Hester Bateman, London 1781 sterling silver coffee pot
By Hester Bateman
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1781 by Hester Bateman, this wonderful, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, features bead borders, a plain body, a wooden scroll handle, and acant...
Sterling Silver
Hester Bateman - Rare Neoclassical Saffron Pot - London 1782
By Hester Bateman
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1782 by Hester Bateman, this charming and very rare, George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Saffron Pot, stands on four feet, and features Neoclassical st...
Sterling Silver
Antique George III Sterling Silver Coffee Pot by Hester Bateman
By Hester Bateman
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, large and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver coffee pot by Hester Bateman an addition to our silver teaware collection This exceptional antique Ge...
Silver, Sterling Silver
Georgian Silver Coffee Pot by John Pollock, Rococo Style, London 1750
By John Pollock
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver coffee pot made by John Pollock; an addition to our silver teaware collection. This exceptional antiqu...
Silver, Sterling Silver
$4,200
H 10.5 in Dm 4.38 in
Fine George IV Sterling Silver Coffee Pot by William Bateman 1st, London, 1819
By William Bateman I
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very fine George IV or Regency Period sterling silver coffee pot of baluster form, bearing partially rubbed London hallmarks with date letter for 1819 and makers marks for William ...
Sterling Silver
George II Sterling Silver Coffee Pot Likely by William Skeen
Located in Brisbane City, QLD
A fine George II sterling silver coffee pot with a wooden handle, floral repousse details and a crest with rubbed maker's mark likely for William Skeen. The coffee pot is very much i...
Silver, Sterling Silver
18th Century, American 'Coin Silver' Coffee Pot Attributed to Nathaniel Helme
Located in Brisbane City, QLD
This rather elegant coffee pot was likely made in the United States during the second half of the 18th Century. Prior to restoration work in 2022 the underside of the pot had remnant...
Silver
$305
H 9.85 in W 9.85 in D 6.3 in
Antique Victorian Silver Plated Coffee Pot Boardman Glossop & Co, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely antique Victorian silver plated coffee pot by Boardman Glossop & Co, Sheffield dating from Circa 1870. The coffee pot features a baluster form which is decorated ...
Silver Plate
Antique German Silver Coffee Pot by Schott - Circa 1850
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique German silver coffee pot; an addition to our silver teaware collection This impressive antique German silver coffee pot has an bulbous shaped form onto...
Silver
$9,170
H 16.93 in W 9.85 in D 5.91 in
Sterling Silver Coffee Pot by Antonio Garavaglia, Milan, Circa 1830
Located in Milano, IT
Embossed and engraved silver coffee pot Antonio Garavaglia Milan, Circa 1830 It measures 16.92 in (43 cm) in height and weighs 3.35 lb (1.520 gr) State of conservation: very good...
Sterling Silver
Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Coffee Pot London England 1764
Located in London, GB
An elegant Antique George III Sterling Silver Coffee Pot in a classic Baluster shape. This Georgian Coffee Pot has an elegant simplicity with a polished exterior and an understated c...
Sterling Silver
Antique Georgian Silver Coffee Pot on Stand London, England 1783
By Thomas Chawner
Located in London, GB
An impressive Antique George III Sterling Silver Coffee Pot on a Silver Stand. This classic Georgian Coffee Pot has a subtle bead edged border on the lid, shoulder, column and base. ...
Sterling Silver
$6,878
H 13.98 in W 8.67 in D 4.73 in
Antique Sterling Silver Coffee Pot by Tommaso Panizza, Milan, c. 1850
Located in Milano, IT
Embossed and engraved sterling silver coffee pot Tommaso Panizza (1805-1868) Milan, circa half of the 19th century It measures 13.97 in (cm 35.5) in height x 8.66 in (22 cm) x 4.7...
Sterling Silver
John Hunt & Robert Roskell Victorian Sterling Silver Coffee Pot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique Victorian English sterling silver coffee pot made by John Hunt & Robert Roskell; part of our silver teaware collection This ...
Sterling Silver
19th Century Victorian Sterling Silver Bachelor Coffee Pot
By John Samuel Hunt
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver bachelor coffee pot made by John Samuel Hunt; an addition to our silver teaware collection. This magni...
Sterling Silver
$5,369
H 11 in W 9 in D 0.1 in
Extremely Fine George III Coffee Pot Made in London in 1772 by John Deacon
Located in London, GB
The coffee pot stands on a circular foot decorated with a wide band of gadrooning. The baluster shaped body rises to a reeded rim and the front is engraved with a contemporary Armori...
Silver
George II Silver Coffee Pot, London 1735 by Augustin Courtauld
By Augustine Courtauld
Located in Cornwall, GB
A George II silver coffee pot, London 1735 by Augustin Courtauld. The baluster form body with a scroll decorated cast spout and handle mountings. The stepped and domed lid surmounted...
Sterling Silver
$4,044
H 9.45 in W 9.45 in D 5.91 in
Ornate Victorian Irish sterling silver coffee pot made in Dublin in 1855
By John Smyth of Dublin
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Dublin in 1855 by John Smyth, this striking, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, stands on four cast feet, and features chased acanthus and shell detailing t...
Sterling Silver
$3,636
H 13.78 in W 9.45 in D 5.12 in
Handsome Edwardian sterling silver coffee pot made by Mappin & Webb in 1904
By Mappin & Webb
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1904 by Mappin & Webb, this handsome, Antique Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, is urn shaped, plain in style, and features a wooden handle and reed borders ...
Sterling Silver
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 Raised Gilt Porcelain Dinner Service Plates
By Royal Worcester
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A regal set of 12 elaborately gild service plates, by Royal Worcester. The set with delicate broad gilt borders with a white porcelain background. The mark on the back from 1950.
Porcelain
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
$206,637Sale 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
$15,498Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 1.97 in Dm 11.82 in
19th Century Rococo Meissen Germany Dinner Service 28 pieces
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Uppsala , SE
An extensive Meissen porcelain dinner service, from the 1860s. The set features hand-painted "Deutsche Blumen" (German flowers) and insects on "Neu Brandenstein" blanks, characteriz...
Porcelain
$163,134
H 125.99 in W 95.28 in D 4.73 in
Large William IV period English gilt wood over-mantle mirror after Chippendale
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in London, GB
This exceptional over-mantle mirror has a prestigious provenance, having been in the collection of a renowned English aristocratic family. The work is surmounted by a spread eagle be...
Mirror, Giltwood
$7,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 5.5 in W 3.75 in D 10 in
Hester Bateman English Georgian Neoclassical Teapot, 1780
By Hester Bateman
Located in New York, NY
George III sterling silver teapot. Made by Hester Bateman in London in 1780. Oval body with straight diagonal spout and capped and high-looping stained-wood handle; cover hinged and ...
Sterling Silver
$920Sale Price|20% Off
H 3.5 in W 4.38 in D 3 in
Antique Gorham Victorian Classical Coin Silver Baby Cup
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Classical coin silver baby cup. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1860. Straight sides with stepped mouth rim and base; scroll bracket handle with rosettes. Engraved stylize...
Silver
Georgian Silver Creamer by Hester Bateman
By Hester Bateman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Silver Creamer Hester Bateman Hallmarked London, 1786 This exquisite Georgian silver creamer by Hester Bateman exemplifies the elegance that earned her the reputation as the “Queen ...
Sterling Silver
$6,110
H 11.03 in W 8.86 in D 4.73 in
Exceptional Rococo design chased antique sterling silver coffee pot made in 1764
By Thomas Whipman & Charles Wright
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1764 by Thomas Whipham & Charles Wright, this exceptional, George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, is in the Rococo taste, with ornate chased d...
Sterling Silver
$33,986
H 14.18 in W 14.18 in D 17.33 in
Royal Interest, a George II Silver Harvest Basket London 1759, by William Tuite
By William Tuite
Located in Cornwall, GB
A very large George II silver swing handle harvest basket by William Tuite. Of pierced oval form, adorned with an immaculately cast rim decorated with scrolls, wheat sheaves and grap...
Sterling Silver
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.