antique 19th Century French Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
19th Century French Empire Solid Silver Tea Service, Alphonse Debain, circa 1890
By Alphonse Debain
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th century French Empire style exceptional solid silver four piece tea service
Category
Antique 19th Century French Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
H 10.63 in W 7.88 in D 5.91 in
French Empire 27-Piece Porcelain Coffee Service
Located in London, GB
French Empire 27-piece porcelain coffee service
French, early 19th century
Coffee pot: Height
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
1868-1900 German Silver 5-Piece Tea & Coffee Service
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1868-1900 German silver 5-piece tea & coffee service with tray. Empire taste. Tray, coffee pot
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
1868-1900 German Silver 4-Piece Tea & Coffee Service
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1868-1900 German silver 4-piece tea & coffee service. Empire taste. Comprised of: coffee pot, tea
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Vienna Tea Service for 10 People in Hand-Painted Porcelain, Approx. 1900
Located in København, Copenhagen
Vienna tea service for 10 people in hand-painted porcelain with gold leaf decoration. Approx. 1900
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Paris Porcelain Coffee Service, Emerald Green and Floral, Empire Style ca 1820
By Old Paris
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning coffee service made in the Empire style by a Paris factory in circa 1820. All
Category
Antique 1820s French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
1948-1951 Bing & Grondahl coffee service for 8, Denmark
By Bing & Grøndahl
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1948-1951 Bing & Grondahl coffee service for 8, Denmark. In their rare & elegant "Empire" pattern
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Tea Service 19th Century, Empire Style
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain tea service with Napoleon decorations, Sèvres Imperial Manufactory, 19th century, Empire
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Tea Service, 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain tea service, 1900
Porcelain tea service with battle decoration signed and marked, in the
Category
Antique Early 1900s European Empire Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Empire tea service for five people in porcelain. Dated 1831
Located in København, Copenhagen
Antique Empire tea service for five people in porcelain with hand-painted village motifs and gold
Category
Antique 1830s Unknown Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Paris Porcelain Bird Coffee Service
Located in New York, NY
Paris porcelain bird coffee service. French Empire gilt porcelain ornithological coffee service for
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vieux Paris Porcelain Coffee Service with Napoleonic Emblems
Located in Pembroke, MA
A lovely Vieux Paris porcelain coffee service with gilded Napoleonic emblems, including bees, stars
Category
Antique 19th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
French Limoges Gold Gilt Porcelain Coffee Tea Dessert Service for Six
By Limoges
Located in Barcelona, ES
comprised by 6 coffee or tea cups, 6 saucers and 6 bread and butter / dessert plates.
On sale as a set
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Tableware
Materials
Gold Leaf
Luxury Porcelain Old Paris Empire Coffee Tea Service, France, 1800-1820
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
France Empire period 1800-1820
Richly decorated with gold.
Very good condition. Some wear and only
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
'Old Paris' French Gold Gilded Coffee and Tea Service, Empire period, 1800-1820
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Good condition, some wear on gold and two cups have little damage.
Measures: Bowl 20cm-height 10cm.
Sugar bowl 12cm-height 20cm.
Coffee pot-height 26,5cm.
Teapot-height 24cm.
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Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Empire-Style Coffee Service
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very attractive Empire style coffee service with six cups and saucers - white with soft ochre
Category
French Tea Sets
Paris Porcelain Second Empire Coffee Service, C 1875
By Limoges
Located in Geelong, Victoria
Paris porcelain coffee service of striking neo-classic form, the flaring shapes with elaborate
Category
Antique 1870s French Neoclassical Revival Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Tea/coffee Service - Porcelain - Pl Dagoty - Empire - France - XIXth
By Dagoty
Located in CANNES, FR
"Tea/coffee Service - Porcelain - Pl Dagoty - Empire - France - XIXth"
Tea and coffee service in
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Old Paris Empire Period Porcelain Coffee/Tea Service, France, 1820
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
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Tea pot height 22.5cm.
Bowl diameter 20cm and height 10.5cm.
Sugar pot with cover height 19cm.
Ten
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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By Edward Barnard & Sons
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Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
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Empire Tea Service For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic empire tea service available at 1stDibs. Each empire tea service for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, porcelain and metal. There are 12 variations of the antique or vintage empire tea service you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer empire tea service, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Each empire tea service bearing Empire or neoclassical hallmarks is very popular. A well-made empire tea service has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Cupioli made in Italy, Boin-Taburet and Coalport Porcelain are consistently popular.
How Much is a Empire Tea Service?
Prices for an empire tea service can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $560 and can go as high as $78,500, while the average can fetch as much as $3,649.
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.
Questions About Empire Tea Service
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021The value of a sterling silver tea service is based on its age, maker, and the pieces included. A sterling set can start at $1,000 but the value can be a wide range. If it is sterling, it will typically have a hallmark of .925. This demonstrates that the piece is 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper alloy. Simply put, the more pieces you have in the set, the more it will be worth. Find a collection of antique and vintage sterling silver tea service on 1stDibs today.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 17, 2021A silver tea service set’s prices can range based on age, maker, and pieces included. Most sterling silver sets will start at $1,000.00. The most desirable silver tea sets are those that include a tray and many different types of pieces.
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