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Tea Sets For Sale
Vintage Georg Jensen Sterling Silver “Cosmos” Coffee Set 45
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
A three-piece sterling silver Georg Jensen coffee set with ebony handles, design #45 by Johan Rohde from circa 1915. This design is often refer...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tea Service "Flash On" by Dorothy Hafner, Rosenthal Studio-Line Germany, 1980s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Tea Service "Flash On" by Dorothy Hafner, Rosenthal Studio-Line Germany, 1980s. 40 pieces of fantastic coffee/tea service. The iconic Post-Moden, Memphis pattern...
Category
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Tea Caddy 80
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage sterling silver Georg Jensen tea caddy with ebony finial, design #80 by Georg Jensen from circa 1915.
Additional information:
Materia...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
English 8-People Silver Coffee & Tea Set
Located in Milan, IT
Brimming with class and opulence, this ornate set for 8 people allows for enjoying a good cup of coffee while immersed in a refined English atmosphere. It counts a teapot (W: 22.5 cm...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Enormous Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Tea Service 32
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
This exquisite tea set is a remarkable example of Danish art nouveau craftsmanship. Created by Georg Jensen in 1912, it showcases the iconic grape design, characterized by its elegan...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Large Creamer 43
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
An extremally early vintage Danish Georg Jensen sterling silver large creamer, design #43 by Johan Rohde in 1914. A stemmed lidded boat that sits on a circular foot. The bowl is perc...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Cream & Sugar Set 506 by Johan Rohde
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
A sterling silver Georg Jensen cream jug & sugar bowl with ebony handles, design #506 by Johan Rohde from circa 1927. This Art Deco design by Johan Rohde is hard to find.
Additional...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Henning Koppel Tea and Coffee set 1017
Located in Hellerup, DK
An early vintage sterling silver Mid-Century Georg Jensen tea and coffee set with handles of guaiacum (a South American hardwood), design #1017 by Henning Koppel from 1952. Awarded a...
Category
20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Henning Koppel Coffee Set 1091
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Mid-Century sterling silver Georg Jensen coffee set with handles of ivory, design #1091 by Henning Koppel from 1961.
Additional information:...
Category
20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Antique Georg Jensen Tea Kettle on Stand 3
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
An antique 830 silver Georg Jensen hot water kettle topped with ebony finial in stand with burner, the stand is also part ebony , design #3 by Georg Jensen from circa 1914. This pattern is seldom seen, very Art Nouveau in design.
Additional information:
Material: 830 silver
Styles: Art Nouveau
Hallmarks: Antique Georg Jensen...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Teapot 1011
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
A sterling silver Georg Jensen teapot with ebony handle and finial, design #1011 by Johan Rohde from 1906. Originally designed as a coffee pot, this piec...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Georg Jensen Art Nouveau Tea & Coffee Service 3
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
An antique 830 silver Georg Jensen tea and coffee service topped with ebony finials, design #3 by Georg Jensen from circa 1914. This pattern is seldom seen, very Art Nouveau in design.
This service includes –Coffee Pot, Teapot, Cream Jug, Sugar Bowl
Additional information:
Material: 830 silver
Styles: Art Nouveau
Hallmarks: Antique Georg Jensen...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Pair of Japanese Porcelain Cup & Saucer Imari 'Flowers" Artemesia, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely set from the edo period. Marked with artemesia Leaf at the base.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain
Type: Tea Bowls & Cups
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: Edo Period...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Georg Jensen Tea Kettle on Stand 49
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
This is a rare silver Georg Jensen Kettle with bone handle on stand with burner, design #49 by Georg Jensen from circa 1914.
Additional information:
Material: Silver
Styles: Art Nou...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Chinese Porcelain Art Proc Fencai Teapot with Flowers & Poem, 1980/1990
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely made teapot. Late 20th century and of very nice quality. Very original in its artwork and painting.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Ori...
Category
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Set of 10 Tea Coffee Cups Porcelain Eggshell
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice set of 10 cups decorated. They are marked on the base. Garden scene of butterflees and birds.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Jap...
Category
19th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Pre-War Vintage Georg Jensen Pyramid Coffee Set 600A
Located in Hellerup, DK
A three-piece vintage sterling silver Georg Jensen coffee service with ebony handles in the Pyramid pattern, design #600A by Harald Nielsen from 1930.
This set includes – Coffee Pot ...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Georg Jensen Art Deco Coffee Service 319
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage sterling silver Georg Jensen Art Deco coffee service, design #319 by Harald Nielsen from circa 1928. The coffee pot has a beautiful horn handle applied in two pieces, for h...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early Vintage Georg Jensen Silver Teapot 279
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
An antique Georg Jensen 830 silver teapot with ebony handle, design #279 by Johan Rohde from circa 1918.
Additional information:
Material: Silver
Styles: Art Nouveau
Hallmarks: Vint...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Unusual Antique Edwardian Toby Jug Teapot
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual antique Edwardian toby jug teapot having a quality teapot with a man sitting down, shaped handle and spout and original lid.
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Japanese Arita Frederik Van Frytom Style Porcelain Tea Cups, ca 1700
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely set with fishermen. In the style of Frederik Van Frytom.
Very thinly potted.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 17th Cent...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Georg Jensen Deco Coffee Service 736 Harald Nielsen
Located in Hellerup, DK
This is a seldom seen sterling silver Georg Jensen Art Deco coffee service with ebony handles, design #736 by Harald Nielsen from the early 1930s.
Additional information:
Material: ...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Qianlong Bird Tea Bowl China, 18th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very nicely decorated cup and saucer with birds. Late qianlong circa 1780-1800
Decorated with a bird scene. Similar decoration is found on a strainer in "Litzenburg, T. V. (2003). C...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
A Chinese Export Porcelain Blue and White Teabowl and Saucer
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely tea bowl and dish. Its a marriage, combination of 2 sets.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Plates
Region of Origin: China
Period: 18th century Qing...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue and White Tea Bowl Cup Landscape, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
18th century blue and white cup and saucer, in moulded form, with a scene of a pagoda
Landscape.
Additional information:
Material: Porc...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Japanese Porcelain Flower Tea Cup Bowl & Saucer Saucer Imari Quails, 18th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely set from the edo period. With garden scene of quails.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Bowls, Tea/Coffee Drinking: Bowls, Cups & Teapots
Japanese S...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Golden Porcelain Teapot with Snake Decoration, KPM c. 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Rare teapot made of gold-patinated porcelain with surrounding snake decoration. The serpentine body winds around the oval smooth belly of the pot and form...
Category
Early 1800s Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
1982 Modern Copco Black & White Glazed Ceramic Teapot & 4 Mugs by Sam Lebowitz
By Copco
Located in Topeka, KS
Marvelous 1982 Modern to Postmodern Copco black & white glazed ceramic lidded teapot, 2 white mugs with black stripes, and 2 black mugs with white stripes, designed by Sam Lebowitz. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear even if it has been refinished or restored. We have found no chips, cracks, or chiggers. Please see photos and zoom in for details as they are part of the condition report. We attempt to portray any imperfections as they are part of the condition report. Circa, 1982.
“Just tea for two, and two for tea, just me for you and you for me…” Yes, please Tony Bennett, I would LOVE some tea….. Especially if you’re serving it from this delightful teapot and mugs designed by Sam Lebowitz for Copco!!! This is a gorgeous tea set comprised of a glazed ceramic lidded teapot black with white stripes, two white mugs with black stripes, and two black mugs with white stripes. They are stamped by Cosco 1982, Made in Korea on the bases and they are in excellent vintage condition. They will be beautiful on your buffet, bar, kitchen table, or serving tray and although it’s called a teapot, that shouldn’t limit your warm beverage selections… coffee or hot chocolate will pour just as delightfully from the spout! The black and white of it is this…. They are bursting with timeless style, bear a classic Modern to Postmodern appearance, and have the reputation of an iconic manufacturer & designer… This tea set by Copco is EXACTLY what the designer ordered!
Copco was launched in 1960 by Harvard graduate and entrepreneur Sam Farber. It was a houseware company located in Denmark known for its well-designed, colorful cookware and tea kettles including porcelain-enameled cast iron cookware...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Proc Porcelain Marriage Bowls in Fencai Color Base Marked, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Pair of Proc Porcelain Marriage Bowls in Fencai Color Base Marked, 20th Century
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Vase
Region of Origin: China
Period: 20th...
Category
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Porcelain Cup & Saucer Imari 'Flowers", 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Japanese Porcelain Cup & Saucer Imari 'Flowers"", 18th Century.
Very delicate and nicely painted set.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Tea Bowls ...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Teaset designed by Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hube for Dansk International Designs Ltd
Located in Stockholm, SE
Teaset designed by Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hube for Dansk International Designs Limited,
Denmark, 1964.
Silver-plated brass.
Stamped.
Teapot:
H: 21 cm / 8 1/4''
Diameter: 20 cm / 8''...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Antique Regency Quality Rosewood Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency quality rosewood tea caddy having a quality carved rosewood lift up top opening to reveal two lidded tea compartments, original escutcheon
A quaint piece displaying...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Other
Antique Japanese Porcelain Edo Period Tea Bowl Floral Imari, 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red. Its a mariage
Edo , c. 1700
Tea Bowl
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Tea/Coffee Drinking...
Category
17th Century Edo Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Bloor Derby Porcelain Breakfast Cup with Plate, Gilt with Purple Flowers, Ca1825
By Bloor Derby, Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming "breakfast" teacup and saucer with a plate, made by Derby / Bloor Derby between 1806 and 1825. It is likely that the set was potted between 1806 and 1825, then decorated and brought to the market around 1825.
A breakfast cup is a large teacup...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Quality Antique Porcelain Coffee Set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique porcelain coffee set consisting of an oval tray, four coffee cups and saucers, a coffee pot, cream jug and sugar bowl in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
20th century Russian Miniature Brass Samovar Set
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Of typical form in the Russian imperial style, a classic samovar set tooled in brass comprising a miniature brass samovar, drip bowl and tray. The samovar ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
19th Century Austrian Silver Coffee Pot with Spirit Burner
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Austrian silver coffee pot with spirit burner; an addition to our Georgian silver teaware collection
This exceptional antique Austrian silver coffee pot has a plain cylindrical form.
The coffee pot body is plain and encompassed with an applied moulded girdle to the upper portion.
This exceptional coffee pot is fitted with the original push fit cover, encompassed with a palmette leaf style border to the rim.
The cover is surmounted with an impressive cast silver foliated finial.
This coffee pot is fitted with an elongated handle overlaid with the original interwoven wicker, strategically interlaced to produce a segmented braided design; this finely detailed feature indicates the high quality of the piece.
The pot detaches from the original hallmarked silver stand, supported by four impressive scrolling legs.
The circular frame and base of the stand are encompassed with further palmette decorated borders.
The stand bears a circular receiver to the centre, accommodating the original detachable rounded spirit burner.
This hallmarks to this 19th century coffee pot...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Antique Meiji Period Satsuma Teapot Flowers Butterflies, Late 19th/Early 20th
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A lovely Satsuma Teapot.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Japanese Style: Satsuma
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 19th century, 20...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Ivory Set of 4 Tea Cups
By Picta
Located in Milan, IT
Fashioned of black stoneware and offered in a delicate ivory-toned glaze dotted with micro specks, this set of 4 tea cups makes for an elegant solution for sipping infusions or Ameri...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Qing Famille Verte Porcelain Puzzle Design Teapot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish antique Chinese Qing porcelain teapot and cover in the puzzle design decorated with famille verte patterning and dating to the latter 19th or very early 20th century. ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
First period Worcester hand painted blue and white bowl Mansfield pattern.
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This first period Worcester bowl is decorated with the hand painted blue and white "Mansfield" pattern with a hand painted border (refer border pattern No 29, page 409 "Worcester Blu...
Category
1760s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Kangxi Period Tea Bowl Floral Imari Cafe au Lait
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue
Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722), c. 1700
Tea Bowl
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Tea/Coffee Drinki...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Porcelain Edo Period Tea Bowl Floral Imari
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red. Tea Bowl
Edo , c. 1700
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Tea/Coffee Drinking: Bowls, Cups ...
Category
17th Century Edo Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful ART DECO coffee set tea set signed RameLPa silver plated
Located in Saarburg, RP
Coffee/tea set - 1920s
This coffee set from the 1920s is in the typical style of the streamline modern. It includes a coffee pot, teapot, sugar bowl, creamer and a handled tray.
Th...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Art Deco Modernist Silver Plated Tea service set France
Located in Den Haag, NL
Stunning Three piece Tea set . Silver Plated on Copper ,Art Deco in style
These pieces all are signed .With a Star . Modele Depose . Made in France .
Wooden handles . Gold plated d...
Category
1980s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Four Piece Queen Anne Style Sterling Silver Tea Set Sheffield 1933
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Sterling Silver Queen Anne / George I style four piece tea set
Date : Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1933 for M Beaver Ltd
Period : George V
Origin : Sheffield, Yorkshire, Engl...
Category
1930s British Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Oceano Set of 4 Tea Cups
By Picta
Located in Milan, IT
A patient manual crafting process is behind this clean-lined stoneware set of 4 tea cups. The vintage flair evoked by its silhouette gains a contemporary twist thanks to the blue and...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Three pieces tea service set by Paul Canaux & Cie, France, 19th century
Located in Braintree, GB
Step into the enchanting world of exquisite craftsmanship with this remarkable Antique French 950 Silver Three-Piece Tea Service Set by the esteemed silversmith Paul Canaux & Cie.
Ma...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Herend Hungary Porcelain Tea set for 12 persons, Indian Basket Green pattern
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary Porcelain Tea set for 12 persons, Indian Basket Green pattern
A Herend porcelain tea set for 12 persons with the Indian Basket pattern....
Category
20th Century Hungarian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Design Style Sterling Silver Coffee Jug (1953)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver coffee jug in the Design style; an addition to our silver teaware collection
This exceptional, fine and impressive vintage sterling silver coffee jug has a plain circular rounded form in the Design style.
The surface of the coffee jug is plain and unembellished, with a planished finish.
The coffee jug is fitted with a hinged hallmarked circular domed cover surmounted with the original impressive carved wood finial.
This fine example of vintage teaware is fitted with the original carved wood C-shaped handle, in the iconic Design style, with a continuation of the arch to the plain silver sockets.
The coffee jug is supported by a plain circular swept foot.
NOTE: This piece has been crafted in the same institution known for educating the renowned silversmith Gerald Benney; he spent his early years studying at the Brighton Art College between 1946-1948. His father the patiner E. E. Sallis Benney was Principal of the college and he bore further encourament from his mother, who was also a gifted silversmith.
Condition
This vintage coffee jug...
Category
1950s British Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Royal Holland Pewter Coffee/Tea Set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An original and complete Tea Set
Pewter, Cane and Walnut
Marked on underside
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
Antique Victorian three piece tea set and tray
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian three piece tea set and tray consisting of a silver plated ornate tea pot, sugar bowl and milk jug standing on a silver plated tray
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
British Mid Century Royal Selangor Pewter & Rosewood Coffee Pot By Gerald Benney
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful vintage mid century designed Royal Selangor coffee pot. Designed by Gerald Benney during the 1960's. This tea pot dates from the early 1990's. Wonderful form and design. Ha...
Category
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
Tapered Sand Decorative Vase
By Picta
Located in Milan, IT
Harmonious lines define the elegant silhouette of this bottle-like decorative stoneware vase, a singular piece patiently crafted by hand and indeed unique. A scratched texture impecc...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Limoges Porcelain Tea and Coffee Set.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
" Limoges Porcelain Tea and Coffee Set. "
Porcelain tea or coffee service, composed of 4 cups and saucers, a teapot and a tray, 20th century.
h: 2...
Category
20th Century French Louis XV Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Gold Imari Arita Japanese Birds Edo Period Porcelain Bowl and Plate Ca 1700-1720
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Gold' Imari, decorated in gold, iron-red, birds of prey and flowering plants and insects.
This is a beautiful example of 'gold' Imari. No underglaze blue or other enamel colors have...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Three-piece tea set, mid-20th century
Located in Greding, DE
Decorative tea set consisting of a teapot, a milk jug and a coffee pot in double-bellied shape and textured wall. The acute-angled handles are connected to the body via black wooden ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Georgian Style Sterling Silver Tea Articles, 4
Located in New York, NY
Group of four (4) Georgian style sterling silver tea articles, all marked "sterling" and comprising two sets of cream and sugar vessels, one set with shell-headed pad feet, the other...
Category
19th Century Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
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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