Stoneware tea pot with spaniel lid finial by Wedgwood, c. 1829
By Wedgewood
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Slip cast stoneware tea pot in a putty colored smear glaze. The tea pot features a spaniel finial
Ceramic
$850
H 6.5 in W 7.5 in D 6.5 in
19th Century English Wedgwood Hand-Painted Bamboo Porcelain Teapot with Lid
By Wedgewood
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This refined 19th-century Wedgwood teapot is an exceptional example of English porcelain, hand-painted with an elegant bamboo motif emblematic of the Aesthetic Movement. The teapot f...
Porcelain
vintage 1960s Wedgwood Jasperware Tea Service Set of 6 Pieces
By Wedgewood
Located in Chicago, IL
vintage 1960s Wedgwood Jasperware tea service set of 6 pieces Vintage Wedgwood tea service
Porcelain
Caneware creamer and teapot by Wedgwood, c. 1817
By Wedgewood
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Caneware ceramic creamer with impressed basket weave surface decoration, along with matching teapot with lid finial in the form of a sheaf of wheat. Impressed on the underside: Wedgw...
Ceramic
Set of 8 Wedgwood "Chinese Tigers" Williamsburg Commemorative Cups & Saucers
By Wedgewood
Located in Morristown, NJ
Wedgwood set is perfect for collectors, tea enthusiasts, or anyone who appreciates fine porcelain with a
Gold
Blue Wedgwood Jasperware Tea Set
By Wedgewood
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Wedgwood Blue Jasperware Tea Set. It has a creamer, a sugar bowl and a teapot. They are
Porcelain
19th Century Wedgewood Tea Caddy
By Wedgewood
Located in London, GB
A 19th century Wedgewood tea caddy handpainted with little pink roses, with gilt leaves and gilt
Porcelain
Small Collection of Wedgewood Cuckoo Pattern Tea Ware
Located in Peterborough, Northamptonshire
A small collection of Wedgewood Cuckoo pattern tea ware. The pattern number 593. The saucier with
Sold
H 5.91 in W 6.3 in D 4.34 in
1900s S.YP. Simple Yet Perfect Peony Wedgwood Patent Teapot Made in England
By Wedgewood
Located in Milan, IT
through the perforations on to the tea leaves. When the tea is brewed, the pot is set down on its base and
Earthenware
Pair of Japanese Hand Painted Lamps
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of beautiful chinoiserie table lamps, made in Japan. Marked "Andrea by Sadek". Rewired with double socket cluster, mounted on greek key style metal bases. Note one has a stres...
Ceramic
Pair of Wedgwood & Bentley Agate Plant Pots
By Wedgwood & Bentley
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A pair of plant pots covered in marbled brown glaze emulating agate gemstone encircled with checkered rims accented in gold, made circa 1770 by Wedgwood & Bentley in Staffordshire, E...
Creamware, Pottery
$4,200 / set
H 1 in Dm 10.25 in
Set of 12 Royal Crown Derby Hand-Painted Dinner Plates with Floral Bouquets
By Royal Crown Derby Porcelain
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set is a great example of the iconic artistry and style of Royal Crown Derby. These plates are embellished with swags of vibrant hand-painted roses and two bands of acid etched...
Porcelain
Vintage pair of Chinoiserie pedestals stands
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Rare pair of French Chinoiserie-style pedestal stands with slender hand-forged metal frames, hand-painted mimicking the look and texture of natural bamboo. Tradition and classic, evo...
Metal
$544
H 5.71 in W 10.44 in D 6.7 in
4 Person Tea Set 13pcs Design Heinrich Loffelhardt for Jenaer Glass
By Heinrich Loffelhardt, Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Jena Glassworks
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This is a minimalistic and still highly modern design classic by JENAER GLAS. 13pcs tea or coffee service designed by Heinrich Löffelhardt in 1954. This classic JENAER GLAS tea and...
Glass
$1,200 / set
H 9.25 in Dm 15.25 in
Vintage hand chased English Sheffield punch bowl & tray, c. 1900-50
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Vintage English Sheffield punch bowl & tray. The punch bowl is hand chased with repoussé images of a bounty of fruit and flowers and a cast gadroon edged rim. The domed foot of the b...
Sheffield Plate
$5,500 / item
H 11.22 in W 11.75 in D 5.5 in
18th Century Italian Creamware Tromp L'oeil Tureens of Ducks, Nove di Bassano
By Nove di Bassano
Located in Downingtown, PA
Italian Creamware Tromp L'oeil Tureens in the form of Ducks, Nove di Bassano, circa 1800 The fine earthenware soup tureens are from Nove di Bassano. They are tromp L'oeil in th...
Creamware, Pottery
Pair of 19th Century English Coalport Porcelain Plates
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of large Coalport Porcelain plates with gilt rim and accents, floral decoration in blues, reds, and greens. 19th century England. Price is for the Pair of Plates.
Porcelain
$1,000Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 6 in W 6 in D 12 in
Fine 4 Pc, Spode Porcelain Rust and Gilt Personal Tea Service C. 1820
By Spode
Located in Atlanta, GA
Spode (English, founded 1770), circa 1820. An extremely fine quality and rare personal tea service in rust and gold. The surfaces are decorated in an imari style pallet - laurel leaf...
Porcelain
Royal Copenhagen Christmas Plate in porcelain, from 1906
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bing & Grøndahl Christmas Plate from 1906. Marked. First factory quality. In perfect condition. Diameter 18.2 cm.
Porcelain
Large Moroccan engraved brass coffee tray, c. 1880-1910
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Circular brass coffee tray with a broad and flat rolled edge rim surrounding a suppressed flat center. The surface is engraved with traditional interlocking geometric designs centeri...
Brass
$2,600
H 2.25 in W 26 in D 20.5 in
19th century English Large Faience Serving Platter with Chinoiserie Scene
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A 19th century English octogonal faience serving platter with scalloped rim decorated in red with a chinoiserie scene. The central scene depicts a table ornamented with pierced Chine...
Faience
$479
H 3.13 in Dm 6.19 in
Early New Hall Porcelain Bowl Chinese Figures Lady with parasol Ptn. 20, Ca 1790
By New Hall
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a hard paste porcelain waste or slop bowl by New Hall in a hand painted Chinoiserie figure pattern number 20, dating to the late 18th century, Circa 1790. The bowl is well...
Porcelain
$687
H 5.63 in W 11.63 in D 8 in
Large Wedgwood Pedestal Bowl Centrepiece Stone China Ptn 1156, circa 1840
By Wedgwood
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a rare, beautiful and large ironstone Pedestal footed bowl or centrepiece made by Wedgwood Stone China in pattern No. 1156, in the early to mid-19th century, circa 1840. L...
Ironstone
English cast paktong chamber candlestick by Thomas Watson, c. 1810
By Thomas Watson
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Cast paktong chamber candlestick with attached candle snuffer. Thomas Watson impressed hatchment on the underside. England, c. 1810.
Metal
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.