Tea Sets
1960s French Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Stoneware
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Copper
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Nickel
1920s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Tea Sets
Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Glass
1980s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1890s English Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver, Silver
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Copper
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Edo Tea Sets
Stoneware, Rattan
18th Century Antique Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Tea Sets
Coconut
Late 19th Century German Empire Antique Tea Sets
Gold
1980s Swedish Minimalist Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 18th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1980s Mexican Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Onyx, Silver Plate, Copper
1760s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Terracotta
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain, Paint
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Meiji Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s Latvian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1890s Indian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Glass
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Earthenware
1980s German Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
1820s French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Asian Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Russian Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1950s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1860s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1790s German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century American High Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic, Paint
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain, Paint
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate
Late 19th Century American Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Danish Art Deco 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.





