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Tea Sets For Sale
13-Piece Art Deco Tea Set - Limoges Porcelain - White and Gold
By Limoges
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A sweet porcelain tea set, for 10 people, made by the French brand Limoges.
This service was made around 1930, the design has clear Art Deco features.
The color scheme white with gol...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 6 Postmodern Flash One Series Coffee Service Plates, Cups, Saucers, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Flash One Series Coffee Service Plates, Cups, Saucers by Dorothy Hafner for Rosenthal, 1980s, Set of 6, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an at...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$910 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Il Viaggio di Nettuno Sea Blue Mug by Luke Edward Hall by GINORI 1735
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Luke Edward Hall as a celebration of ancient mythology, this mug is both playful and sophisticated. Crafted of fine porcelain, it depicts the ancient Roman god of the sea...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Bone
Il Viaggio di Nettuno Pink Mug by GINORI 1735
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by Luke Edward Hall’s love of Greco-Roman mythology, the collection "Il Viaggio di Nettuno" (Neptune's voyage) represents an unconventio...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Opalescent Pastel Colors Coffee / Tea Set for Eight with Gold Rims
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pastel Colors Opalescent Glass Coffee Tea Set for Eight
Manufactured by Arcopal, France, 1960s.
A highly decorative set of eight Harlequin opalescent pastel colors glass tea or coffe...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Gold Leaf
Minton Rare Set Three Georgian Shell Printed Porcelain Coffee Cups
By Minton
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare set of three Georgian antique porcelain coffee cups printed with shells by renowned makers Minton and dating from around 1800. The coffee cans are of cylindrical shape with lo...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Japanese Lithophane Geisha porcelain coffee set Blue Dragon, 1950s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
A magnificent Blue Dragon coffee set: 10 beautiful antique cups and saucers, a coffee pot, a sugar bowl with a lid, and a cream jug.
These beautiful lithophane cups were first create...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$852 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Sophisticated Black Coffee Set – 6 Cups & Saucers (1970s)
By Arcoroc
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Sophisticated Black Coffee Set – 6 Cups & Saucers (1970s)
This elegant coffee set features six black cups and saucers, each designed with an octagonal shape that reflects mid-centur...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Glass, Opaline Glass
John Prip for Reed & Barton Dimension Coffee Service Set
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Dimension service was introduced in 1961; the onion-shaped tea and coffee service in silver plate is a classic design that is currently on display at the Rhode Island School of Desi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate
Porcelain cups and saucers from Royal Albert
By Royal Albert
Located in Delft, NL
Porcelain cups and saucers from Royal Albert
A set of eleven porcelain cups and saucers made by Royal Albert, England.
Royal Albert was founded
by Thomas Clark Wild, ca 1894.
The Royal Albert is known for its fine quality Bone China, England
two small cups and saucers of the "Serena" model from before 1977
two cups and saucers, large and small, model Chelsea Bird 1950s-70s
small cup and saucer model "Sweet Violets" 1960s-70s
two cups and saucers small and large from the "Moss Rose" model before the 1960s-70s
small cup and saucer, Model Blue Blossom, 1988
large cup and saucer model "Lady...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen porcelain Rich Court Dragon cups and saucers, Germany 1960s
Located in Delft, NL
Meissen porcelain Rich Court Dragon cups and saucers, Germany 1960s
Meissen porcelain cups and saucers in box with the Rich Court Dragon pattern.
The six p...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Dutch silver Tea service, 1899-1909
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver Tea service, 1899-1909
A Dutch silver tea service with Dutch landscapes with floral, leaves with flower motif. The set consists of a teapot, a milk jug and a sugar bowl...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
$3,411 / set
Antique Edwardian Quality Wedgwood Jasperware Teapot
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Edwardian quality Wedgwood Jasperware teapot having a quality silver plated lid and rim decorated in the traditional Wedgwood blue a...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Other
Coffee Tea Service Flash One Dorothy Hafner Rosenthal Studio-Line Germany, 1980s
By Rosenthal
Located in Berlin, DE
Luxurious porcelain dinnerware set, flash one, by Dorothy Hafner for Rosenthal Studio-Line,
Germany, 1980s.
12x coffee or tea cups.
12x ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen porcelain Rich Court Dragon cups and saucers, Germany 1960s
Located in Delft, NL
Meissen porcelain Rich Court Dragon cups and saucers, Germany 1960s
Meissen porcelain cups and saucers in box with the Rich Court Dragon pattern.
The six p...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Italian 15-Piece Futurist Tea Service by Diulgheroff and d'Albisola for Mazzotti
Located in Stockholm, SE
Italian 15-Piece Futurist Tea Service
Designed by Nikolay Diulgheroff (1901–1982) and Tullio d'Albisola (1899–1971) for Mazzotti, circa 1935, produced for Torido Mazzotti (1895–1988).
This striking tea service features original decoration using oxides and matte glazes. The design incorporates elements from Constructivism, Cubism, and Suprematism, with an alternating two-sided pattern showcasing primary blue and yellow motifs. The vibrant colors and cosmic interpretations make this a vivid example of Italian Futurist...
Category
1930s Italian Futurist Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Mid-Century German Tea or Coffee Pot by Heinrich Löffelhardt for Arzberg, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-century German tea or coffee pot by Heinrich Löffelhardt for Arzberg, 1960s This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials: Porcelain
Color: Blue
Styles: ...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Tea Set 3-Piece Sterling Silver Fine Quality, Sheffield England 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine quality Sterling Silver, Art Deco period, 3-piece tea set consisting of teapot, milk jug and Sugar Bowl, made by Cooper Brothers...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,221 Sale Price / set
72% Off
Jacob Petit Paris Porcelain Tea Set with Gilt and Colorful Rococo Decoration
By Jacob Petit
Located in Boston, MA
This is a fabulous Jacob Petit Old Paris Porcelain solitaire museum quality tea set. It is profusely decorated with gold, cartouches of flowers and many colors in the rococo style, w...
Category
1840s French Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage ULIM Limoges Porcelain Tea and Coffee Set – 41 Pieces
By ULIM Limoges
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This beautiful 41-piece tea and coffee set is part of the ULIM collection, a classic and highly sought-after design from Limoges, known for its fine French porcelain. Adorned with a ...
Category
20th Century French Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Luigi Colani Zen Full Tea Set and Plates, Stoneware, Friesland, Germany, 1970s
By Luigi Colani, Friesland Ceracron
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful tea set made of black glazed stoneware, designed by Luigi Colani in 1973. Executed by Porzellanfabrik Friesland, Germany. All items are in excellent condition. The set co...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Alice in Wonderland Rabbit Teapot, Handmade in Italy, Luxury Handcrafted 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in Disney's Alice in Wonderland.
Ceramic tea service are completely hand-crafted and painted with love and care.
Sometimes we all just need to have a little stress relief. We want to escape the ordinary days, made of work and pain.
Give yourself a little gift with those fabolous creations full of poetry and fairytales.
Our artist models every single detail with patience and love, to bring us back in a world made of dreams and feelings.
The collection recalls Alice in wonderland and Cinderella, taking us to a trip in our childhood, a world that lives silently inside, giving us the strength to always believe...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$3,351 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Traditional Antique Japanese Porcelain Tea Set, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, ES
Antique tea set including tea plates, tea cups and tea. Hand painted in the traditional Japanese style. Made by an unknown manufacturer in Japan. Original Japanese origin s...
Category
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$1,077 Sale Price / item
50% Off
Signed Simons Brothers Figural Sterling Silver Miniature Teapot Tea Strainer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine figural tea strainer.
In sterling silver.
By Simons Bros. of Philadelphia, PA.
In the form of a teapot with a chain & spout ring attached to the top handle.
Fully marked to the base.
Simply a wonderful antique tea strainer...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Alice in Wonderland Teapot, Handmade in Italy, Luxury Handcrafted Design 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in Disney's Alice in Wonderland.
Ceramic tea service are completely hand-crafted and painted with ...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$3,016 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Art Deco Tea, Coffee, Dessert Set, Porcelain, Victoria, Czechoslovakia, 1930s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Delightfully angular pure Art Deco porcelain tea / coffee and dessert serving set for 5 by Victoria, Czechoslovakia.
Comprising: jug, sugar bowl, milk jug, serving plate, 5 cups wi...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Richard Ginori Contessa Porcelain Coffee or Tea Cup, 12 Avail.
Located in New York, NY
** 12 cups available, each sold separately, as per listing.
Vintage Italian Richard Ginori 'Contessa' gold and terracotta rust-red porcelain coffee o...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
ROYAL CROWN DERBY - Imari Pattern #2451 - Tea Cup & Saucer - U.K. - C.1913-50's
Located in Chatham, ON
ROYAL CROWN DERBY - Imari Pattern Number 2451 - Vintage bone china tea cup with fluted sides (replacement - circa 1950's) and an antique sau...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Vienna 19th Century Porcelain Cup and Saucer
Located in Newark, England
Decorated with a Female Portrait
From our Ceramics collection, we are pleased to offer this Vienna Cup and Saucer. The Vienna Cup and Saucer with a brown iridescent glaze decorated ...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian High Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
James Dudson Antique Pewter Mounted Salt Glazed Ceramic Teapot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine quality early Victorian bullet shaped salt glazed teapot with pewter mounted cover by James Dudson and dating from around 1850. This exce...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
English stoneware tea pot by Castleford, c. 1810
By Castleford Pottery
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Castleford smear glaze feldspathic stoneware covered tea pot with cobalt blue enamel striping and applied Classical decoration throughout.
English, circa 1810.
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Stoneware
Antique Japanese Porcelain Tea Pot Bamboo 1960
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Japanese Tea Pot made around 1960s in Showa era.
It is made with porcelain and the wrist is made with wood and bamboo.
Dimensions:
20.5 x 1...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Tiffany & Co. Antique Repousse Silver Plate Coffee or Tea Service Set
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique silverplate tea or coffee service set, including: tea pot, sugar, creamer, bowl, and large service tray.
By Tiffany & Co.
Tray is associated and is marked "Ascot Sheffield Design...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Deco Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century French Country Brass Teapot
Located in Barcelona, ES
Early 20th century brass teapot. By unknown manufacturer, France. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Materials:...
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
$329 Sale Price
67% Off
Roux-Marquiand French Art Deco Tea-Coffee Set, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco teay / coffee set by ROUX-MARQUIAND (Lyon), France, 1924. Silverplate metal and noble woods. This tea and coffee service obtained a gold medal at the Salon des Arts D...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Richard Ginori Italian White & Gold Coffee or Tea Cup, circa 1960s, 8 Avail
Located in New York, NY
Very beautiful vintage Italian white porcelain with gold gilt coffee or tea cup(s) by designer Richard Ginori, Italy, circa mid-20th century, circa 1960s. Colors include: gold gilt a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
Antique French Sevres Porcelain Neoclassical 8 Piece Tete-A-Tete Tea Set 1900
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...
Category
Early 1900s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Massimo Materassi for Mas Italy coffee set 1984 Memphis Milano
By MAS Italia
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Coffee set by Massimo Materassi designed for MAS Italy in 1984. Materassi graduated in 1979 at the University of Florence, Faculty of Architecture. After a b...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Pyramid Teapot #600B
Located in Hellerup, DK
A large sterling silver Georg Jensen Pyramid art deco teapot with an ebony handle, design #600B by Harald Nielsen from 1930. Inspired by the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by H...
Category
1930s Scandinavian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
DeSimone of Italy, Hand Painted Ceramic Mid-Century Cup And Saucer c1960
By DeSimone
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
DeSimone of Italy, ceramic cup and saucer, hand decorated with girl holding flowers
A fun piece of Italian dash
Circa 1960's
Signed DeSimone, Italy
Cup: Height 2 inch, Diameter 4.25 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Napoleon III Style Porcelain De Paris Coffee/Tea Service For 12 People-28 Pieces
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.
Valuable and particular served in fine French porcelain in Napoleon III style; it is composed of 12 cups with a plate, a milk jug, a sugar bowl without a lid in the shape of a small cup so that it can contain sugar cubes or cookies, and two round trays with handles...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Napoleon III Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,148 Sale Price / set
20% Off
80s Post Modern Memphis Design Handmade Marilee Hall Abstract Art Teapot Signed
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Spectacular, Post Modern, Memphis Design, One of a Kind, Handmade, tossed pottery and painted yellow tea pot, with a crackle finish, I adorned with both incised and applied colorful...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
20th Century Design Stoneware Ceramic Tea Pot by Montreau Lohoof 1970 La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Montreau Lohoof
Realised in La Borne circa 1970
Original large stoneware ceramic tea pot
Signed under the base : ML
Original good conditions
Measures: height 11 cm
L...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Carlo Giannini Chicca Espresso Coffee Maker
By Carlo Giannini
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Carlo Giannini Chicca Caffettiera, or Espresso coffee maker, features Modernist design with bullet shaped body and angled handle, realized in cast aluminum and faux wood. The coffee ...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage 4-person Tea Set, Japanese, Ceramic, Teapot, Cups, After Arita, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 4-person tea set. A Japanese, ceramic teapot and cups service in the manner of Arita ware, dating to the late Art Deco period, circa 1940.
Delightfully decorated t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Art deco sterling silver 4 piece tea set made in 1933
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Chester in 1933 by S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd., this stylish, George V period, Sterling Silver 4 Piece Tea Set, is in the art deco taste, with angular sides and feet, and...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Art Deco Silver Tea Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique Art Deco silver plate tea set made from France, 1930s. Heavy silver plate with wood handle detail. Set includes 1x tea pot with lid, 1x sugar bowl with lid, and 1x creamer bow...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
$700 / set
21st Century Steel Thermal Carafe Diana with Taupe Cover Handcrafed in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
A new style with a brand new laser cut pattern that beautifully finishes the elegant leather cover.
Diana is the new Pinetti steel thermal carafe wit...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Stainless Steel
Rolf Sinnemark / "CUBE" TEA POT 401 / Rorstrand / 1985
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
ROLF SINNEMARK is a Swedish designer and glass artist.
He studied industrial design at KONSTFACK in Stockholm. After working in the USA, he was with BODA (merged with KOSTA BODA) fro...
Category
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Gold Porcelain Coffee or Tea Cup and Saucer with Butterfly Design
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and special porcelain coffee or tea cup and saucer, circa early to mid-20th century. Maybe French or Italian origin. Designer unknow. Both cup and saucer are all-aro...
Category
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
Italian Postmodern Kettle by Richard Sapper for Alessi, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Italian Postmodern Kettle by Richard Sapper for Alessi, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution markIt is completely authentic
Additional infor...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
19th Century French, Boudois & Bloch Floral Gold-Trimmed Cup & Saucer Set
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite example of 19th-century French porcelain artistry, this luxurious cup and saucer set bears the mark of the renowned Parisian atelier Boudois & Bloch. Known for their exc...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$316 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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. Set includes 6 tea cups and 6 saucers, 12 pieces total.
Each piece i...
Category
1930s English Edwardian Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Modern German Blue & White Porcelain Coffee or Tea Set by Rosenthal
By Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful German porcelain coffee or tea cup set, with creamer and sugar, in white with touches of gold and blue. Set includes six cups, one creamer and one sugar bowl with lid, al...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$780 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Afternoon Tea Service, English, Silver Plated, Serving Tray, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique afternoon tea service. An English, silver plated 3 piece set with serving tray, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
1960's French Ceramic Coffee Set by Alain Maunier
By Vallauris
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Incredible ceramic coffee set made by French ceramic maker Alain Maunier in Vallauris, 1960's. Set includes 1x large coffee pot with lid, 1x sugar bowl with lid, 1x creamer pot witho...
Category
1960s French Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Rafael Teran Brass and Glass Mosaic Modernist Tea Set
Located in Miami, FL
A brass and glass mosaic tea set by Salvador Teran, circa 1970s.
Includes the tray, coffee pot, sugar bowl with lid and creamer.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
Postmodern Rare Tea Kettle Designed by Michael Graves
Located in San Diego, CA
A Classic postmodern Memphis era design teapot designed by Michael Graves, circa the 1980s, a rare design not many were produced it's in good condition. A cool whistle that works whe...
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Stainless Steel
19th Century Satsuma Japanese Hand Painted Porcelain Tea or Coffee Set 15 Pieces
By Satsuma
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful hand painted and gold porcelain tea or coffee set Satsuma Japanese 15 pieces, 1880s. The service is complete to serve six people at the table includes: 1 teapot, 1 sugar bo...
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Geisha Tea Set, Japanese, Handpainted, Ceramic, Teapot, Cups, Service
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Geisha tea set. A Japanese, handpainted ceramic teapot and cups service for four, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920.
Hos...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Other Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Antique, New and Vintage Tea Sets
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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