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Rosenthal "Donatello" Coffee Cup / Tea Cup and Saucer
By Rosenthal
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rosenthal "Donatello" coffee cup / tea cup and saucer.
Cup measures 6 x 8 cm (2 23/64" x 3 5/32"). In good condition.
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Flamestone, Quistgaard Danish Design Tea Cup and Saucer
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Flamestone, Quistgaard Danish design tea cup and saucer.
Measures cup: 8 cm / 3 5/32 in. Diameter. Saucer: 16.5 cm / 6 1/2 in.
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Stone
Royal Copenhagen Blue Flower Braided Tea Cup and Saucer No 8049
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen blue flower braided tea cup and saucer No 8049.
Measures cup: 5 cm / 1 31/32 in. x 10 cm / 3 15/16 in. dia. Saucer: 15 cm / 5 29/32 in.
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Green Malachite Porcelain Coffee or Tea Cup and Saucer, England
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful English white porcelain coffee or tea cup and saucer with a green malachite design and a gold detailing on edge. Made in England. Two sets available, each sold separately...
Category
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Materials
Malachite
Herend Hugary Tea Cups and Saucers Handpainted Flowers
By Herend
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Herend Hugary tea cups and saucers handpainted flowers.
Measures 8,7cm and is in perfekt condition. We have 9 sets in stock.
Category
20th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Pair of Royal Crown Derby Tea Cups and Saucers Circa 1810
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A stunning pair of hand painted porcelain English Regency tea cups and saucers. The vibrantly colored decoration with gilt accents. The red underglaze mark was used from 1806 to 1823.
Category
Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
German Porcelain Coffee or Tea Cup and Saucer, Set of 4
By Schumann Arzberg 1
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set or four (4) German porcelain coffee or tea cup and saucers by Schumann Arzberg, Bavaria, Germany, circa mid-20th century. Pieces are in the Empress Dresdner flowers p...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Cup and Saucer Nantgarw Porcelain, circa 1815
By Moses Webster, Nantgarw Pottery
Located in Melbourne, AU
A rare tea cup and saucer in Nantgarw’s superb soft-paste porcelain. Each piece is gilded and decorated in one of the London workshops with superb flower painting, probably by Moses ...
Category
Antique 1810s Welsh Regency Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Cup and Saucer Nantgarw Porcelain, circa 1815
By Moses Webster, Nantgarw Pottery
Located in Melbourne, AU
A rare tea cup and saucer in Nantgarw’s superb soft-paste porcelain. Each piece is gilded and decorated in one of the London workshops with superb flower painting, probably by Moses ...
Category
Antique 1810s Welsh Regency Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Cup and Saucer Nantgarw Porcelain, circa 1815
By Moses Webster, Nantgarw Pottery
Located in Melbourne, AU
A rare tea cup and saucer in Nantgarw’s superb soft-paste porcelain. Each piece is gilded and decorated in one of the London workshops with superb flower painting, probably by Moses ...
Category
Antique 1810s Welsh Regency Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Cup and Saucer Nantgarw Porcelain, circa 1815
By Moses Webster, Nantgarw Pottery
Located in Melbourne, AU
A rare tea cup and saucer in Nantgarw’s superb soft-paste porcelain. Each piece is gilded and decorated in one of the London workshops with superb flower painting, probably by Moses ...
Category
Antique 1810s Welsh Regency Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Cup and Saucer Nantgarw Porcelain, circa 1815
By Moses Webster, Nantgarw Pottery
Located in Melbourne, AU
A rare tea cup and saucer in Nantgarw’s superb soft-paste porcelain. Each piece is gilded and decorated in one of the London workshops with superb flower painting, probably by Moses ...
Category
Antique 1810s Welsh Regency Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Famille Verte Cabbage Leaf and Butterfly Coffee or Tea Cup and Saucer
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and rare porcelain Famille Verte cabbage leaf and butterfly pattern coffee or tea cup and saucer set, circa early 20th century, Chinese Export. Porcelain is covered ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
H 2.38 in. Dm 5.5 in.
Royal Copenhagen Art Nouveau Tea Cup and Saucer No. 161/9067
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Copenhagen Art Nouveau tea cup and saucer no. 161/9067. Cup measures: 5 cm height 9.5 cm diameter. In nice whole condition. Second quality.
Category
Vintage 1920s Danish Art Nouveau Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
19th French Set of 5 Sterling Silver Tea Cups and Saucers
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
19th French set of 5 Sterling Silver Tea Cups and Saucers
With twisted decoration, the medallion surrounded by rockery motifs and flowers
Hallmarked Minerva 1st title for 950/...
Category
Antique 1880s Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 8 Mottahedah Tea Cups and Saucers
By Mottahedeh
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A set of eight classic old school Canton style cups and saucers made by Mottaheda, Portugal. Best quality, excellent condition
Category
Vintage 1970s Portuguese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Very Fine Flight Barr and Barr Worcester Porcelain Tea Cup and Saucer C.1815
By Flight & Barr Worcester
Located in Exeter, GB
A very fine Flight Barr and Barr Worcester Porcelain tea cup and saucer c.1815. Finely decorated with panels of flowers by Samuel Astles in raised gilded compartments on a cobalt blu...
Category
Antique 19th Century Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Contemporary Set of 2 Tea Cups and Saucer Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
By Coralla Maiuri
Located in Roma, RM
Handcrafted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Caravaggio tea cup and saucer is painted both inside and outside with red, yellow and light-blue splotches on a white enamel; an ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 8 Rosenthal "Maria" Tea Cups and Saucers
By Rosenthal
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rosenthal Porcelain, Germany
Collection "Maria White"
Tea cup, 7 oz fl -4 1/8" diameter. without handle
Saucer, 6 1/4" diameter.
Category
Vintage 1930s German Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
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Contemporary Set of 2 Tea Cups and Saucer Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
By Coralla Maiuri
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this Michelangelo tea cup and saucer is material and earthy, like the great Renaissance Master's work. It conveys classical beauty an...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
H 3.94 in. Dm 3.94 in.
French Art Deco Period Coffee or Tea Cup and Saucer by Jean Luce
By Jean Luce
Located in New York, NY
A gorgeous French Art Deco period coffee or tea cup and saucer set by designer Jean Luce, circa 1930s, France. Cup and saucer are a salmon pink hue with silver detailing. Maker's mar...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Delft and Faience
Materials
Silver
Designer Richard Ginori Italian Coffee or Tea Cup and Saucer in Blue and Gold
By Richard Ginori
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful vintage Italian white porcelain, blue, and gold, coffee or tea cup and saucer by designer Richard Ginori, circa 20th century, Italy. Colors include, blue, gold, on w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Richard Ginori Designer Italian Coffee or Tea Cup and Saucer in Blue and Gold
By Richard Ginori
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful mid-20th century Italian white porcelain, cobalt blue and gold gilt, coffee or tea cup and saucer by designer Richard Ginori, Italy. Colors include, cobalt blue, gol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Porcelain
Materials
Gold
Eight Gilded Age Mansard, Paris Sevres Style Porcelain Tea Cups and Saucers
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Sharon, CT
8 cups and saucers. 16 pieces in all. All hand painted in 24 Ct. gold by the Paris firm Mansard c. 1890. Blanks most likely Sevres. Cup handles are beautiful gilded ribbons. Saucers ...
Category
Antique 1890s French Belle Époque Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Set of Six Fornasetti Tea Cups and Saucers White and Gold Ceramic Signed
By Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
A good vintage Set of six Fornasetti porcelain tea/coffee cups and saucers with geometrical gold decor. Each cup and saucer bearing the signature and logo. Made in Italy ca.1960s
...
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
H 1.97 in. Dm 5.52 in.
Collection of Mario Buatta a Small Blue and White Tea Cup and Saucer
Located in Katonah, NY
Provenance: The Private Collection of Mario Buatta
A blue and white English pottery teacup and saucer made in the Regency period, circa 1825. We see a delicate overall printed patte...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Decorative Dishes and Vi...
Materials
Earthenware
Armorial Tea Cup and Saucer from the Ludlow Service, Bristol, circa 1777
By 1st Period Worcester Dr. Wall
Located in Melbourne, AU
A Rococo cup and saucer, elaborately decorated with the arms of Ludlow, for Daniel Ludlow of Campden.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Società Ceramica Italiana Di Laveno G. Andloviz Six Tea Cups and Saucer Service
By Guido Andlovitz
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Elega...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Napoleon III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
H 3.15 in. Dm 2.76 in.
Set of Six 18th Century Flight Worcester Porcelain Tea Cups and Saucers
By Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of six antique Flight Worcester porcelain cups and saucers.
Each with a ribbed swirl design and cobalt blue and gold floral sprig and garland decoration.
Each base is mar...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) George III Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
6 Imari Handpainted Spode Cups and Saucers
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This teaset includes an Early 19th century set of 6 Spode Imari tea cups and saucers, painted with bamboo and peony. Script pattern number 967.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Solid Silver Three Tea Cups & Saucers, Nam-Hing, circa 1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th century Chinese solid silver set of three tea cups and saucers, handcrafted and intricately engraved with dragon, cherry blossom, bamboo and applied shaped handles....
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
H 2.76 in. Dm 4.73 in.
Yellow Porcelain Coffee or Tea Cup Saucer Set with Tulip Flowers
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful hand-painted porcelain tulip flower coffee or tea cup and saucer set, circa early 20th century, Japan. Japan is known for its fine porcelain. Better than any paper c...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Richard Ginori Designer Italian White & Gold Coffee or Tea Cup Saucer, Set of 12
By Richard Ginori
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful vintage set of 12 Italian designer white porcelain with gold coffee or tea cup and saucer set by Richard Ginori, Italy, circa mid-20th century, 1960s. Colors include...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
H 2.50 in. Dm 3.13 in.
Meissen Purple Indian Tea Set With Six Cups and Saucers And Serving Tray
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Boston, MA
This is a beautiful Meissen purple Indian tea set comprising of a teapot, sugar and creamer, six tea cups and saucers and a serving tray. The teapot and the covered sugar are decorat...
Category
Vintage 1950s German Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
H 6.75 in. W 18 in. D 13.13 in.
Contemporary Set of 2 Tea Cups & Saucer Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tableware
By Coralla Maiuri
Located in Roma, RM
Hand painted in Italy from the finest porcelain, this tea cup and saucer, from the Scipione collection, is decorated on the outside with African red enamel intertwined with small gol...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Designer English Green Malachite Espresso Coffee or Tea Cup Saucer, Set of 8
By Portmeirion Group, Susan Williams-Ellis
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and rare set of eight (8) English Portmeirion green Malachite and gold espresso coffee or demitasse tea cup and saucer, circa 20th century, 1960, England, by renowned Bri...
Category
Vintage 1960s English Other Barware
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
H 3 in. W 4.25 in. D 4.25 in.
Tea Cup Karo - Set of 4 + Saucers
By Marie Burgos Design
Located in New York, NY
A simple, contemporary style along with the matte, white finesse of the porcelain will add a unique French touch to your table and to your home decor.
Design by Kaoline.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Cup Mixed - Set of 4 + Saucers
By Marie Burgos Design
Located in New York, NY
A simple, contemporary style along with the matte, white finesse of the porcelain will add a unique French touch to your table and to your home decor.
Design by Kaoline.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
French Tea Cup Ligne - Set of 4 + Saucers
By Marie Burgos Design
Located in New York, NY
A simple, contemporary style along with the matte, white finesse of the porcelain will add a unique French touch to your table and to your home decor.
Design by Kaoline.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
French Tea Cup Ligne - Set of 2 + Saucers
By Marie Burgos Design
Located in New York, NY
A simple, contemporary style along with the matte, white finesse of the porcelain will add a unique French touch to your table and to your home decor.
Design by Kaoline.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
French Tea Cup Mixed / Set of 4 + Saucers
By Marie Burgos Design
Located in New York, NY
A simple, contemporary style along with the matte, white finesse of the porcelain will add a unique French touch to your table and to your home decor.
Design by Kaoline.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
French Tea Cup Ecaille - Set of 2 + Saucers
By Marie Burgos Design
Located in New York, NY
A simple, contemporary style along with the matte, white finesse of the porcelain will add a unique French touch to your table and to your home decor.
Design by Kaoline.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
French Tea Cup Vague / Set of 4 + Saucers
By Marie Burgos Design
Located in New York, NY
A simple, contemporary style along with the matte, white finesse of the porcelain will add a unique French touch to your table and to your home decor.
Design by Kaoline.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
French Tea Cup Ecaille - Set of 4 + Saucers
By Marie Burgos Design
Located in New York, NY
A simple, contemporary style along with the matte, white finesse of the porcelain will add a unique French touch to your table and to your home decor.
Design by Kaoline.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
French Tea Cup Graphic / Set of 4 + Saucers
By Marie Burgos Design
Located in New York, NY
A simple, contemporary style along with the matte, white finesse of the porcelain will add a unique French touch to your table and to your home decor.
Design by Kaoline.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
French Tea Cup Vague - Set of 2 + Saucers
By Marie Burgos Design
Located in New York, NY
A simple, contemporary style along with the matte, white finesse of the porcelain will add a unique French touch to your table and to your home decor.
Design by Kaoline.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
French Tea Cup Graphik - Set of 2 + Saucers
By Marie Burgos Design
Located in New York, NY
A simple, contemporary style along with the matte, white finesse of the porcelain will add a unique French touch to your table and to your home decor.
Design by Kaoline.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Tiefenfurt Cup and Saucer
Located in Chorzów, PL
Tiefenfurt cup and saucer.
Dimensions:
Cup: Height 5 cm, diameter 9 cm
Stand: sr. 15 cm.
Category
1990s Unknown Chinoiserie Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Streublumen Tea Set with 4 Cups and Saucers and Covered Sugar & Creamer
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Boston, MA
This is a beautiful Meissen streublumen tea set. It has a teapot, a sugar and a creamer and four cups and saucers. The teapot and the covered sugar have raised roses on top, as you c...
Category
Vintage 1980s German Romantic Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
H 5.5 in. W 10.25 in. D 6.75 in.
Rosenthal Bjørn Wiinblad Cup and Saucer
By Bjorn Wiinblad
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Rosenthal Bjørn Wiinblad Cup and saucer.
Measures 5cm dia and is in perfect condition.
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Trio of Porcelain, 2 Cups and 1 Saucer
Located in Lincoln, GB
Trio of porcelain, including 2 cups - one shallow one deep and 1 saucer
A beautiful antique cup and saucer set, hand painted with gilt detail, possibly Coalport.
Category
Antique 1820s British Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rich Court Dragon Tea Set with Six Dessert Plates and 6 Cups & Saucers
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Boston, MA
This is a fabulous Meissen rich court dragon tea set which includes a teapot, a sugar and creamer, six cake plates and six cups and saucers. Both the teapot and the covered sugar hav...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Chinese Export Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
H 9.75 in. W 7.88 in. D 7.5 in.
Antique Meissen Gold Ming Court Dragon Chinoiserie Tea Cup & Saucer Swords
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Meissen scalloped porcelain demitasse cup and saucer, numbered B117 with gold and red dot Chinese Court dragons.
Measures: Saucer - 4.75” x 4.5” x 1.125” / Teacup - 3.5” x...
Category
Early 20th Century Ming Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
H 1.125 in. W 4.5 in. D 4.75 in.
British Airways Royal Doulton, Cups and Saucers
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
British Airways Royal Doulton, cups and saucers
Royal Doulton English fine China 18 piece tea service 9 cups and 9 saucers, paternities no EC1071
This interesting set, one for th...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Colonial Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Tobacco Leaf Pattern Plate, Cup and Saucer
By Copeland & Garrett Spode
Located in New York, NY
Tobacco leaf pattern plate, cup and saucer. Copeland and Garrett tobacco leaf/cabbage leaf individual plate, coffee cup and saucer in blue, red, peach, pink and green with gilt high...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Tea Cup/Saucer No 081 + 082 or 3630
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
"Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Tea cup / saucer No 081 + 082 or 3630
Latin Name Potentilla Supina L
Diameter cup 10.8 cm saucer 15.5 cm."
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Tea Cup/Saucer No 081 + 082 or 3630
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
"Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica tea cup / saucer No 081 + 082 or 3630
Latin Name Elatine Antirrhinum L
Diameter cup 10.8 cm saucer 15.5 cm".
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica Tea Cup/Saucer No 081 + 082 or 3630
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
"Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica tea cup / saucer no 081 + 082 or 3630
Latin Name Veronica agrestris L
Measures: Diameter cup 10.8 cm saucer 15.5 cm".
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Sevres Style Paris Porcelain Gilt Tea Cup Saucer Alexander Great Dante
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptional French Paris porcelain tea cup complete with its original undertray, of outstanding quality. First quarter of the nineteenth century.
Exquisitely painted with Class...
Category
Antique 19th Century Austrian Regency Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
H 4.73 in. W 5.91 in. D 5.91 in.
Gianni Versace for Rosenthal, Six Jungle Tea Cups with Saucer in Porcelain
Located in Copenhagen, Denmark
Gianni Versace for Rosenthal. Six Jungle tea cups with saucer in porcelain with gold decoration and green leaves. Late 20th century.
In perfect condition.
The cup measures: 10 x 6 ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
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Tea Cup And Saucer For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the tea cup and saucer you’re looking for. Frequently made of ceramic, porcelain and metal, every tea cup and saucer was constructed with great care. There are 157 variations of the antique or vintage tea cup and saucer you’re looking for, while we also have 88 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect tea cup and saucer — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right tea cup and saucer, those designed in Modern, Neoclassical and Regency styles are of considerable interest. Marie Burgos Design, Richard Ginori and Meissen Porcelain each produced at least one beautiful tea cup and saucer that is worth considering.
How Much is a Tea Cup And Saucer?
A tea cup and saucer can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $450, while the lowest priced sells for $22 and the highest can go for as much as $60,000.
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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