Tête-à-tête tea service Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in Delft, NL
Tête-à-tête tea service by Wedgwood A Black on yellow cane Jasperware wedgwood stoneware with black lines and scene of Putti A serving tea set with a serving plate, 2 plates, a tea...
Stoneware
French Empire "Tête a Tête" Service
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This exquisite 7 piece coffee service makes an elegant statement in rich matted blue, accented with bright gold. Each piece is similarly decorated in the elegant French Empire style ...
Porcelain, Paste
Unavailable
H 7 in W 10 in D 4.5 in
English Porcelain Tete-a-Tete Tea Service, Cobalt Blue & Gilt, Early 19th
Located in WILMINGTON, CA
English Porcelain Tete-a-Tete Tea Service, Cobalt Blue & Gilt, Early 19th Cent Swirled ribbed texture with cobalt blue and gilt leaf designs to the rim.
Porcelain
19th Century Porcelain Tete-a-Tete Tea Service by Davenport
By Davenport Porcelain
Located in Pasadena, CA
An attractive porcelain tete-a-tete or tea service for two by Davenport of England.
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 4.73 in W 4.73 in D 5.91 in
Early 20th Century Flower Encrusted Tete a Tete 'Tea for Two'
Located in London, GB
The service comprising of two cups and saucers, milk jug, sugar pot and lid and a tea/coffeepot. The design stems from the service made for Frederik II of Prussia.
Porcelain
Tête-à-tête, Tea Service, Sèvres Porcelain, Napoleon III Period.
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Tête-à-tête, Tea service, Sèvres porcelain, Napoleon III period.
Porcelain
Gorham Japanese Aesthetic Tête-à-tête Tea Set
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Litchfield, CT
This extraordinary diminutive or tête-à-tête tea service can only be described as gorgeous.
18th Century KPM Porcelain Tea Service
By KPM Porcelain
Located in New Orleans, LA
A beautiful 18th century porcelain tête-à-tête tea service by the renowned KPM, the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin, Germany.
Porcelain
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H 2.76 in Dm 4.34 in
Winterling Bavaria German Coffee/Tea Service "Tète A Tète" in White Porcelain
By Winterling
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. Nice...
Porcelain
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H 5.91 in W 11.82 in D 11.82 in
Service "Tête à Tête" in 19th Century Sèvres Porcelain, Napoleon III Period.
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Service Tête à Tête in 19th century Sèvres porcelain, Napoleon III period. Service Tête à Tête in Sèvres porcelain, portrait of French royalty, Napoleon III period, 19th century. ...
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Tête a Tête Tea Set with Butterflies
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Tea service for two people (tête-à-tête) Satsuma earthenware, Meiji period, 19th c.
Porcelain
Herend Porcelain "Rothschild Birds" Tete A Tete
By Herend
Located in Astoria, NY
Herend Hungarian porcelain assembled tea service for two, each with blue overglaze marks for Herend, decorated in the "Rothschild Birds" pattern and comprising a tea pot, a small pit...
Porcelain
A Rare Miniature Chamberlain Worcester Tête à tête Tea Set.
Located in Downingtown, PA
The service is beautifully decorated with roses on a pink and gold ground. It consists of a serving tray , a teapot and cover, milk jug, a sugar pot and cover and two cups and saucers.
Tea Service with Sevres and Château des Tuileries Marks
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Paris, FR
Tea service tête à tête in porcelain bearing the initials of Louis-Philippe in a garland of laurels.
Porcelain
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H 2 in Dm 9 in L 2 in
Complete Sevres Porcelain Cobalt Blue, Jeweled, Enameled, and Gilt Tea Service
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and quite rare 19th century Louis XVI style Sevres Porcelain cobalt blue complete tea service (tête-à-tête), complete with two cups and saucers, tea pot, creamer, cover...
Enamel
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H 0.04 in Dm 0.04 in
Christian Dior - Tete-a-Tete Breakfast Set Faenza Italian Faience - 19 pieces
By Christian Dior, Dior Home
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Service comprising 19 pieces for 2 people : - 2 cups - 2 saucers - 2 spoons - 1 tea pot - 1 sugar box - 1 milk pot - 1 sweet box - 1 serving plate for 2 people - 2 crescent plates - ...
Faience
Sèvres Porcelain Tea Service, 19th Century
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Tête-à-tête, Sèvres porcelain tea service, 19th century, Napoleon III period, Royal Blue decoration.
Porcelain
Tête-à-tête Tea Service "Market Garden" Herend Porcelain, Hungary
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Tête-à-tête tea service "Market Garden" Herend porcelain, Hungary Herend Hungary Porcelain small tête-à-tête tea service with a unique pattern with flowers, fruits and insects.
Porcelain
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H 6.5 in W 18 in D 13.25 in
Antique French Sevres Porcelain Neoclassical 8 Piece Tete-A-Tete Tea Set 1900
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique eight piece 'Sevres' porcelain Tete-A-Tete tea service, Paris, circa 1900. The set having a blue ground with finely hand-painted panels of Neoclassical scenes of...
Porcelain
Royal Crown Derby Imari Tête-à-Tête on Matching Tray
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Great Barrington, MA
A lovely "tea for two" royal crown derby Imari decorated service is presented on a matching tray. This 19th century example is beautifully hand-painted and gilded in the ever popular...
Porcelain
19th Century French Sevres Style Topographical Tête-à-Tête
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Pasadena, CA
An exceptional French porcelain tête-à-tête (tea service for two) in the Sevres style with a rose pink ground and the finest hand etched silver overlay.
Porcelain
Belleek Cabaret Tea Set, Cream Cob Lustre, Erne, Victorian, 1890s
By Belleek Pottery Ltd.
Located in London, GB
Belleek made many cabaret services, often called breakfast services or "tête-à-tête" services; these were used to carry breakfast tea up to the bedroom.
Porcelain
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Crown Derby Porcelain Breakfast Tea Set, White and Gilt, George III, 1782-1800
By Crown Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a very stunning porcelain breakfast set (also called Tête à Tête) made by the Crown Derby Porcelain Company some time between 1782 and 1800.
Porcelain
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H 0.79 in W 10.24 in D 10.24 in
Early 19th Century Gold Gilded Decorated 'Tête à Tête' Tea Service
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Under plate 26cm. Teapot diameter 15cm, high 12cm. Sugarpot diameter 12cm, high 11cm. Milkjug 8.5cm, high 10cm. Two cups and saucers 8.5cm, 13cm.
Shelley "Dainty White" Tête-à-Tête Porcelain Tea Service, 1910-1966
By Shelley Pottery
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming "tête-à-tête" tea service serving two, made by Shelley.
Porcelain
Royal Crown Derby Breakfast Tea Set, Imari Pattern, 1899
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This is a super charming "tête a tête" tea service made by Royal Crown Derby in 1892.
Porcelain
$69,500 / set
H 12 in W 18 in D 18 in
Tetard Freres Perles Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service French 343 Pcs Dinner
By Tetard Freres
Located in Big Bend, WI
Founded in 1880 by Edmond Tétard (1860-1901) following the purchase of the house of Mr. Hugo. In 1889, he participated in the World Expo and received a Gold Medal. The house speciali...
Sterling Silver
$7,250
H 16 in W 22 in
17th century follower of Rubens, two military men on horse back in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
17th century English/Dutch School, from the Circle of Sir Peter Paul Rubens A very interesting and well-painted 17th-century oil on canvas of two men seated on horseback in a landsc...
Canvas, Oil
$265,518
H 57 in W 30 in D 31.5 in
One-of-a-kind 1851 Great Exhibition Carved Armchair by Arthur Jones of Dublin
Located in London, GB
*Winner of the 2022 Masterpiece Fair Furniture Highlight* The 1851 Great Exhibition Carved Bog Yew Armchair by Arthur Jones of Dublin Carved entirely from Irish bog yew wood, ...
Upholstery, Yew
$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
Meissen Porcelain Dinnerware Service for 12 People
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful German Meissen dinnerware service for twelve people with serving pieces. The dinnerware service is in great condition. Just exquisite & very rare to find a complete service...
Gold
$2,723Sale 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
$14,000 / set
H 19 in Dm 12 in
Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Planters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Planters Each urn mounted with bow tied ribbons connected in the front and back with a foliate swags. In late 1...
Bronze, Ormolu
$408,490
H 86.03 in Dm 51.97 in
Extremely Rare Victorian Chandelier of Exceptional Quality and Size by F&C Osler
By F. & C. Osler
Located in Steyning, West sussex
An extremely rare early Victorian 20-light cut-glass silvered mounted chandelier of exceptional quality the baluster thumb and radial cut shaft with lower shaft canopy and draping pa...
Silver Plate
Unavailable|$55,300
H 47.5 in W 70 in D 3.25 in
Poujol, Biblis changée en source (Byblis Transformed into a Spring), 1898
Located in Tarzana, CA
Poujol, Biblis changée en source (Byblis Transformed into a Spring), 1898 Artist: Poujol Nationality: French Date: 1898 Medium: Oil on canvas Signature: Signed and dated lower left...
Canvas
$28,950Sale Price|35% Off
H 37.5 in W 27 in D 20 in
19th Century Lifesize Bronze Bust of Othello after Gaston Veuvenot Leroux
By Gaston Vuevenot Leroux
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A large and impressive French 19th century life-size bust depicting Othello, the North African Moor of Venice character in the 1603 play written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), a...
Bronze
19th Century Watch Winding Display Cabinet
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredible, one-of-a-kind watch display cabinet brings together the beauty of an antique with the functionality of modern technology. Crafted of mahogany, this 19th century jewe...
Mahogany
Very Fine and Special Mid-19th Century Baccarat Crystal Chandelier
Located in Long Island City, NY
A very fine and special mid-19th century gilt bronze and Baccarat crystal twelve-light chandelier. Multi-faceted and shaped crystal, cut crystal central column with beaded arms. F...
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century Paul Storr Silver Tea Urn
By Paul Storr, Rundell, Bridge & Rundell
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinarily rare and masterfully crafted tea urn is by the hand of the master Georgian silversmith Paul Storr. Created by Storr while working for Rundell, Bridge and Rundell...
Silver
$695
H 5.125 in W 1 in D 0.75 in
Antique Imperial Russian Silver Gilt Cloisonne Enamel Sugar tongs Moscow 1890
Located in Portland, OR
Antique pair of Imperial Russian silver-gilt cloisonne sugar tongs, Moscow, circa 1890. A very attractive pair of Russian silver and enamel sugar tongs, elegantly decorated with mult...
Silver, Enamel
Liceu de Artes e Ofícios. 19th Century Daybed
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This recamier/daybed was conceived and executed with utmost quality and expertise, showing a style that incorporates many influences from the eigtheenth and ninetheenth century. Made...
Wood
$108,930
H 95.08 in W 69.89 in D 95.28 in
LARGE & IMPORTANT ANTiQUE CIRCA 1600 CHARLES I DOCUMENTED ENGLISH OAK 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, extra large framed, Documented English oak Tester bed c...
Oak
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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