Tea Sets
Antique, New and Vintage Tea Sets
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Tea Sets
Metal
1870s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Silver
2010s Italian Romantic Tea Sets
Gold, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
18th Century European Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1830s English George IV Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Korean Organic Modern Tea Sets
Marble
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Pewter
20th Century Indian Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
18th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Tribal Tea Sets
Brass, Copper, Pewter
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s Northern Irish Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Mexican Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Silver
1980s Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s American Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1770s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Tea Sets
Creamware
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Central Asian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1870s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1980s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Ceramic
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Creamware
1810s British George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1820s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Luxembourgish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
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.