Tea Sets
Mid-19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Russian Tea Sets
Silver, Enamel
19th Century Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s American Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1830s French Empire Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Nickel
1890s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets
Gold
1770s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Enamel
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Jade
1910s French Renaissance Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1840s British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Colombian Modern Tea Sets
Gold
1720s Vietnamese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
1870s American Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century American Antique Tea Sets
Granite, Pewter
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Matte finish steel,made in Denmark
20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Steel
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Tea Sets
Faience
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1940s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Earthenware, Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1910s English British Colonial Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s Hungarian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Majolica
Early 20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s French Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Glass
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Mid-Century Modern Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Tea Sets
Chrome
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Copper
Late 20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Porcelain
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.