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Tea Sets For Sale
Item type: Antique and Vintage
Meissen Porcelain Yellow Dragon Tea Service, 20th century
Located in New York, NY
Consisting of tray 17.5" x 14.75", pot (H 5"), covered sugar (H 3.5"), creamer (H 4"), 4 cups (H-2, D - 3.75) and saucers, 6 plates (D 8"). Condition: additional 2 cups and saucers a...
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Art deco Teeschale versilbert, Germany 50ies
By Stelton
Located in Berlin, DE
Eine seltene Glastasse, die durch das Silber isoliert wird. Der Holzgriff bildet eine wunderbare Ergänzung zu den beiden anderen Materialien.
Category
Mid-20th Century German Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Tea set model 149 by WMF
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Silver-plated bronze tea and coffee set, 5 pieces, model 149. Made by the WMF-Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (1853 to the present).
“Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork, from Wurttem...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian Silver Three-Piece tea service set
By Thomas Smily
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique Victorian Silver Three-Piece tea service set.
Made in England, London 1864
Maker: Thomas Smily
Fully hallmarked.
Dimensions -
Teapot: 24.5 x 15.3 x 15.3 cm
Weight: 691 grams...
Category
1860s British Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Cosmos Pattern Coffee Set
By Georg Jensen
Located in Gainesville, FL
Georg Jensen sterling tea/coffee 3 piece set. Cosmos pattern designed by Johan Rhode for Jensen. Ebony wood handles.
Marked for maker, designer and sterling, after 1945. Pattern num...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Trio of Porcelain, 2 Cups and 1 Saucer
Located in Lincoln, GB
Trio of porcelain, including 2 cups - one shallow one deep and 1 saucer
A beautiful antique cup and saucer set, hand painted with gilt d...
Category
1820s British Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Neoclassical Coffee Pot, Augsburg, 1807-1809
By Johann Jakob Hermann Grabe
Located in Greding, DE
Coffee pot by Johann Jakob Hermann Grabe (1749-1833), Hallmark for Augsburg 1807-1809 and Maker's Mark IG. Lid with nut shaped Nodus, the wall with vine ornaments and a carved wooden...
Category
Early 1800s German Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Fine Porcelain Silver Mounted Tea Pot and Cover, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine porcelain silver mounted tea pot and cover
19th century
possibly Meissan
with underglaze blue crossed swords mark
Measures: Height 7.62 in. (19.4 cm.)
Category
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Porcelain Silver Mounted Teacup and Saucer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine porcelain silver mounted teacup and saucer, 19th century
the exteriors finely painted with colorful floral arrangements, blue printed factory...
Category
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Porcelain Red Dots Tea Coffee Service Jug and Cups, Poland, 1960
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Lovely Mid-Century Modern porcelain painted marble coffee set.
Service for 5 people produced by Zaklady Porcelany in Wloclawek in the 1960s.
The service consists of a jug, sugar bowl, creamer, 5 cups and 6 saucers.
One cup is missing.
Dimensions:
Jug
diameter: 12 cm
height: 20 cm
Plate
diameter: 14 cm
height: 2 cm
Cup
diameter: 7 cm
height: 8 cm
All items...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Materials
Enamel
Matteo Thun for Arzberg Tea-for-One Set, 1980
By Arzberg, Matteo Thun
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic Memphis post-modern stack tea-for-one set from the "Fantasia" line by Arzberg, designed by Matteo Thun, a contemporary of Ettore Sottsass, loop handles, tripod cup feet, st...
Category
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
ANTIQUE INDIAN ELEPHANT COLONIAL SOLiD SILVER TEA SERVICE OOMERSI MAWJI & SONS
By Oomersi Mawji & Sons
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning original circa 1870 Indian Repoussé Colonial Solid Silver tea service attributed to...
Category
1870s Indian High Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Derby Porcelain Tea Bowl, Artichoke Pattern in Turquoise, Georgian ca 1785
By Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful tea bowl and saucer made by Derby in about 1785. The set has the distinctive "artichoke" moulding and a bright turquoise ground with the white artichoke surface ...
Category
1780s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
A Large Belleek Willets Porcelain Tea Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Consisting of pot, sugar, creamer (restored), two trays and six cups and saucers. Delicately gilded on an ivory ground.
Category
1890s Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
SAVORY And Sons - 9pc. 19th Century Victorian (British) Sterling Silver Tea Set
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from a private residence in Paris, a Stunning Victorian 9pc.Sterling Silver Tea / Coffee Set by Two Internationally Renowned Silversmiths - "Savory & Sons" from London and "Od...
Category
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Child's Teapot
Located in Sheffield, MA
The early 20th Century English petite child's teapot is decorated around the opening with fluting as is the rim of the lid. Both pieces of the white teapot are marked "Spode Copeland...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Fine Blue Impressions Tea Bowl Hand-Built and Hand Glazed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Mint Shozan tea bowl, Akatsu ware,
Blue Impressions.
From Japan, a beautiful hand-built, painted and glazed, Akatsu ware tea bowl in an impressive Picasso like impressionistic mot...
Category
1930s Japanese Showa Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Fine Midcentury Tapio Wirkkala Rosenthal Coffee Set Gilt White Porcelain 1960s
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Fine and exquisite Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal studio-linie gilt white porcelain coffee set for 6 persons, Germany around 1960s to 1970s. This set belongs to the cabinet pieces so r...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Musterschultz Cameo Tea Set in Powder Blue and White
By Musterschutz
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Gorgeous vintage Czechoslovakian tea set consisting of 4 cups, 4 saucers, 6 desert plates, 1 sugar bowl with lid, 1 creamer and 1 tea pot with lid.
...
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Raj Period Tea and Coffee Service, 4 Piece
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A copper and silver Indian 4-piece tea and coffee service, 3 pots and covered sugar. Dragons cavort over handles and surfaces. 19th Century Raj period...
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Copper
Antique Sterling Silver Teapot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive 19th Century antique George IV English sterling silver teapot; an addition to our silver teaware collection
This ex...
Category
1820s British George IV Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tobacco Leaf Pattern Plate, Cup and Saucer
Located in New York, NY
Tobacco leaf pattern plate, cup and saucer. Copeland and Garrett tobacco leaf/cabbage leaf individual plate, coffee cup and saucer in blue, red, ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Moroccan Metal Silver Plated Tea Pot
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Traditional vintage silvered-metal and brass Moroccan tea pot, embossed with traditional repousse design, nicely aged, handcrafted in Fez, stamped in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate, Brass
Set of Six Cups and Saucers with Tanks, Karlsbad, 1970s, Never Used
Located in Praha, CZ
Never used set of six cups and plates.
Very unusual decor - gold tanks
Made in Karlsbad in Czechoslovakia in 1970s.
Perfect original condition including original box
Measures of ...
Category
1970s Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Elkington & Co. Silver Plated Spirit Kettle with Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique spirit kettle was made by the well known Elkington & Co. of England in approximately 1880 and done in the period Victorian style. Th...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Sevres Hand Painted Matched Porcelain Cabinet Cup and Saucer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique French matched hand painted porcelain cabinet cup and saucer painted with various scenes by Sevres and dating from the latter 19th century. ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Peter & Denise Orlando, Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Tea Set 1960s, Era Capron
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Peter & Denise Orlando, Mid-Century Modern ceramic tea set 1960s, Era Capron
Free form Ceramic cups and under cups by Peter and Denise Orlando, France 1960s.
Glazed in grey with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Enamel
1950's Gio Ponti silver plated coffee pot, a tiny dish & egg holder by A. Krupp
Located in London, GB
A Gio Ponti mid-century silver plated 35CL unused coffee pot designed for the VI triennale,
an A. Krupp egg cup
as well as a tiny dish, used but in good condition.
All from the Abner...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Tea Set by Luc Vallauris Provencal Studio Art Pottery Faience Ceramic
By Luc Vallauris
Located in Labrit, Landes
Vallauris tea set by Luc French Studio Pottery France, circa 1950-1960
Stylish 1950s-1960s Art Pottery tea service
4 cups and saucers
Tea and sug...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Frank Brangwyn Royal Doulton Art Deco Harvest Pattern Cup & Saucer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and scarce Art Deco Royal Doulton cup and saucer decorated in a harvest pattern by renowned Welsh artist Sir Frank William Brangwyn (Belgia...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
Antique Scottish Sterling Silver Teapot
By William Davie
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George II Scottish sterling silver teapot; an addition to our Georgian silver teaware collection
This exceptional antique Georgian sterling silver teapot has an globular bullet-shaped onto a cast circular spreading foot.
The surface of this silver teapot is embellished with flat engraved foliate and floral decoration to the upper portion.
The body of the teapot incorporates the engraved crest of on a mount, a centaur with a bow and arrow, all above the motto 'Ut Quocunque Paratus' - As prepared for whatever may happen*.
This antique 18th century silver teapot...
Category
18th Century Scottish Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Art Deco Limoges Coffee Tea Dessert Set
By Limoges
Located in Oakland, CA
An Art Deco embellished china Dessert Set for Coffee or Tea from the company Vielle Abbaye in Limoges France. This set is impeccable and includes a...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Tea Set, 3 pieces silver plated, 19th Century Japanese-style
Located in Paris, FR
An exquisite 19th-century Japanese Silver-Plated Tea Set, a true embodiment of the enchanting charm of the Meiji era, which greatly influenced English designers. This three-piece ens...
Category
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Lovely antique Victorian Royal Davenport three piece tea set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely antique Victorian Royal Davenport three piece tea set, consisting of a lovely teapot with the original stand, a hot water jug and a sugar bowl in wonderful coloured decoration...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 4 Antique Chinese Blood & Milk / Tea Bowl Flowers Porcelain Qing Dynasty
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice set of 18th century tea bowls, Qing Period. 4 sets and 1 loose cup. The painting is of very high quality.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Sterlig Silver Tea-Coffee Set in Art Deco' Style
Located in VALENZA, IT
Art Deco style sterling silver tea and coffee service.
The body shape is square and completely smooth, polished with pumice stone.
Two square-section sterling silver wires were solde...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Japanese Arita Porcelain Imari Tea Pot and Tea sets, ca 1690 - 1710
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A lovely set of a teapot and 2 teabowls and saucers. Of moulded shape and with floral decoration. The bowls have hidden decoration in the wall of flowers.
Additional information:
Ma...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Kangxi Revival Set Chinese Porcelain Tea Cups Japan, 19th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Delicate and trademark Kangxi revival Japanese Tea Set from the 19th century. Marked Zoshuntei Sanpo Sei and with a high quality landscape scene.
Additional information:
Material: P...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Small Antique Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Teapot Imari Red Gold Panels
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Small teapot, square, rounded body on flat unglazed base. Curved handle and a short straight spout. Small upright mouthrim, flat lid with round knob. Imari decorated in iron-red and gold on the sides with flowering plants and grasses and two deeply recessed kidney-shaped panels with modelled decorations in high relief. One panel with a cock, chicken and two eggs on the other a bird perched on a branch of a prunus tree. Round the base of the spout an upturned pointed leaves pattern border. On the handle a floret between scrolls. On the cover round the base of the knob a leaves pattern border in low relief.
In category 36 'Coloured Imari with no underglaze blue, iron-red and gold only' of his Japanese export porcelain, Impey states that the implication of this singular restriction of palette, without the use of underglaze blue, is that these may be the product of a single enamelling workshop, but may or may not be the product of a single kiln. The restriction is probably one of choice, for it would hardly be cheaper, if at all, to use a wider range of enamels, and no cheaper to use underglaze blue.
Bottles, vases, teapots and other objects with similar recessed panels that form a kind of window through to a deeper picture layer were only produced for a short period. This was probably because they were too time-consuming to make and therefore expensive. This type of decoration is only found on Japanese pieces; Chinese imitations are still unknown.
Japanese Imari objects decorated in a low relief are rare. In 'Fine & Curious' a bottle cat...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 10 Antique Japanese Meiji Period Chawan Tea Bowls Porcelain Eggshell
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice set of 10 bowls decorated. They are marked on the base.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 19t...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 6 Antique Japanese Meiji Tea Bowls Porcelain Straits Ennamels Eggshell
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice set of 6 tea bowls with saucer decorated with flowers and pommegranat. They are marked on the base. Decoration for the SE Asian market. Straits style.
Additional informa...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Antique Japanese Meiji Period Cups or Tea Bowls Porcelain Eggshell
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice set of 12 bowls with saucers. Very nicely decorated. They are marked on the base.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 1...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Art Fencai Teapot with Flowers & Poem Porcelain Chinese, 1980/1990
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely made teapot. Late 20th century and of very nice quality. Very original in its artwork and painting
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Orig...
Category
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Kangxi Revival Set Chinese Porcelain Tea Cups Japan, 19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Delicate and trademark Kangxi revival Japanese Tea Set from the 19th century. Marked Zoshuntei Sanpo Sei/ Yu mark and with a high quality floral scene.
It's a marriage, combination ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Tea Set Teapot China Chine de Commande Qianlong Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice example of chine de commande porcelain. This pot is of larger size and is finely shaped. With a delicate painting of flowers.
Additional information:
Material: Tea/Coffe...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Tea Set Teapot Donkey Yongzheng/Early Qianlong Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice example with Donkey and Traveller with attendant.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: China
Emperor: Qianlong (1735-1796)
Period: 18t...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Tiffany Studios New York Arts & Crafts Copper Tea Kettle, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period copper tea kettle
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
USA, Circa 1910
Measures: 8.5"W x 5.25"D x 7.25"H.
Very good original vintage condi...
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
Teacup Trio Barr Flight & Barr Maroon and Gilt Neoclassical ca 1812
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful true trio made by Barr, Flight & Barr, consisting of a teacup, a coffee can and a saucer. The set has a deep maroon ground and a very gracious gilt neoclassical b...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Indian Silver Three Piece Tea Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A exceptional, fine and impressive antique Indian silver three piece tea service; an addition to our diverse silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique Indian silver tea se...
Category
1890s Indian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Art Deco Tea Set 3-Piece Sterling Silver Fine Quality, Sheffield England, 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine quality Sterling Silver, Art Deco period, 3-piece tea set consisting of teapot, milk jug and Sugar Bowl, made by Cooper Brothers...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Big Dripper Coffee Set by Michael Graves for Swid Powell, 1987 USA
Located in Chicago, IL
The now famous "Big Dripper" by Michael Graves. A humorous name for a grand creation: a 14 cups coffee maker with creamer, sugar and spoon. A design landmark, at the intersection of ...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
18th Century Sterling Silver Locking Tea Caddy
By Michael Plummer
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver locking tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique George III sterling silver locking tea caddy has a navette, paneled shaped form.
The body of this silver tea caddy box is embellished with bands of bright cut engraved volute spiraling leaf ornamentation on a matte background to the upper and lower portions; these bands flank a plain undulating bordered panel.
The ornamentation to the surface of the caddy alternates with panels of concave vertical fluted decoration.
This antique Georgian tea caddy is retains the original hallmarked flush hinged covers; the flush hinge indicates the fine quality of this piece.
The cover is embellished with further bright cut engraved undulating borders accented with bud motifs, in addition to simplified borders paralleling the domed paneled portion; the domed portions reflects the incurved shape of the body.
This impressive cover is surmounted with a cast sterling silver urn style finial, in the Classic Adams style.
The caddy retains the original fitted fully working lock and functional key.
This sterling silver tea caddy is a highly desirable shape and style.
Condition:
This Georgian silver tea caddy...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
CHAD Teapot, Designed by Matteo Thun in 1982. For the collection Memphis Milano.
Located in Beirut, LB
The Chad teapot (1981) disrupts the habitual characteristics of the object, thanks to a circular form with a hole in the middle.
Matteo Thun wagers on white for a series of objects ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
C. Fjerdingstad - Modernist Tea/coffee Service In Solid Silver Circa 1950
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Modernist solid silver tea/coffee service in an oval shape consisting of a teapot, a coffee maker, a milk jug and a sugar bowl. Each piece has a lid whose grip is fixed on an oval re...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Tea Set " Fenice" by Lino Sabattini , Silver Plated, Signed, Italy
Located in Brussels, BE
Tea Set " Fenice" by Lino Sabattini , Silver Plated, Signed, Italy ( Teapot and Water jug)
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Vintage FB Rogers Victorian Silver Plated Tea Set with Tilting Pot - 6 Pc Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage FB Rogers Victorian Style Silver Plated Tea Set with Tilting Pot - 6 Pc Set. Circa Mid to Late 20th Century.
Measurements:
Tray: 2.5" H x 29" W x 18" D
Tilting Tea Pot: 14....
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
14-Piece Japanese Gilt and Painted Tea and Dessert Serving Set with Peacock
Located in Norwood, NJ
14-piece Kutani Japanese gilt and painted tea and dessert serving set with Peacock. Hand painted gilt and painted Peacock tea and serving set. Features floral and peacock design.
Lidded tea and coffee pots, lidded creamer, sugar bowl, and five snack sets...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
Belgian Art Deco Brass and Bakelite Fluted Teapot / Coffee Pot by Demeyere
By Demeyere
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural Art Deco tea/coffee pot by Demeyere (ca. late 1930s/early 1940s, Belgium).
Scarcely seen brass example with black bakelite accents (the chrome-plated version is more commo...
Category
1940s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
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.
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