Milk Glass Tea Set
Antique 18th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 18th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Tea Sets
Ceramic
Vintage 1940s Dutch Art Deco Tea Sets
Metal
20th Century English Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Brass
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Vintage 1930s French Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Antique 19th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Metal
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Vintage 1980s German Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Earthenware
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Marble, Brass
Mid-20th Century Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Metal, Enamel, Metallic Thread
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1950s Japanese Japonisme Tea Sets
Porcelain
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century French Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Silver
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Silver
Antique 19th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Tea Sets
Ceramic
Vintage 1940s British Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century British Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Vintage 1930s European Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Antique 1890s English Victorian Tea Sets
Ceramic
Antique 19th Century English Tea Sets
Silver
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Silver
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver, Silver
Antique 1890s Belgian Regency Tea Sets
Silver
Vintage 1960s German Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique 1820s Welsh Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Metallic Thread
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century British Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Antique 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Tea Sets
Copper
Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Metal
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Silver
Antique 1850s English Victorian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century French Tea Sets
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Gold
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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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