Tea Sets
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s Japanese Showa Vintage Tea Sets
Iron
1880s Japanese Showa Antique Tea Sets
Iron
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Other
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1760s English Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Tea Sets
Gold
19th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s American Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century European Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Northern Irish Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Tea Sets
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Ceramic
1840s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s British Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets
Earthenware
1760s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1850s English Early Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Metal
1820s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s French Space Age Vintage Tea Sets
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.