$750 / set
H 4.73 in Dm 5.52 in
Vintage Set of Six Imperial Lomonosov Porcelain Tea Set Cups, Russia 1960s
By Lomonosov
Located in Beograd, RS
Russian Imperial Porcelain manufacturer Lomonosov. Tea Cups are hand decorated with Bluebells. Made in
Porcelain
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H 5.5 in Dm 5.75 in
Vintage Six Russian Imperial Lomonosov Gilt Porcelain Covered Tea Set Cups 1930s
By Lomonosov
Located in Portland, OR
Vintage set of six Imperial Lomonosov Handpainted Gilt Porcelain tea cups & saucers with covers
Porcelain
Russian Blue and Gold Coffee or Tea White Porcelain Cup
By Lomonosov
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful authentic blue and gold Russian coffee or tea cup in white porcelain in the Cobalt Net
Porcelain
Russian Lomonosov Blue Gold and White Porcelain Plate
By Lomonosov
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Russian blue, gold and white porcelain plate in the 'Cobalt Net' pattern by Lomonosov Porcelain, Russia, circa late-20th century, after 1991. With makers' mark and marked...
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
19th Century British Porcelain Dinnerware Service
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th Century British porcelain dinnerware service with hand painted gilt foliate borders with bouquets of wild flowers against a white background design details. Each piece is in...
Gold
$1,065 / set
H 5.12 in W 7.68 in D 4.73 in
Russian imperial porcelain Tea set Lomonosov made in USSR Golden Autumn
By Lomonosov
Located in Delft, NL
Russian imperial porcelain Tea set Lomonosov made in USSR Golden Autumn
Porcelain
$4,950 / set
H 1.75 in Dm 7.88 in
Set of 12 Kornilov / Kornilow Brothers Imperial Russian Porcelain Soup Bowls
By Kornilov Factory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine complete set of 12 antique Russian porcelain soup bowls. By the Russian porcelain manufacturer - Kornilov Brothers. With green, yellow, blue, and red enamel decoration t...
Porcelain
$8,400
H 7 in W 8 in D 4.5 in
Gilt Gold Russian Lomonosov Porcelain Coffee & Tea Service / by A. Vorobievsky
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Exquisite Hand-Painted and Gilt Gold Russian Lomonosov Porcelain Coffee & Tea Service for 8, Designed by A. Vorobievsky (1990s) This stunning 34-piece Russian Lomonosov porcelain co...
Gold
$8,841 / set
H 9.45 in W 4.34 in D 4.73 in
Collection of Lomonosov Porcelain Figurines with Winter Sports Subject
By Lomonosov
Located in London, GB
These delightful porcelain figurines were created in Russia in the 1950s. Included in this set are two models depicting a boy and girl holding skis, and a small figure of a boy playi...
Porcelain
Large Imperial Porcelain Alexander II Period Plate
By Imperial Porcelain Factory
Located in London, GB
Large Imperial Porcelain Alexander II period plate Russian, mid-19th Century Height 24cm, width 24cm, depth 3.5cm This impressive 19th-century plate is an artefact of Russian Imper...
Porcelain
Imperial Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, Soviet Union, Large Tea Service
Located in København, Copenhagen
The Imperial Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, Soviet Union. Large tea service in hand-painted porcelain for six people. Mid-20th century. Consisting of six teacups with saucers, six pla...
Porcelain
Imperial Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, Soviet Unionm Large Tea Service
Located in København, Copenhagen
The Imperial Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, Soviet Union. Large tea service in hand-painted porcelain for six people. Mid-20th century. Consisting of six teacups with saucers, six pla...
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.