Circa 1891-1911 Chinese Export Rose Medallion Porcelain Tea Service
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1891-1911 Chinese export Rose Medallion porcelain tea service. Service for 6: cups & saucers, teapot, covered sugar & cream jug; each piece marked "China". C-scroll bamboo hand...
Porcelain
Circa 1860-80 Rose Medallion Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Pot
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1860-80 Rose Medallion Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Pot. With original cover; raffia wrapped handle. Well decorated. 5.5" over spout x 4 1/8" x 5" h. We are a family business...
Porcelain, Raffia
19th Century Rose Medallion Set of 9 Cups and Saucers
Located in Vero Beach, FL
9 set antique 1850s Chinese rose medallion square eggshell porcelain tea cups and saucers.
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Rose Medallion Teapot
Located in Toronto, ON
The practice of drinking tea is an institution in Asian Culture. Bring this ancient tradition into the modern day with our Antique Chinese rose medallion teapot. Perfect for afternoo...
Porcelain
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H 6.75 in W 9.5 in D 7.5 in
Antique Chinese Porcelain Rose Medallion Teapot Set In Basket Weave Case C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Chinese Porcelain Rose Medallion Travel Tea Set In Original Basket Case with Teapot and Two Cups C1900 Measures- 6.75''H x 9.5''W x 7.5''D
Porcelain, Reed
Antique Pair of Chinese Rose Medallion Teacups and Saucers
Located in Toronto, ON
Two sets available. 2x rose medallion teacup 2x rose medallion saucer.
Porcelain
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H 5.9 in Dm 9.5 in
Early 19th Century Chinese Export Rose Medallion Branch Handle Porcelain Teapot
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Early 19th century Chinese export rose medallion twisted branch handle porcelain teapot, Qing Dynasty Early 19th century rose medallion drum shaped teapot with twisted branch hand...
Porcelain
Circa 1880s Chinese Export Rose Medallion Tea Pot & Cover
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880s Chinese Export Rose Medallion Tea Pot & Cover. Late Qing dynasty. Elegantly molded, ribbed body. A form popular in China & the West for hundreds of years. No markings. Fi...
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Rose Medallion Teapot
Located in Toronto, ON
The practice of drinking tea is an institution in Asian Culture. Bring this ancient tradition into the modern day with our Antique Chinese rose medallion teapot. Perfect for afternoo...
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion Porcelain Teapot
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Chinese Porcelain teapot with wire handles, Qing Dynasty Canton Rose Medallion circa 1850. This Chinese cylinder form teapot is in excellent condition. It has double wire ...
Porcelain
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H 7.5 in W 5.25 in D 8 in
Antique Chinese Qing Rose Medallion Porcelain Teapot Single Teacup and Saucer
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful and delicate antique Chinese rose Medallion teapot with lid and matching single teacup and saucer in the traditional medallion design of village scenes, floral and birds.
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Rose Medallion Set of Tea Cups and Espresso Cups
Located in Antwerp, BE
A set of Chinese rose medallion tea cups and espresso cups.
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Tea Set, 3 Person, Early 20th C., Hand-Painted
Located in Bastogne, BE
This charming antique porcelain tea set, crafted in China at the dawn of the 20th century. Hand-painted with exquisite detail and accented with delicate gilding, this set is perfect...
Porcelain
$5,800 / set
H 0.63 in Dm 6 in
English 19thc. "Imari" Decorated Hand Painted Tea Dessert Service for 8-26 Pcs
By Hammersley
Located in Great Barrington, MA
An amazing hand painted example of the influence of the Japonesque influence on English wares ca. 1890's. This is a complete set of 8 footed cups and saucers and 8 matching dessert p...
Porcelain
18th Century, Chinese Export Coral and Puce Porcelain Tea Service
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Coral Fish Scale Tea Service, Qianlong, circa 1750 Description This attractive and rare Chinese Export porcelain tea and coffee service is a superb illustr...
Porcelain
$1,045Sale Price / set|46% Off
H 4 in W 6 in D 3 in
Antique Kuznetsov Porcelain Tea Set for 6, Hand-Painted, 1900
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Antique Russian Kuznetsov porcelain factory tea set for 6 persons, including 6 cups, 6 saucers, and teapot with cover. Cobalt and gold, Handpainted floral design. No paint loss . Gre...
Porcelain
Japanese Porcelain, Satsuma Tea Set, 23 Pieces
By Japanese Studio
Located in Milano, IT
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Porcelain
$1,714 / set
H 6.7 in W 7.49 in D 4.73 in
19th Century Satsuma Japanese Hand Painted Porcelain Tea or Coffee Set 15 Pieces
By Satsuma
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful hand painted and gold porcelain tea or coffee set Satsuma Japanese 15 pieces, 1880s. The service is complete to serve six people at the table includes: 1 teapot, 1 sugar bo...
Porcelain
$2,742Sale Price / set|50% Off
H 8.47 in Dm 8.47 in
Paris Porcelain Restauration Style Tea Set, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Restauration style Paris porcelain tea set with red and gold Amati background, composed of a teapot, five cups with winding handle and their saucer, and a bowl. This set, li...
Gold
$579 / set
H 0.79 in W 8.67 in D 8.67 in
Antique 21 piece Doric China Longton Stafford Porcelain Tea Set 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful Antique Doric China High Street Longton Staffordshire porcelain tea set Circa 1926 - 35 in date. It contains 21 pieces and is beautifully made with superb decor...
Porcelain
$1,313 / set
H 3.35 in Dm 4.93 in
Antique Japanese Satsuma Coffee or Tea Set Richly Decorated Marked Base, 19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This is for 15pcs Marked on base. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Japanese Style: Satsuma Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century Meiji Periode (1867-1912...
Porcelain
$1,195 / set
H 5.5 in Dm 8.5 in
Oriental Chinese Red & Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tea Set Made in Japan
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous vintage Oriental Chinese red & gold hand painted porcelain tea set marked “Made in Japan.” Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and not new so will ha...
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Satsuma Tea set, 21 pieces
Located in Pomona, CA
This Vintage Satsuma tea service set are hand painted richly decorated with a dense gilt & Thousand Flowers pattern. Comprising: Teapot, Sugar bowl, Milk jug, 5 cups & saucer...
Ceramic
$1,295 / set
H 1.19 in W 10.63 in D 9.85 in
Vintage Royal Albert 12 Place Tea & Coffee Service Set Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful vintage 50 piece tea, coffee service by Royal Albert China, the design is called Old Country Roses, Circa 1960 in date. It is beautifully made of fine bone chi...
Porcelain
19th Century French Faience 8 Piece Hand-Painted Tea Service
Located in Dallas, TX
19th century French faience 8 piece hand-painted tea service represents the remarkably unique and definitively French porcelains produced in the fabled region around Rouen! Hand-made...
Faience
French Epinal Porcelain Tea Set, Rovina V.S., Hand-Painted Roses
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This elegant French porcelain tea service, signed Rovina V.S. Épinal, is a refined example of early 20th-century decorative craftsmanship. Produced in the Épinal region, known for it...
Porcelain, Paint
$3,104Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 1 in Dm 10.25 in
20pcs WanShouWuJiang Chinese Porcelain Tea Service Set
Located in Brea, CA
20 Pieces vintage Chinese set of tea and coffee service set, WanShouWuJiang yellow ground, all marked on the bottom : QIANLONGNIANZHI, No crake, one plate has chip on the edge, One...
Porcelain
$22,500 / set
H 2.5 in Dm 21.5 in
English Porcelain Part Tea Service and Tray, Pinder-Bourne, circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
Partnership with Royal Doulton. Five cups. Six saucers. Creamer. Pot. Kettle (Restoration to kettle handle.) Bowl. Tray.
Pair of 19th Century Antique Mahogany Hall Chairs
Located in Martlesham, GB
A pair of mid 19th Century mahogany hall chairs, having circular shaped and moulded backs and centred by shield reserves, hard seats with nice figuration, supported on out swept rear...
Mahogany
$36,000Sale Price|40% Off
H 119 in W 82.5 in D 60 in
American Mahogany Classical Acanthus Carved Four Poster Tester Bed. Circa 1815
By Anthony Gabriel Quervelle
Located in Charleston, SC
American mahogany Classical carved four poster bed with molded edge tester, flanking swan necks headboard, acanthus carved bulbous post, original rails, and terminating on brass cup ...
Brass
Set Hepplewhite Dining Chairs Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 8 ( 6 + 2 )Hepplewhite Revival mahogany dining chairs. These chairs are raised upon square legs with an "H" Frame for Extra Strength. circa 1900 The Recently Reupholstered ...
Mahogany
French Louis XVI Style Centerpiece in Silvered Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Montreal, Quebec
An elegant French 19th century Louis XVI style silvered bronze centerpiece with metal removable insert. The centerpiece is raised on columned feet and adorned in the neoclassical, Lo...
Bronze
$2,952Sale Price / set|20% Off
French Moustiers Hand-Painted Faience Dinner Service with Blue Bird Motif
By Moustiers
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite Moustiers faience dinnerware set is a true celebration of traditional French craftsmanship. Hand-painted in delicate shades of blue on a creamy white background, each ...
Ceramic, Faience, Paint
Porcelain Dinner Service of 43 Pieces with Blue Floral and Bird Motifs
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This remarkable 43-piece porcelain dinner service dates from the late 19th century and beautifully reflects the refined taste of the period. Each piece is delicately decorated with h...
Porcelain, Paint
$163,703
H 90.95 in W 61.03 in D 77.56 in
IMPORTANT BISHOP JAMES STANLEY 1508 KING HENRY VII ENGLiSH OAK TUDOR TESTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, English Tudor King Henry VII Oak tester bed made for an...
Oak
$16,500 / set
H 36.5 in W 20.5 in D 19 in
Set of Twelve George III Hepplewhite Shield-Back Dining Chairs
Located in Solebury, PA
A rare and exquisite set of twelve George III Hepplewhite mahogany shield-back dining chairs. The shield-shaped backs are attractively molded, each adorned with a gracefully carved s...
Mahogany
$3,400 / set
H 5.91 in Dm 11.42 in
Faience Dinner Service Table with Blue Decoration, France 19th Century
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Bring timeless French elegance to your table with this exquisite 75-piece antique faience dinnerware set, beautifully adorned with deep cobalt blue hand-painted floral motifs on a wa...
Ceramic, Faience, Paint
Georgian (George III) Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Snuff Mull With hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Georgian (George III) Period, sterling silver-mounted (unmarked, but tested) ram's horn snuff mull, having a hinged lid, Scotland, Ca. 1795. Measures 1 1/2 inches diameter at widest ...
Sterling Silver
Antique George III Quality Copper Kettle
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality copper kettle having a quality antique George III copper kettle with a shaped handle and spout lift of lid Measures: H 31 x W 31 X 21 cm Date 1800.
Copper
$1,220
H 2.96 in W 7.09 in D 3.94 in
Antique 19th Century Quality Chinese Famille Rose Canton Lidded Pen Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 19th century quality Chinese Famille Rose Canton lidded pen box hand painted in the Famille Rosé taste depicting pheasants and butterflies in foliage and figures in a Chinese...
Other
Silver Vermeil Tea / Coffee Regency Style by Boin Taburet Paris
By Boin-Taburet
Located in Tarry Town, NY
This exquisite, beautiful and rare French silver vermeil coffee and tea service was crafted by one of the most celebrated goldsmiths in Paris. Fashioned in the exquisite style of the...
Vermeil, Silver
George III Mahogany Tambour Desk
Located in Essex, MA
Nice old piece very nicely polished and tuned up in good working order. Rectangular top with tambour roll top opening to expose a pull out writing surface with adjustable ratcheted c...
Mahogany
Vintage English Donegal Handmade Gray & Tan Designed Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful vintage English Donegal hand-knotted wool rug with a gray color field. This piece has a tan-designed frame with peach, yellow and gray accents in a leafy vines pattern desi...
Wool
George III Period Scottish Sterling Silver-Mounted Snuff Mull With Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
George III Period, sterling silver (unmarked, but tested)-mounted ram's horn snuff mull, Scotland, Ca. 1790-1810. There is a sterling silver disc on the top of the hinged lid that is...
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.
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