19th Century Flow Blue Rare India Pattern Tea Pot
By Meakin & Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic and very rare India pattern flow blue goose neck teapot in amazing condition. The aging
19th Century Flow Blue Rare India Pattern Tea Pot
By Meakin & Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic and very rare India pattern flow blue goose neck teapot in amazing condition. The aging
Swedish Pine Wood Table Lamp by Markslöjd, Sweden, 1980s
By Markslöjd
Located in Værløse, DK
Swedish Modern Pine Wood Desk lamp made by Markslöjd in the 1980s. * Table lamp in Pine wood with a white fabric shade. * Manufacturer: Markslöjd, Sweden * Style: 1532 * Year: circa...
Wood, Pine
$9,800
H 36 in Dm 23 in
American Federal Gilt Wood & Ebonized Acanthus Foliage Convex Wall Mirror C 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
American Federal gilt wood and gesso acanthus foliage convex mirror with central ebonized molded reeded ring, interior lambs tongue border, exterior gilt wood circular spheres, and d...
Ebony, Mirror, Gesso, Pine, Giltwood
$1,601
H 10.24 in W 22.64 in D 5.12 in
Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Chamois Goat's Head Hat &Coat Rack 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning and rare Black Forest wall mounted carved chamois goat's head hat and coat rack with glass eyes and with branch and leaf decoration, Circa 1880 in date. This gorg...
Wood
$18,850
H 21 in W 21 in
Antique Dog Painting of a Terrier- "The Shah" George Earl (England, 1824-1908)
By George Earl
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting of a Terrier: “The Shah” George Earl (England, 1824-1908) Circa 1870 Oil on canvas. 12 ¾ x 12 ¾ (21 x 21 frame) inches. Original ornate gilt stucco frame. Supe...
Canvas, Oil
Royal England Blue and White Porcelain Bowl by Wood & Son
By Wood & Son
Located in Miami, FL
Marked "TRILBY" ROYAL SEMI-PORCELAIN WOOD & SON ENGLAND Brand: Wood & Son Style: flow blue Item: Bowl Pattern: Trilby Material: Porcelain Design: Embossed acanthus leaves ...
Porcelain
19th Century Treenware Mahogany Lidded Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century turned treen lidded box made from mahogany. This piece was expertly hand turned in England and has a lovely finial over a domed top, which rests on a shapely hand turne...
Mahogany
19th Century Faux Bamboo Vanity Attributed to Horner
By R.J. Horner & Co.
Located in Bradenton, FL
A fine aesthetic movement example. A charming and eye catching vanity fashioned with elaborate galleries and simulated bamboo accents, including root feet. The carvings are sharp and...
Birdseye Maple
$2,750
H 74 in W 44.25 in D 21.5 in
American Empire Chest of Drawers with Mirror in Mahogany, Maine, circa 1830
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
An American Empire chest in mahogany with four drawers with original turned knobs, and with original vanity mirror with square tapering columns. Chest rests on lion's paw feet with a...
Mahogany
$9,750
H 65 in W 52.5 in D 24 in
Rhode Island Empire Butler's Chest of Drawers with Desk in Mahogany, circa 1825
Located in INTERLAKEN, NY
A beautiful example of an early American Empire chest with full-column front and stand-up butlers desk. Provides ample storage as a chest of drawers, and doubles as a secretary with ...
Brass
French Country End Table - Walnut Finish
Located in Westwood, NJ
Designed with a timeless aesthetic, this table features a heavily distressed acacia wood construction that brings an air of rustic old world charm to any room. The stepped apron deta...
Wood
A branch of a light blue mother of pores, Italy 1880.
Located in Milan, IT
A Specimen from Wuderkammer: a branch of Blue Madrepora (Heliopora Coerulea). The Specimen is mounted on a vase-shaped wooden base with parts gilded and parts painted light blue. Ita...
Wood
Classic Antique Dining Chairs
Located in Westwood, NJ
Featuring a gracefully curved urn form splat back adorned with exquisite figured Cerejeira veneers, known for their beautiful swirling patterns that captivate the eye. The veneers fl...
Wood
Brownfield Majolica Chestnut Cheese Dome & Stand
By Brownfield and Sons
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Brownfield Majolica cheese keep which features a chestnut, flower and leaves. Colouration: brown, green, pink, are predominant. The piece bears maker's marks for the Brownfield potte...
Majolica
Cooper Dr. #1
By Theodore Waddell
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
$1,031
H 6.7 in W 9.26 in D 7.88 in
Antique Cheese Keeper, German, Ceramic, Butter Dish, Ludwig Wessel, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cheese keeper. A German, ceramic butter dish by Ludwig Wessel, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Fine German keeper with an ornate decorative appea...
Ceramic
19th Century Hand Carved Bowl with Porcelain Liner
Located in High Point, NC
Late 19th century exquisitely hand carved oak bowl with silver plated mounts and a flow blue porcelain insert. The bowl itself is hand carved with the appearance of heavily grained ...
Porcelain, Oak
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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