1930s Wedgwood Lustreware Tea Cups & Saucers, Set of 6
By Wedgwood
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of six 1930s Wedgwood lusterware tea cups and saucers. Overall silver floral motif on bone China background.
Porcelain
$480Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 2.88 in Dm 2.75 in
Set of Eight Wedgwood Creamware Grape Leaf Cups and Saucers
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
Set of eight Wedgwood creamware grape leaf cups and saucers. Antique creamware cups and saucers with scrolling hand-painted grape vines with green grape leaves, purple grape clusters...
Creamware
$550 / set
H 2.38 in Dm 2.25 in
Set of Eight Wedgwood Platinum and Blue Reindeer Espresso Cups and Saucers
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
Set of eight Wedgwood platinum and blue reindeer espresso cups and saucers. Eight coffee cans and saucers in the Fallow Deer pattern by Wedgwood with rich platinum highlights to sauc...
Ceramic
$225 / item
H 1 in Dm 10.75 in
5pc Ralph Lauren RL Polo 1992 Wedgwood Claire Plates Tea Cup Place Setting
By Wedgwood, Ralph Lauren
Located in Dayton, OH
4 Available, sold separately Ralph Lauren RL Polo 1992 Wedgwood Claire embossed Neoclassical ribbon / acanthus berries motif place settings. Each set includes five pieces and comes...
Porcelain
Antique Wedgwood Jasperware Tea Cup and Saucer
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
A Wedgwood jasperware tea cup and saucer with a neoclassical design sprigged in white showing mythological figures in applied bas-relief on an olive-green dip ground.
Stoneware
Sold
H 2.75 in W 6.25 in L 2.75 in
English Wedgwood 50-Piece Set Appledore Fine China Cups & Saucers, Pattern W3257
By Wedgwood
Located in Big Flats, NY
A set of Wedgwood Appledore fine bone china bouillon, demitasse and coffee/tea cups with saucers offer central fruit basket with laurel wreath border, rim with inverted bellflowers, ...
Porcelain
Sold
H 7 in W 7.5 in D 5 in
Wedgwood Terracotta Jasperware Miniature Tea Set Demitasse Cup & Saucer 14 pcs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Wedgwood Terracotta Jasperware Miniature Tea Set Demitasse Cup & Saucer 14 pcs.
Ceramic
A Group of 10 Wedgwood Breakfast Cups, Saucers and Tea Plates
Located in Katonah, NY
This Wedgwood set has a bold blue and white sunburst pattern of lines radiating from the center, a gilded edge and an octagonal shape. It is very much in the style of a Bloor Derby p...
Porcelain
Sold
H 3 in W 4 in D 5 in
34 Wedgwood Kashmar Etruria & Barlaston China Dinner Plate Bowl Tea Cup, England
By Wedgwood
Located in Dayton, OH
34 pieces - Wedgwood Kashmar Etruria & Barlaston China dinnerware. Measures: 12 dinners 12.5" 12 bowls 6.5" D x 2" 10 teacups 5" x 4" x 3".
Porcelain
Rare Set of a Dozen Wedgwood Black Basalt Tea Cups and Saucers
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
A dozen Wedgwood Black Basalt tea cups and saucers each cup with applied decoration showing a unique neoclassical scene with men and women in classical dress.
Stoneware
Set of Nine Vintage Wedgwood Platinum Cups and Saucers
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
Set of nine vintage Wedgwood platinum cups and saucers in the original Amherst pattern. Cups and saucers with hand-painted platinum band and stylized grape leaf border. Impressed mar...
18th Century Wedgwood Creamware Cup and Sauce: Tasse Trembleuse
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer this 18th century Wedgwood creamware cup and saucer decorated with a neoclassical design. The design can be found in "Wedgwood" by Wolf Mankowitz on page 48 p...
Creamware
Pair of Wedgwood Drabware Cups and Saucers Made in England circa 1800
By Wedgwood
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer this pair of Wedgwood drabware cups and saucers dated circa 1810. Drabware is made with dark clay as compared with other colored earthenware’s, which are made...
Earthenware
Matte Black Espresso Cup and Saucer, England
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful matte basalt black espresso or demitasse cup and saucer, by Wedgwood, England. With maker's mark on bottom as show in images. Interior of cup is glazed smooth. Made in En...
Ceramic, Pottery
Wedgwood Tri-Color Basalt Cup and Saucer, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Wedgwood tri-color basalt cup and saucer, circa 1900.
Ceramic
Set of 8 Wedgwood "Chinese Tigers" Williamsburg Commemorative Cups & Saucers
By Wedgewood
Located in Morristown, NJ
Details: Maker: Wedgwood Pattern: Chinese Tigers (Williamsburg Commemorative Ware) Material: Fine Bone China Origin: England Color: White with Green & Gold Accents Includes: 8 cups &...
Gold
39pc Wedgwood Modern Black Basalt China Dinner Plates Tea Coffee Cups Saucers
By Wedgwood
Located in Dayton, OH
Thirty nine pieces of black Basalt Wedgwood china. Includes: 12 Bread Plates 3 Salad Plates 12 Saucers 12 Demitasse Tea Coffee Cups Dimensions: Salad Plate - 9" x 1" / Demitasse - ...
Porcelain
Sold
H 1.67 in Dm 2.65 in
Antique Wedgwood Makeig-Jones Fairyland Lustre Butterfly Porcelain Bowl or Cup
By Wedgwood, Daisy Makeig-Jones
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique, diminutive English lustreware porcelain tea bowl or cup. By Wedgwood. Pattern no. Z4825.
Luster, Porcelain
Set of Six Early Wedgwood Creamware Teacups and Saucers
By Wedgwood
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
This Wedgwood tea cup and saucer set is a fine example of early creamware, made circa 1810.
Creamware
Set of Six Wedgwood England "Hampton Court" Mint Tea Cup and Saucer
By Wedgwood
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set includes, six saucers and six tea/coffee cups. Tea cups measure, 2.5: height x 5" length x 4" diameter.
Porcelain
Cup and Saucer
By Wedgwood
Located in Leeds, GB
A Wedgwood Cup and Saucer decorated with transfers of patterns of leaves and flowers to the saucer, and where the pattern is repeated four times, and to the cup a frieze of patterns ...
$208,175Sale Price|24% Off
H 53.125 in W 43.25 in
Portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford
By Anthony van Dyck
Located in London, GB
A three-quarter length portrait of Anne, Lady Russell, later Countess of Bedford (1615-1684), in a blue dress. Attributed to Sir Anthony Van Dyck. Anne Carr, Lady Russell, an estee...
Oil
$9,850
H 20 in W 16 in D 12 in
A 1930's French Gilt Lacquered Wood Pagoda Form Chinoiserie Platinum Painted Box
By Maison Jansen
Located in New York, NY
A 1930's French Gilt Lacquered Wood Pagoda Form Chinoiserie Platinum Painted Box, Attributed to Jansen. At first glance, the box's visual allure is simply breathtaking. Adorned with ...
Wood
$41,087
H 28.35 in W 30.32 in D 12.21 in
Antique Tiffany Studios Adjustable Lamp Base with Later Stained Glass Shade
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Tiffany adjustable bronze lamp base, stamped "Tiffany Studios, New York, 7984", circa 1915. The base was acquired with its current Tiffany Style stained glass shade with Dragonfly mo...
Bronze
$58,621
H 17.33 in W 22.05 in
Macbeth and the Three Witches a Painting on Panel by Francesco Zuccarelli
By Francesco Zuccarelli
Located in PARIS, FR
This painting, created during Zuccarelli's stay in England, represents the decisive moment when Macbeth, together with Banquo, meets the three witches who announce that he will be Ki...
Oil, Wood Panel
$260,400Sale Price|25% Off
H 68 in W 55 in
A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
Located in Queens, NY
Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...
Oil
$2,739Sale Price|20% Off
H 70.87 in W 85.44 in D 21.26 in
Exceptional Large Gothic English Victorian Burr Walnut Dressing Table Vanity
Located in Leicester, GB
An exceptional large vanity with six drawers, two cabinets and triple dressing mirrors. Circa 1900's. Made in England to the highest quality with fully panelled wooden back mirrors, ...
Mahogany, Walnut
$1,301 / 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
$99,892
W 80.71 in L 124.02 in
Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
By Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...
Wool, Silk
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Iris Vase Hayashi School
Located in Long Island City, NY
An exceptional Japanese cloisonné enamel vase from the golden age of the Meiji period, delicately worked in fine silver wire and attributed to the celebrated master Hayashi Kodenji. ...
Enamel
Extensive Augarten Porcelain Dinner, Coffee and Tea Service, circa 1935
Located in New York, NY
Special commission from the factory for the Brucknerstift St. Florian, a seminary located on the outskirts of Vienna. Blue crowned Bindenshield and Wien Mark, iron-red printed hash m...
Porcelain
$75,326 / set
H 27.37 in W 77.17 in D 36.03 in
Fine Important Restored Pair of Antique Howard & Sons Leather Chesterfield Sofas
By Howard and Sons, Howard Chairs Ltd., Howard & Sons Ltd
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning exceptionally rare pair of original early Victorian Howard & Son’s Berners street cigar brown leather, fully restored Chesterfield bu...
Leather
$1,800,000
H 27 in W 24 in D 2.5 in
Pierre Auguste Renoir Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919) Portrait de femme - Berthe Poret bears signature (lower left) oil on canvas 17 15/16 x 14 3/4 in (45.5 x 37.4 cm) Painted between 1862-1863 Footn...
Canvas, Oil
Victorian Nécessaire de Voyage
Located in New Orleans, LA
A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanity case is as much an item of luxury as it is of necessity. Known as a nécessaire de voyage, the case features a lux...
Velvet, Glass, Wood
$24,652
H 16.5 in W 18.5 in
18th Century Neoclassical Oil Painting of the Trojan War: Briseis & Achilles
By James Thornhill
Located in London, GB
James Thornhill (1674-1735) Oil on canvas 12 x 14 inches; 16 ½ x 18 ½ in. Inc. frame The subject matter and inclusion of herms on both sides shows the influence of Louis Laguerre (...
Canvas, Oil
$17,777 / set
H 87.01 in W 41.34 in D 88.59 in
Louis XVI Style Bunk Beds/Matching Pair of Single Beds Made by La Maison London
By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Louis XVI style bunk beds, exclusive to La Maison London: Hand carved featuring a band of intricate laurel leaves along the side bars and hand finished to order (picture shows a pale...
Wood
$15,987
H 90.56 in W 86.62 in D 53.15 in
"canopy bed" in walnut style louis XIII, period XIX .FULL RESTORED
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
" lit à baldaquin " in walnut style louis XIII, period XIX completely restored for the filming of a historical film custom-made box spring and mattress new tapestry... the box sprin...
Walnut
Arguably the most celebrated of all English ceramics makers, Wedgwood was founded in 1759 by potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730–95) in Staffordshire, which was home at one time to hundreds of pottery workshops. The company is famed for its Jasperware — molded neoclassical stoneware vases, plates and other pieces inspired by ancient cameo glass, featuring white figures, scenes and decorative elements set in relief on a matte-colored background. The best-known background hue is light blue, but Wedgwood’s iconic silhouettes also appear on green, lilac, yellow, black and even white grounds. Some antique Wedgwood dinnerware pieces and other items feature three or more colors.
The Wedgwood firm first came to prominence for its tableware, which quickly gained favor in aristocratic households throughout Britain and Europe. In 1765, Wedgwood was commissioned to create a cream-colored earthenware service for Queen Charlotte, consort of King George III. The queen was so thrilled with her new china that Wedgwood was given permission to call himself “Potter to Her Majesty,” and the decorative style became known as Queen’s Ware.
Not to be outdone, Catherine the Great of Russia commissioned her own set of Wedgwood china in 1773. Nearly 200 years later, the firm created a 1,200-piece service for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In recent years, leading designers including Jasper Conran and Vera Wang have collaborated with Wedgwood — in the tradition of such distinguished 18th-century artists such as the painter George Stubbs and metalsmith Matthew Boulton.
From plates and other dinnerware to decorative items like urns, cachepots and candlesticks, Wedgwood designs lend a traditional air to Anglophile interiors. And even if you have to make your own tea, you may find it comforting to sip it from a delicate cup that was manufactured in the same Stoke-on-Trent kiln that produced Her Majesty’s tea service. Be sure to keep your pinky raised.
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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.