Tea Sets
Late 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Gold
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Dutch Tea Sets
Silver
1890s Indian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1950s French Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1890s Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Tea Sets
Silver
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Tea Sets
Silver
1870s Indian High Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Glass, Teak
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
Late 18th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1820s British George IV Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1970s Czech Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1720s Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Porcelain
1810s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1880s Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Teak
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Vintage Tea Sets
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1810s British Regency Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Tea Sets
Pottery
Late 18th Century English Empire Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1920s British Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal, Silver Leaf
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Tea Sets
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.