Tea Sets
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Copper
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate, Brass
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Dutch Tea Sets
Silver
1790s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1870s British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century English Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1960s Spanish Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1870s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1840s British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century American George III Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century English Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
1910s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver
1890s German Renaissance Revival Antique Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Crystal, Silver
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Silver
1870s American Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1810s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century English Empire Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century American Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century American Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s Dutch Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Georgian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1890s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1990s English Organic Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s Mexican Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Silver Plate
18th Century English George I Antique Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 1900s English Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Opaline Glass
Early 20th Century British Tea Sets
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Other Tea Sets
Silver
Early 1800s English High Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 19th Century American Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
19th Century English Victorian Antique 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.