Milk Glass Tea Set
Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Silver
Antique 18th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Porcelain, Glass
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Porcelain, Glass, Ceramic
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Pottery
Antique 19th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Metallic Thread
20th Century Tea Sets
Faience
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Stone, Silver Plate
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Stone, Gold Plate, Brass
20th Century German Victorian Tea Sets
Silver
Antique 1850s English Victorian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Antique 18th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
Antique 1880s English Aesthetic Movement Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Antique Late 19th Century French Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Tea Sets
Pottery
Antique 1890s French Rococo Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century British Napoleon III Tea Sets
Metal
Antique 1830s Austrian Tea Sets
Silver
Antique Mid-19th Century Spanish Tea Sets
Copper
Vintage 1960s German Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Vintage 1960s German Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate, Nickel
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Alpaca
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Porcelain, Glass
Vintage 1960s German Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Early 18th Century European George II Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Alpaca
Vintage 1950s English Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Antique 1880s Scottish Victorian Tea Sets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century German Chinoiserie Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Tea Sets
Pottery
Vintage 1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Stoneware
Antique 1760s French Rococo Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century British Tea Sets
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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.
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