Tea Sets
1870s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Pottery
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Stoneware
1920s Argentine Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1940s Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Tea Sets
Fabric
Mid-20th Century Baroque Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Jacobean Tea Sets
Pewter
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Metal
Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Pewter
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 19th Century Italian Rustic Antique Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
1950s English Edwardian Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1870s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1860s English Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Brass
19th Century German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Korean Organic Modern Tea Sets
Marble
Early 1900s European Empire Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Tea Sets
Copper
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Enamel
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Stoneware
Late 19th Century English Country Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century American High Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic, Paint
Late 20th Century Swedish Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Regency Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1980s Italian Renaissance Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 18th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Mahogany
1840s French Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century Austrian Regency Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
1960s German Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Mahogany, Satinwood
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1830s French Empire Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1880s English Antique Tea Sets
Majolica
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Tea Sets
Brass
20th Century Asian Chinese Export Tea Sets
Porcelain, Wicker
Early 1900s European Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Tea Sets
Pottery, Stoneware
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19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Vintage Tea Sets
Wood, Parchment Paper
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.