Tea Kettle Antique
19th Century North American Tea Kettle Antique
Brass
19th Century Belgian Adirondack Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
19th Century American Primitive Tea Kettle Antique
Metal
1890s Japanese Meiji Tea Kettle Antique
Silver
Early 1900s Indian Tea Kettle Antique
Metal, Copper
1890s English Victorian Tea Kettle Antique
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Tea Kettle Antique
Brass
Early 1900s English Edwardian Tea Kettle Antique
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century Victorian Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Tea Kettle Antique
Brass
18th Century Russian Tea Kettle Antique
Silver
Late 19th Century French Tea Kettle Antique
Brass, Copper
1880s American Anglo-Japanese Tea Kettle Antique
Brass
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
Early 1800s English George III Tea Kettle Antique
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Tea Kettle Antique
Iron
Late 19th Century English British Colonial Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Tea Kettle Antique
Silver
Early 20th Century American Tea Kettle Antique
Sterling Silver
18th Century English George II Tea Kettle Antique
Sterling Silver
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Tea Kettle Antique
Silver Plate
Late 19th Century Islamic Tea Kettle Antique
Brass, Copper
19th Century English Victorian Tea Kettle Antique
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Tea Kettle Antique
Sterling Silver
1890s American Art Deco Tea Kettle Antique
Sterling Silver
18th Century English George II Tea Kettle Antique
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century French Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
Late 19th Century Rustic Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
19th Century English Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
1840s British Early Victorian Tea Kettle Antique
Sterling Silver
1860s English Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
Early 1800s English George III Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
Early 1800s English George III Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
Early 1800s English George III Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
Early 1800s English George III Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
Early 20th Century English Tea Kettle Antique
Silver Plate
Mid-19th Century French Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
1910s German Queen Anne Tea Kettle Antique
Silver
1880s English Victorian Tea Kettle Antique
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century British Napoleon III Tea Kettle Antique
Metal
19th Century English William IV Tea Kettle Antique
Sterling Silver
19th Century Japanese Edo Tea Kettle Antique
Iron
19th Century English Victorian Tea Kettle Antique
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century Rococo Tea Kettle Antique
Sterling Silver
1840s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Tea Kettle Antique
Brass
1870s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
1850s Dutch Tea Kettle Antique
Brass, Copper
1780s Dutch Tea Kettle Antique
Brass
1790s Dutch Tea Kettle Antique
Brass
Early 1800s Dutch Tea Kettle Antique
Brass
Early 1800s Dutch Tea Kettle Antique
Brass
1840s Great Britain (UK) Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
1720s Great Britain (UK) Tea Kettle Antique
Brass
1890s British Arts and Crafts Tea Kettle Antique
1840s Great Britain (UK) Tea Kettle Antique
Copper
1870s English Victorian Tea Kettle Antique
Sterling Silver
1860s British High Victorian Tea Kettle Antique
Silver
Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Tea Kettle Antique
Brass, Copper
Mid-19th Century British Tea Kettle Antique
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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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