Tea Sets
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Sheffield Plate
1890s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1740s English George II Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver, Silver
20th Century English Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1900s Dutch Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1890s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1860s British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century American Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1960s Unknown Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s American Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Metal
Late 19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1910s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century American Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1860s American Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1850s Unknown Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century French Rococo Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century American Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Tea Sets
Silver
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1910s British Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Stone, Silver Plate
Early 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s Argentine Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1760s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1960s English George I Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-18th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Copper
1890s Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century American Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1870s American Antique Tea Sets
Silver, 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.