Tea Sets
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century British Egyptian Revival Antique Tea Sets
Earthenware
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1960s French Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century English Modern Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
Coffee pot - W - 8"; H - 10"
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19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Pottery
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Brass, Gold Plate
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Tea Sets
1930s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Stoneware
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
17th Century Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1860s Danish Antique Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century Unknown Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century North American Hollywood Regency Tea Sets
Brass
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Pottery
1950s German Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century Unknown Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Russian Regency Tea Sets
Brass
1820s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1760s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Creamware, Pottery
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Gold
Late 18th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Fruitwood
Late 19th Century German Empire Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Glass, Leather
Mid-20th Century American Anglo-Japanese Tea Sets
Rosewood
Early 1900s European Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Brass
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Pottery
Mid-19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1870s Danish Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century English Tea Sets
Pottery
Late 20th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Majolica
Early 20th Century Asian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1920s English Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Majolica
18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Wood, Mahogany
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.