Puiforcat (Hermes) - 6pc. French Sterling Silver Tea Set, Empire Model
By Puiforcat
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from Paris: Direct from private mansion in Paris, a magnificent 6 piece antique French sterling silver Empire style tea set by France’s premier silversmith “Puiforcat” – curr...
Sterling Silver
Christofle Empire Malmaison 1940 Tea Set
By Christofle
Located in palm beach, FL
A Christofle 'Malmaison Empire' four-piece coffee and tea set. It features a black-handled teapot and coffee pot, both of which have camel head-shaped spouts, and a lidded sugar bowl...
Silver Plate
$258Sale Price / set|68% Off
H 7.09 in W 9.06 in D 5.12 in
Deshoulières Limoges Empire Tea Set, 15-Piece Fine Porcelain Set
By Deshoulières Limoges
Located in London, England
This Empire-style tea service, from Sologne, is a real jewel of the 20th century.
Gold Leaf
$2,162 / set
H 11.03 in W 7.49 in D 4.73 in
19th Century Empire Old Paris porcelain tea and coffee set
Located in Delft, NL
19th Century Empire Old Paris porcelain tea and coffee set An early 19th Century Old Paris porcelain coffee, tea set with green painted French country scenes and gold paint.
Porcelain
$895
H 8.75 in W 7.25 in D 4.75 in
Emelie Puiforcat France French Empire Style Silver Plate Coffee Pot
By Emile Puiforcat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine French silver plate coffee pot. By Puiforcat. With a vasiform body, molded spout, and attached wooden handle. Marked to the base 'Puiforcat France' and hallmarked to the si...
Silver Plate
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 bright gold. Each piece is similarly decorated in the elegant French Empire style ...
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 the elegance and technical mastery of French porcelain production during the Empir...
Porcelain, Paint
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 Frères 1795-1825 in a rich mocha faux tortoise pattern with neoclassical decorativ...
Porcelain
$1,250 / set
H 12.5 in W 11 in D 5.5 in
Fabergé Porcelain Tea, Coffee Cups Set of Four in a Velvet Case
By Modern Fabergé
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Fine porcelain set of four Fabergé original porcelain coffee or tea cups, service for four. Enjoy the start to your day with the classical sophistication only from Faberge. These s...
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 8.5 in W 8 in D 4 in
Empire Period Antique French Handmade Gold Porcelain Tea Coffee Set, circa 1810
Located in Houston, TX
A luscious Empire period antique French hand painted porcelain tea coffee set, circa 1810.
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 11.42 in Dm 8.47 in
Christofle 'Malmaison Empire' Silver Plated Three-Piece Coffee and Tea Set
By Christofle
Located in London, GB
A Christofle 'Malmaison Empire' three-piece coffee and tea set. It features a black-handled teapot and coffee pot, both of which have camel head shaped spouts, and a lidded sugar bow...
Silver
Unavailable
H 9.45 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Beautiful Rare Shape Antique Old Paris Porcelain Coffee Tea set ca 1850-1880
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Beautiful, Rare shape model, Old Paris porcelain coffee tea set with coffee filter attachment and cup and saucers with monogram! The coffee filter only fits the large coffee (tea) p...
Porcelain
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 on yellow background. Gilt rim. It includes: A baluster coffee-pot and cover A tea...
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 9.85 in W 7.88 in D 5.91 in
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 Philip period 1830-1850. The sleek shape and style of the tableware is characteristic...
Porcelain
French Coffee Pot
Located in Bologna, IT
The coffee pot is empire style with typical acantus leaves decorations and horse head spout fully hallmarked 950/1000 silver made in Paris between 1814 to 1822 by Lun Naudin (working...
Sterling Silver
Unavailable
H 23 in W 11 in D 11 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! Very delicately hand decorated with gold. Very good condition for its age, some g...
Porcelain
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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 service, consisting of a hot water urn, teapot, lidded sugar bowl and cream jug, al...
Silver
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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 service, consisting of a hot water urn, teapot, lidded sugar bowl and cream jug, al...
Silver
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H 18.12 in W 9.45 in D 10.24 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, consisting of a hot water urn with removable burner, coffee pot, teapot, lidded sugar bo...
Silver
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H 10.63 in W 7.88 in D 5.91 in
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, consisting of a coffee pot, teapot, lidded sugar bowl and cream jug, all on very elabor...
Silver
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 22cm, width 22cm, depth 13cm Cup: Height 10cm, width 8cm, depth 7cm Saucer: Height 2...
Porcelain
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H 11 in Dm 6 in L 11 in
Early 19th Century Stone Coquerel Legros Paris Porcelain, Coffee, Tea and Sugar
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Early 19th century Paris porcelain coffee, tea and sugar items. All three pieces feature delicately hand painted scenes. Accented with gilt decoration.
Porcelain
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H 7.88 in W 5.52 in D 11.82 in
Teapot, Silver Metal, 19th Century Antiquity, Empire Period, Carved Wood Handle
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Teapot, silver metal, 19th century antiquity, Empire period, carved wood handle Measures: H 20cm, W 14cm, D 30cm.
Metal
Goldsmith G. Keller - Teapot In Sterling Silver Nineteenth
By Georges Keller
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Ovoid-shaped solid silver teapot decorated with palm leaves, zoomorphic spout, cover taken represented by a swan with outstretched wings, blackened pear handle. empire style. Dimensi...
Sterling Silver
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H 9.75 in Dm 5.5 in
Empire Paris Porcelain Tea and Coffee Set for 10-15 Pieces, Early 19th Century
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Antique French Paris porcelain coffee and tea set for 10 people composed of : - a tea pot - a coffee pot - a milk jug - a sugar pot - a biscuits bowl - 10 coffee cups with thei...
Porcelain
19th Century Sevres Porcelain High Tea Set and Tray
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful Sevres piece !! It is a High Tea Set from the late 19th century, circa 1800-1820, all hand painted !!! Tray for petit fours, with matching sugar bowl and creamer. ...
Porcelain
Lapparra - 111pc., Antique French Sterling Silver Flatware Set - Service for 18
By Lapparra Orfèvre Argentier
Located in Wilmington, DE
The 19th century witnessed the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte and the consolidation of his empire. The Lapparra silversmiths adapted to the imperial tastes, crafting magnificent pieces t...
Sterling Silver
Christofle, 5pc. Silver Plate Empire Style Tea Set with Tray - Museum Quality !
By Christofle
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from Paris, a magnificent 5-piece French antique Empire style silver-plate tea set by France’s premier silversmith “Christofle” – Silversmith to the King.
Silver Plate
Christofle Coffee & Tea Set with Rosewood Handles & Large Tray
By Christofle
Located in Ross, CA
Christofle silverplated coffee and tea set of five, made in France in the 1980's. The set includes a large oval tray with handles on each end, a coffee pot, tea pot, lidded sugar bow...
Silver Plate
Pair of Paris Porcelain Three-Footed Gilded Coffee Cups. Empire Period
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A superb pair of opulent 'Porcelain de Paris' three-footed coffee cups with matching saucers – one blue, one burgundy – each richly embellished with hand-painted gilt detailing in ey...
Porcelain
Paris Porcelain Bird Coffee Service
Located in New York, NY
Paris porcelain bird coffee service. French Empire gilt porcelain ornithological coffee service for six with hand painted exotic birds. Coffee pot with ostrich and emu, bowl with eag...
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 and laurel wreaths. The set includes a coffee urn with cover, creamer, sugar with...
Porcelain
Set of Two Faberge Porcelain Tea, Coffee Cups
By Modern Fabergé
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Fine porcelain set of two Faberge original porcelain coffee or tea cups. Enjoy the start to your day with the classical sophistication of this coffee set only from Faberge. These s...
Porcelain
Set of 12 Porcelain Tea Trios by Raynaud Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful set of 12 porcelain cups and saucers with 12 pastry plates, by the French brand Rauynaud Limoges. The porcelain is decorated with beautiful gold-coloured inlaid edges. The ...
Porcelain
20-Piece Porcelain Tea Set Made by Raynaud Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Great set of porcelain coffee and pastry service from the French brand Raynaud Limoges. The service has a beautiful deep blue color, with a bit of a cloudy pattern and beautiful gold...
Porcelain
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.
Porcelain
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H 3.94 in Dm 7.88 in
'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. ...
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 border and delicate leaf and gilt detailing.
Sold
H 1 in W 1 in L 1 in
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 items are decorated with a beautiful emerald green ground, flower posies and gilt. ...
Porcelain
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 angular handles, finely hand painted with swags of oak leaves and gilt acorns, the cups...
Porcelain
Lapparra French Sterling Silver Tea/Coffee Spoons Set 12 pc w/box Empire
Located in Triaize, Pays de Loire
LAPPARRA French Sterling Silver Tea/Coffee Spoons Set 12 pc w/box Empire A rare set with torches, swans wings, palmettes, laurel wreath and flowers decoration.
Sterling Silver
Puiforcat Rare French Sterling Silver Tea or Coffee Spoons Set 12 pc box Swans
Located in Triaize, Pays de Loire
PUIFORCAT Rare French Sterling Silver Tea or Coffee Spoons Set 12 pc with box Swans Head of Minerve 1 st titre for 950/1000 French Sterling Silver guarantee Exceptional French ...
Sterling Silver
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H 5.6 in Dm 0.1 in
Puiforcat French All Sterling Silver 18-Karat Gold Tea Coffee Spoons Set Swans
By Emile Puiforcat
Located in TRIAIZE, PAYS DE LOIRE
Puiforcat French all sterling silver 18-karat gold tea coffee spoons set 12 pieces, swans model, original box.
Gold, Sterling Silver
1st Empire style Coffee Pot by Christofle
By Christofle
Located in Charleston, SC
Gorgeous silver plated Pot marked "Christofle"(underneath) with chased water leaves friezes. Spout ending by a Ram's head. The pot is supported by 3 feet-on claw- ornated by horse’s ...
$56,866
H 76.78 in W 43.31 in D 21.66 in
Modern Penedo Quartz Display Cabinet, Handmade in Poerugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple, GF Modern
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Penedo Quartz Display Cabinet, Handmade in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple The Penedo quartz display cabinet captures the enduring beauty of nature’s landscapes,...
Onyx, Carrara Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass
Tête-à-tête tea service Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in Delft, NL
Tête-à-tête tea service by Wedgwood A Black on yellow cane Jasperware wedgwood stoneware with black lines and scene of Putti A serving tea set with a serving plate, 2 plates, a tea...
Stoneware
19th Century French Christofle Silver Plated Repoussé Serving Tray
By Christofle
Located in Dallas, TX
Elevate a bar, dining table, or coffee service with this elegant antique French silver plated serving tray by Christofle, crafted circa 1870. Of generous rectangular form with softly...
Silver Plate
$116,412
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
Wrought Iron
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service, Denmark 1961
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Delft, NL
Royal Copenhagen porcelain tableware dinner service, Denmark 1961 A Royal Copenhagen porcelain dinner service with pattern number 595, the floral golden basket Flowers in the ce...
Porcelain
Set of 12 English Porcelain Botanical Plates, Spode, circa 1900
By Spode
Located in New York, NY
Set of 12 English porcelain botanical plates, Spode, circa 1900.
$1,920Sale Price / set|32% Off
H 0.79 in W 15.16 in D 12.01 in
Limoges Bernardaud 62 Pieces Fine Faience Dinner Service
By Bernardaud
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Exquisite fine cream faience tableware set adorned with scattered roses and gold trim. The set consists of 62 pieces and would be ideal for casual dining, or would make an eyecatchin...
Faience, Paint
Meissen Porcelain Dinnerware Service for 12 People
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful German Meissen dinnerware service for twelve people with serving pieces. The dinnerware service is in great condition. Just exquisite & very rare to find a complete service...
Gold
Wedgwood Porcelain Tableware Dinner Service For 12 People
By Wedgwood
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful Wedgwood porcelain tableware dinner service for twelve people with coffee serving set with hand painted design details. The service is in great condition. Maker's mark unde...
Gold
$260,400Sale Price|25% Off
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
$68,500 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 10.75 in
Minton Mazarine Extensive Pristine Dinner Service Cobalt Blue & Gold 232 Pcs
By Minton
Located in Great Barrington, MA
It's always time to entertain! This is one of the most elegant and versatile patterns imaginable in a Classic and rare Minton cobalt blue pattern with raised paste gold on a white gr...
Porcelain
$975 / set
H 4.25 in Dm 10.5 in
Wonderful Floral Pattern Service 12 Dinner Porcelain Plates Aynsley Bavaria
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Floral Pattern Service 12 For Dinner Porcelain Plates By Aynsley Bavaria
Porcelain
$3,200
H 10.5 in W 13.75 in D 13.75 in
A French late 19th century Louis XV st. Lunéville Faience Porcelain serving set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative French late 19th century Louis XV st. Lunéville Faience Porcelain serving set. This most attractive fifty-four piece dining is painted on over glaze co...
Porcelain
$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
$349 / set
H 3.94 in Dm 3.94 in
Villeroy & Boch Burgenland Blue Service Coffee Set, Germany, Discontinued
By Villeroy & Boch
Located in Bastogne, BE
Coffee set Villeroy & Boch Burgenland blue, classic old series, vintage 1960s/1980s, Germany. Discontinued Piece. The Burgenland Blue stoneware coffee set by Villeroy & Boch presen...
Porcelain
$2,800 / set
H 9.75 in Dm 9.75 in
Limoges, Porcelain, Floral Design, Twelve Haviland Dinner Plates, Paris, 20th C.
By Limoges
Located in Stamford, CT
Limoges, Porcelain, Floral Design, Twelve Haviland Dinner Plates, Paris, 20th C. Set of twelve Haviland Limoges porcelain plates retailed by Au Vase Etrusque, Paris, early 20th cent...
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.