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Yellow Glass Tea Set

Chinese Hand Painted Yellow Floral Porcelain Famille Tea Pot
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Mid-20th-century Chinese hand-painted yellow floral porcelain teapot, combining traditional
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Tea Sets

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Porcelain

1950's Yellow Vernon Kilns Califonia Ceramic Large Tea Pot
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A yellow vintage Vernon Kilns ceramic large teapot is a charming and nostalgic piece that evokes a
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

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Ceramic

1950's Yellow Vernon Kilns Califonia Ceramic Large Tea Pot
1950's Yellow Vernon Kilns Califonia Ceramic Large Tea Pot
$210 Sale Price
40% Off
H 10.5 in W 9 in D 5.5 in
Meissen Porcelain Yellow Dragon Tea Service, 20th century
Located in New York, NY
Consisting of tray 17.5" x 14.75", pot (H 5"), covered sugar (H 3.5"), creamer (H 4"), 4 cups (H-2, D - 3.75) and saucers, 6 plates (D 8"). Condition: additional 2 cups and saucers a...
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20th Century Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Vintage Tea Pot by M. Iosa Ghini For Naj Oleari – Wiggly Turquoise & Yellow, 80s
Located in Montecalvoli, IT
Vintage Tea Pot by M. Iosa Ghini for Naj Oleari – Wiggly Turquoise & Yellow, 80s This vintage
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20th Century Post-Modern Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Meissen Porcelain 'Old Rich Yellow Lion' Pattern Tea and Coffee Service, c. 1900
Located in New York, NY
covered sugars (1 with restoration), 6 coffee cups and saucers, 12 tea cups (2 with chips) and saucers, 18
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Antique Early 1900s Tea Sets

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Porcelain

French Faience Yellow Ground Pot-de-creme Set with Platter, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Marked "X" underneath probably for Moustiers, France. Comprising 10 cups and covers and one platter.
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Antique 1890s French Tea Sets

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Faience

Vallauris Coffee Set Yellow Brown Ceramic, Mid-Century Modern, France, 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Paris, FR
Authentic French Mid Century Modern creative full coffee set with incredible stunning shapes in a
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Antique Chinese Porcelain Yellow & Overglaze Blue Teapot Chine de Commande
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Yongzheng, 18th century, Very fine painting. Yellow glaze and overglaze blue. Very rare combination
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Samuel Alcock Tearcup Trio, Maroon, Yellow, Gilt and Fine Landscapes, ca 1845
By Samuel Alcock & Co.
Located in London, GB
and pale yellow ground, with gilt and finely painted landscape reserves Pattern 9508 Year: ca 1845
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Antique 1840s English Rococo Revival Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Purple, Pink, Blue and Yellow Lillian Venon Lotus Bowls and Saucers, 8 Pieces
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional set of 4 saucers and 4 bowls by Lillian Venon. Each bowl displays a plant shape, one in
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Royal Chrysanthemum Silver Gilt Teacups and Saucers by Tiffany & Co.
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
silver-gilt cups and saucers along with eight brilliant yellow glass liners. The service takes the
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20th Century American Art Nouveau Tea Sets

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Silver

80s Post Modern Memphis Design Handmade Marilee Hall Abstract Art Teapot Signed
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
yellow tea pot, with a crackle finish, I adorned with both incised and applied colorful pottery
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Tea Sets

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Metal

1980s Gorgeous Green and Yellow Tea Set/Coffee Set in Ceramic by Naj Oleari.
Located in Milano, IT
1980s Gorgeous Green and Yellow Tea Set/Coffee Set in Ceramic by Naj Oleari. Made in Italy. The
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

1980s Gorgeous Green and Yellow Tea Set/Coffee Set in Ceramic by Naj Oleari.
1980s Gorgeous Green and Yellow Tea Set/Coffee Set in Ceramic by Naj Oleari.
$368 Sale Price / set
20% Off
H 5.9 in W 9.05 in D 5.51 in
Vintage Stackable Tea Set by Liisi Beckmann for Gabbianelli, 1967
By Liisi Meronen Beckmann, Gabbianelli
Located in BARCELONA, ES
exceptional piece that embodies the epitome of mid-century modern design innovation. What sets this tea pot
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Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Ceramics

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Ceramic

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English Brass Tea Kettle, circa 1840
Located in Ambler, PA
English brass tea kettle, circa 1840. Unusual oval shaped tea kettle in brass. Dovetailed
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Antique 1840s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Tea Sets

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Brass

Dutch Brass Tea Kettle, circa 1780
Located in Ambler, PA
Dutch brass tea kettle, circa 1780 Dovetailed above and below the spout. Shaped swing handle
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Antique 1780s Dutch Tea Sets

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Brass

Dutch Brass Tea Kettle, circa 1850
Located in Ambler, PA
Dutch brass tea kettle, circa 1850 Cast spout. Copper bottom. Swing handle. Measures: Height
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Antique 1850s Dutch Tea Sets

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Brass, Copper

Dutch Tea Kettle with Swing Handle, circa 1800
Located in Ambler, PA
Dutch tea kettle with swing handle, circa 1800. Fine brass tea kettle with swing handle
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Antique Early 1800s Dutch Tea Sets

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Brass

Yellow Ground English Porcelain Solitaire Set
Located in Shakespeare, ON
Set includes teapot, cream pitcher, covered sugar bowl, cup & saucer and serving tray.
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Antique 19th Century English Tea Sets

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Porcelain

18th Century Dutch Brass Tea Pot or Kettle, circa 1785
Located in Ambler, PA
18th century Dutch brass tea pot or kettle, circa 1785. With inset copper base. Measures
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Antique 1780s Dutch Tea Sets

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Brass

Vallauris France Green and Yellow Coffee Set / Tea Set
By Vallauris
Located in Achterveld, NL
Fabulous design of a luscious green and oker yellow Vallauris ceramic coffee set. This
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Vintage 1960s French Ceramics

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Ceramic

Rebecca Harvey Contemporary Ceramic Yellow Tea Set Cranbrook Alumni 1990s
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A whimsical and artful ceramic tea set by Rebecca Harvey. This set includes the teapot, teacup, and
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1990s Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Kähler, Denmark. Egoist Tea Set in Glazed Stoneware. Yellow Uranium Glaze
Located in København, Copenhagen
Kähler, Denmark. Egoist tea set in glazed stoneware. Beautiful yellow uranium glaze. Mid-20th
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Minton Porcelain Tea Service, Yellow with Landscapes, Provenance Regency
By Minton
Located in London, GB
. The set has a yellow ground, which is rare because yellow was very difficult to fire. If the
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Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Antique Worcester Porcelain Tea Cups and Saucers Yellow and Gold
By Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester
Located in Katonah, NY
A set of four Chamberlain's Worcester yellow tea cups and saucers each with a broad border of
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Antique 1820s English Neoclassical Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Vallauris Coffee Set Yellow Brown Ceramic, France, 1950
By Vallauris
Located in Paris, FR
Authentic French midcentury creative full coffee set containing 9 pieces: 6 cups diameter 8-8,5cm
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Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Rupert Spira Yellow Stoneware Table Articles, 10
By Rupert Spira
Located in Astoria, NY
Rupert Spira (English, b. 1960) Set of 10 Yellow Glazed Stoneware Table Articles, comprising: (5
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21st Century and Contemporary British Minimalist Tea Sets

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Stoneware

Anstice, Horton & Rose Teacup, Geometric Gilt, Yellow and Red, Regency
By Coalport Porcelain, Thomas Rose
Located in London, GB
This is a very striking teacup and saucer made by Anstice, Horton & Rose in circa 1815. The set is
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Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Coalport Porcelain Teacup, Neo-classical Design Red, Yellow and Black, ca 1805
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming teacup and saucer made by Coalport in about 1805. The set is decorated with
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Antique Early 1800s English Regency Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Yates Porcelain Cup and Saucer, Yellow with Roses, Regency, circa 1825
Located in London, GB
earthenwares and porcelain. This set has a nice yellow ground, which is rare; yellow was very difficult to
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Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Grainger Worcester Teacup, Yellow, Gilt and Flowers, Rococo Revival, circa 1835
By Grainger Worcester
Located in London, GB
shape with an upwards loop handle. The set is decorated in yellow, gilt and beautiful hand painted
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Antique 1830s English Rococo Revival Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Samuel Alcock Teacup Trio, Yellow with Fine Romantic Landscapes, ca 1845
By Samuel Alcock & Co.
Located in London, GB
yellow pattern with acanthus leaves and very finely painted romantic landscapes with stately homes and
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Antique 1840s English Victorian Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Royal Chrysanthemum Silver Gilt Teacups and Saucers by Tiffany & Co.
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New Orleans, LA
silver-gilt cups and saucers along with eight brilliant yellow glass liners. The service takes the
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20th Century American Art Nouveau Tea Sets

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Silver

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
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Early 20th Century Japanese Modern Tea Sets

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Porcelain

tea set by Margerete (Grete) Haymann-Marks
By Margarete Heymann
Located in Toronto, Ontario
A great tea set by a Bauhaus Master . Service for 6 with one large plate missing. Very thin and
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Vintage 1930s German Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Rosenthal Studio-Line Germany Yellow on White O Ten Piece Tea Set
By Tapio Wirkkala
Located in Ferndale, MI
A Postmodern op-pop mod Rosenthal studio-line Germany ten piece tea set in bright yellow on white
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Signed 'Private Stock' Tiffany & Co. Yellow and Gold Tea or Coffee Cup & Saucer
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful signed Tiffany & Co. 'private stock' porcelain tea or coffee cup and saucer from
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20th Century French Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Ceramiche Ernestine, Salerno Italy Chrysanthemum Dessert Set with 17 Pieces
By Ernestine
Located in Miami, FL
A set of 5 each dessert plates, coffee cups and saucers plus a creamer with saucer in bright and
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

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Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery

Art Deco yellow 'T-Plane' ceramic aeroplane teapot, Sadler, UK, 1930s
Located in Firenze, IT
yellow glaze with chrome lustre detailing, with 'Old bill pilot and wings' lid. H 10,5 cm - 23 x 22 cm
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Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Tea Sets

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Ceramic

New Hall Porcelain Teacup, Yellow Shell Pattern 1045, ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer made by New Hall around the year 1810. The set bears the
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Antique 1810s English Regency Tea Sets

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Porcelain

French 19th Century Majolica Light Yellow and Green Cauliflower Lidded Teapot
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French majolica lidded teapot from the 19th century, with yellow and green cauliflower décor
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Antique 19th Century French Tea Sets

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Majolica

Minton Porcelain Teacup, Yellow with Hand Painted Flowers, Regency, circa 1825
By Minton
Located in London, GB
crockery and many great buildings of this era were tiled with Minton tiles. This set was made in the
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Antique 1820s English Regency Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Samuel Alcock Coffee Cup, Pale Yellow, Flowers and Butterflies, ca 1834
By Samuel Alcock & Co.
Located in London, GB
A coffee cup and saucer in “embossed fluted” shape, pale yellow ground with flowers and butterflies
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Antique 1830s English Victorian Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Samuel Alcock Tearcup Trio, Maroon, Yellow, Gilt and Fine Landscapes, ca 1845
By Samuel Alcock & Co.
Located in London, GB
and pale yellow ground, with gilt and finely painted landscape reserves Pattern 9508 Year: ca 1845
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Antique 1840s English Rococo Revival Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Vintage Yellow and Gold Porcelain Coffee Tea Cup Saucer, circa 1960s, Set of 2
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful vintage set of two (s) white porcelain with yellow and gold coffee or tea cup and
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Mid-20th Century American Porcelain

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Mique Sweden Yellow Tea Set
Located in Bastrop, TX
Classic Memphis style design with its triangular handles. The tea set would have fit oh so perfectly in
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Late 20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Tea Sets

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Porcelain, Paint

Mique Sweden Yellow Tea Set
Mique Sweden Yellow Tea Set
H 7.25 in W 6.75 in L 7.25 in
Set of Two Lavender and Yellow Porcelain Tea Cups by Carol Joo Lee
By Carol Joo Lee
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of two hand-thrown porcelain tea cups with a modern spray glazed lavender and bright yellow
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Italian Yellow and White Striped Demitasse Sets of Two
Located in New York, NY
Italian yellow and white striped demitasse set.
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Vintage 1950s Italian Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Royal Copenhagen Orange and Yellow Demitasses Set of Two
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in New York, NY
Royal Copenhagen quality porcelain demitasse set of two in orange, yellow and crisp white accented
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Vintage 1950s Danish Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Italian Mid-Century Geometric Green and Yellow Demitasse Set of Two
Located in New York, NY
Mid century demitasse set of two in a bright green and sunny yellow geometric pattern
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Vintage 1960s Italian Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Royal Copenhagen Pale Yellow and Mint Demitasses Set of Two
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in New York, NY
Royal Copenhagen quality porcelain demitasse set of two in pale yellow, mint and crisp white
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Vintage 1950s Danish Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

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Yellow Glass Tea Set For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal yellow glass tea set for your home. Each yellow glass tea set for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, porcelain and metal. Find 176 options for an antique or vintage yellow glass tea set now, or shop our selection of 14 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect yellow glass tea set — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A yellow glass tea set made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with Regency — is very popular. Royal Winton, Coalport Porcelain and Meissen Porcelain each produced at least one beautiful yellow glass tea set that is worth considering.

How Much is a Yellow Glass Tea Set?

Prices for a yellow glass tea set can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $50 and can go as high as $45,494, while the average can fetch as much as $1,095.

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.