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Tea Sets For Sale
Tea Service with Sevres and Château des Tuileries Marks
Located in Paris, FR
Tea service tête à tête in porcelain bearing the initials of Louis-Philippe in a garland of laurels. The service is composed of a tray, a teapot, two cups with their saucers, a milk ...
Category
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
John R Wendt for Ball Black & Co Seven-Piece Medallion Sterling Tea & Coffee Set
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This neoclassical sterling silver tea and coffee set was designed by renowned 19th century silversmith, John R. Wendt (1826-1907). Recognized as "one of the best designers and chasers in the art", Wendt formed a highly successful partnership with Boston silversmith Augustus Rogers before moving to New York in 1860 to work as principal silversmith to important jewelry and silver retailer Ball, Black & Co. Wendt is known for his distinctive designs and examples of his work are held in the permanent collections of museums including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Boston's Museum of Fine Art.
This Wendt sterling tea and coffee set...
Category
1860s American Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
George II Antique Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, London 1730 by John Swift
By John Swift
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1730 by John Swift, this very handsome, George II, Antique Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, is straight sided, and features an armorial engraving...
Category
1730s English George II Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany Art Nouveau Sterling Silver 3-Piece Turkish Coffee Set on Tray
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau sterling silver Turkish 3-piece coffee set on tray. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Coffeepot: Baluster body on raised foot; hinged and domed cover with bead finial. H...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rosenthal, Germany, a Set of Four Large Teacups and Matching Porcelain Saucers
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rosenthal, Germany, a set of four large teacups and matching porcelain saucers. Thin white porcelain with gold decoration.
1903.
In excellent condition ...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
James Dixon & Sons Sheffield Victorian Silver Plated Tilting Coffee Tea Pot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
James Dixon & Sons Sheffield Victorian Silver Plated Tilting Coffee Tea Pot. Item features "B from H" Monogram to front of pot. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 15" H x 10.5" W...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Brass Kettle
Located in Burton, TX
This 19th Century Kettle was crafted from brass by artisans in the late 1800's. The piece features an intricately detailed handle that leads to an...
Category
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
Pair of Tea Pots in the Style of William Spratling
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960, we offer this fantastic pair of tea pots in the style of William Spratling made in steel and silver plated and exotic ebony wood was used as the handle and accents over t...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Rare Antique English Aesthetic Movt. Chased Copper Square Tea Kettle on Stand
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Gorgeous Antique English Arts & Crafts or Aesthetic Movement hand chased copper and wrought iron square tea kettle on its original brass barley twist stan...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Brass, Copper
$712 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Set of porcelain de Paris coffee & tea service
Located in Washington, DC
Set of porcelain de Paris coffee & tea service - eighteen (18) pieces. Made famous during the Napoleon Period 1795 - 1830
Coffee pot - W - 8"; H - 10"
Te...
Coffee pot - W - 8"; H - 10"
Te...
Category
19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$2,850 / set
Georg Jensen by J. Rohde in Sterling Silver 4-Piece Coffee Set #321
Located in New York, NY
Georg Jensen sterling silver hand-hammered 4-piece coffee set, designed by Johan Rohde, in pattern numbers 321A, 321B, and 321C, and showcasing stylized geometric motifs on the handl...
Category
20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Japanese Contemporary Hand Painted Red Gilded Porcelain Cup and Saucer
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary Ko-Imari (Old Imari) style gilded hand painted porcelain cup and saucer. This extraordinary piece brings back the glory an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
Chrysanthemum by Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Tea Pot #52907121 '#4131'
Located in Big Bend, WI
Tiffany & Co.
Fabulous Chrysanthemum by Tiffany sterling silver teapot marked #5960 7121, 3 pints, & 8 cups. It measures 11" x 5 1/2" a...
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Victorian gilt sterling silver sugar and cream set made in London in 1887
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1887 by Wakely & Wheeler, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Sugar & Cream Set, is presented in the original box along with 6 teaspoons and a...
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stig Lindberg, Coq, Gustavsberg
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
The coq-series by Stig Lindberg is very appealing to the eye. The light-brown color will make it look good on almost any table. Interesting is that the black de...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$75 Sale Price / set
24% Off
Art Deco Five-Piece Tea and Coffee Set with Wood Handles and Tray
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
A silvered Art Deco five-piece tea and coffee set from the 20th century. The set comprises a teapot, a coffee pot, a creamer and a covered sugar bowl, all with flattened round bodies...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Antique Chinese Porcelain Qianlong Putti Decorated Teapot Rose, Ca 1740
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated teapot. Qianlong period. Great decoration in Famille Rose / Iron red. Very nice colors.
With a highly unusual figural decoration in iron red of two figures i...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,703 Sale Price
20% Off
Copeland Spode Ceramic Bread and Butter Plates in "Buttercup" Pattern, Set of 11
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of 11 bread and butter plates by Copeland for Spode. This set features 11 round plates with a yellow, blue, and green floral pattern on a cream background. A basketweave design...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$360 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Richard Hunt. A Rare Silver Plated Six Piece Matching Tea and Coffee Service.
By Richard Hunt
Located in London, GB
Richard Hunt. A Rare Silver Plated six piece matching tea and coffee service.
Measurements :-
Tray width 20", height 1 1/4",
Teapot width handle to spout 9 1/2", height 5 1/2"
Spirit kettle width at base 6", height 11"
Coffee pot handle...
Category
1850s British Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Vista Alegre for Mottahedeh 'Lowestoft Rose' Porcelain Demitasse Set
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This 17 piece porcelain demitasse set was made by Vista Alegre of Portugal for Mottahedeh. The pieces have been finished in the heavily gilded ...
Category
1980s Portuguese Chinoiserie Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
White Ceramic Cactus Coffee Creamer Pitcher
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small white ceramic cactus motif creamer pitcher. This piece will be a great addition to any breakfast table. The exterior has a spikey texture and re...
Category
20th Century Bohemian Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$60 Sale Price
20% Off
English Porcelain Cup and Saucer, Worcester, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
Painted in grisaille on a marbleized peach ground.
Category
1820s Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Paris Porcelain Coffee Service in Charles X-Style
Located in Paris, FR
Paris porcelain coffee service in Charles X-style. Each of the 6 exquisite pieces features delicately hand painted cartouches with polychrome fl...
Category
19th Century French Charles X Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Victorian industrial movement antique sterling silver tea set made in 1878
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1878 by W. Spurrier & Co., this very stylish 4 piece, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Tea Set, is elegantly plain in design, with angular silver finial...
Category
1870s English Industrial Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Classic Teapot Designed by Michael Graves for Alessi Stamped & Dated Postmodern
Located in San Diego, CA
A Classic iconic teapot designed by Michael Graves for Alessi, made in Italy in nice original condition. Stamped Alessi very light use.
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Stainless Steel
Japanese Contemporary Porcelain Blue Red Gold Cup, 5
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese Ko-Imari (old Imari) porcelain long stem cup, in bright red, blue and green colors and generous gold application that are charac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
Reed & Barton Francis I Sterling Silver Teapot
Located in New York, NY
Francis I sterling silver teapot. Made by Reed & Barton in Taunton, Mass. Bellied ovoid body on domed foot, high-looping leaf-capped scroll handle, and leaf-capped s-scroll handle; c...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Renaissance Revival Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Victorian Small Wooden Handle Silver Plated Creamer Teapot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Victorian Small Wooden Handle Silver Plated Creamer Teapot. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 7.75" H x 4" W x 5.75" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Oriental Chinese Red & Gold Hand Painted Porcelain Tea Set Made in Japan
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous vintage Oriental Chinese red & gold hand painted porcelain tea set marked “Made in Japan.” Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and not new so will ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Porcelain Eggshell Saucers Yongzheng Period Bont, 18 C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing this unusual Dutch Decorated pair of Chinese Yongzheng Eggshel Porcelain cup and saucer. Top Quality.
References of similar pieces can be found in: European Decoration on Or...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$536 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Quality Regency Figured Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique quality Regency figured mahogany tea caddy having a figured mahogany lid opening to reveal three fitted compartments, shaped bombe sides and front, original brass lions head ...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Other
Guido ANDLOVITZ - LAVENO CERAMIC 1930s - Tea service - 13 PIECES
Located in Milano, IT
This tea service ART DECÓ (year 1930), glazed ceramic in white and silver ,designed by architect and designer Guido ANDLOVITZ, and produced in the factory in LAVENO , on Lake MAGGIO...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Contemporary Asian Dark Brown Glazed Ceramic Teapot Rattan Hdl
Located in Topeka, KS
Magnificent vintage Contemporary Asian dark chocolate brown glazed ceramic teapot with wrapped natural rattan handle. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear even if it has been refinished or restored. No outstanding flaws found. Please see photos, zoom in for details, and see long description as they are part of the condition report. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, Late 20th Century.
Now THIS is the way to have TEATIME!!! This is a GORGEOUS vintage Contemporary Asian teapot...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Rattan
Christopher Dresser design sterling silver tea and coffee set by Asprey 1995
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1995 by Asprey & Co. Ltd., this stylish, Elizabeth II period, Sterling Silver 4 Piece Tea Set, is a reproduction of a design by Christopher Dresser, with t...
Category
1990s English Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Chinese Export Sterling Silver Tea Set with Dragon & Bamboo Decoration
By Luen Hing
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique handcrafted sterling silver tea set was made in China in circa 1880 in the period Chinese export style. The set is composed of a teapot, creamer and lidded sugar bowl an...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Two Sets of Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain Tea Cups and Saucers
Located in København, Copenhagen
Two sets of Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain tea cups and saucers in hand painted porcelain.
Model 1/76
Approx. 1920/30s.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
Second factory quali...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 1700s Silver Miniature Teapot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique 18th century Dutch silver miniature teapot; an addition to our silver teaware collection
This exceptional, fine and impressive antique 18th century Dutch silver miniature teapot has a circular rounded form.
The body of this silver teapot is plain and unembellished.
This antique silver teapot is fitted with a push fit domed cover surmounted with a cast silver baluster shaped finial.
The teapot is fitted with a fine and impressive cast opposing scrolling handle.
This exceptional miniature silver teapot features a plain cast silver swan-necked spout.
The hallmarks struck to the underside of this Dutch silver teapot include:
National mark: Crowned shield with three Andrew crosses (Amsterdam, minimum of .875 standard)
Date letter: F (1716)
Maker's mark: Untraced
Such period miniature examples of this substantial gauge of silver and quality are rare to the market.
Condition
This 18th century teapot is a superior gauge of silver and superior quality.
The Dutch silver miniature teapot is in exceptional condition.
The interior of the teapot has been professionally cleaned and is ready for use.
The Dutch hallmarks to the underside of the teapot are very clear, in keeping with age and location.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this example of Dutch silverware...
Category
1710s Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Quality antique Victorian silver mounted three piece Jasperware Wedgwood tea set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian silver mounted three piece Jasperware Wedgwood tea set having a quality antique Victorian blue and white Jasperware Wedgwood...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Carole Stupell Pink & Gold Tea Set & Cream Soup Bowls
Located in Stamford, CT
Carole Stupell, Ltd. china made by Flintridge China in California. The Flintridge China Company began in Pasadena, CA in 1946. It was acquired by Gorham in 1970. This set includes 7 cups and saucers, 7 cream soups...
Category
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$320 Sale Price / set
73% Off
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
$1,598 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Famille Verte Kangxi Period Tea Bowl SE Asia Chinese Porcelain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very rare Kangxi Famille Verte Tea Set with Ruyi decoration for the SE Asian market.
Marked with a Lozenge with ribbons. Large dish with similar ruyi design is pictured in; Ströber,...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$2,832 Sale Price
20% Off
Wedgwood Apprey Celadon Chinoiserie Tea Set
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
Wedgwood celadon Apprey chinoiserie tea set. Charming and rare individual tea set with one serving lidded teapot, small plate/underplate, handle-less ...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Creamware
Chelsea-Derby Chocolate Cup Set, Gilt Stripes, Puce Flowers, Rococo 1770-1775
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful chocolate cup set made by Chelsea-Derby between 1770 and 1775, which was the Rococo era. The set consists of a cup, a saucer and a cover, and is decorated in a st...
Category
1770s English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$940 Sale Price / set
23% Off
Buccellati Sterling Silver Hand-Hammered 4-Piece Tea & Coffee Set
By Buccellati
Located in New York, NY
Buccellati, sterling silver, beautifully hand-hammered 4-piece tea and coffee set, made in Italy in the 20th century, adorned with finials, consisting of:
- a coffee pot measuring 1...
Category
20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
1886-1891 German Renaissance Revival Silver Tea & Coffee Service
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1886-1891 Renaissance Revival Silver Tea & Coffee Service, Germany. A magnificent set including hot water kettle on stand. Made by J.D. Schleissner & Sons, Hanau under the direction ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Renaissance Revival Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Galatix Hand Made Burma Teak Tea Service Set 6 & Tray
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Mid-Century Modern Galatix hand-made Burma teak tea service set of 6 glass inserts, 6 Burma teak cup vessels, and a Burma teak serving tray....
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Glass, Teak
Antique Meissen Acanthus Leaf Mocha Teacup & Saucer 1st Choice White & Gold
Located in Dayton, OH
Meissen Porcelain, blue sword mark 1st choice, Pfeiffer period 1924-1934, acanthus decor, model no. Y33
Dimensions:
5.75" x 3" (Diameter x Height)
Category
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$468 Sale Price
20% Off
Seletti "Kintsugi-N'2" Mug in Porcelain
By Seletti
Located in Doral, FL
From its very first year in 1964, Seletti in Cicognara, Mantova, has followed its principle of professionality service and constant research to strive for betterness innovation and o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$80 / item
Modernist Brass Tea Caddy by Hayno Focken
By Hayno Focken
Located in Petworth, GB
Modernist Tea Caddy by Hayno Focken with integral spoon.
Brass
Makers Stamp mark
German
Circa 1930
Height 12cm Diameter 8cm
Spoon: Height 0.5cm. Width 3.5cm. Length 14cm
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
Vintage Danish Tea Set by Einer Hellerøe for BR Keramik, 1950s
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish tea set by Einer Hellerøe for BR Keramik, 1950s
This set consist of one teapot with braided handle and six small tea cups. This series was d...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Worcester, England, Complete Tea Service for Seven People in Porcelain
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Worcester, England. Complete tea service for seven people in porcelain with floral motifs. Dated 1983.
Consisting of seven teacups with saucers, te...
Category
1980s English Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Four-Piece Silver Breakfast Tea & Coffee Set, 1868
By George Fox
Located in London, GB
Smart four-piece Victorian antique silver tea and coffee set. Each piece is hand chased and engraved with acanthus leaf aprons, fine ...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage Oneida USA Silver Plated Victorian Style Tea Set w/ Tray - 4 Pc Set
By Oneida
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Oneida USA Silver Plated Victorian Style Tea Set w/ Tray - 4 Pc Set. Circa Late 20th Century. Measurements: Tray: 0.5" H x 12.25" W x 12.25" D. Teapot: 10.75" H x 10.5" W x 5...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Small Engraved Silver Part-Tea Service of Persian Design
Located in London, GB
Small engraved silver part-tea service of Persian design
Persian, 20th Century
Samovar: Height 23cm, width 16cm, depth 15cm
Teapot: Height 9cm, width 10cm, depth 6.5cm
Decorated wit...
Category
20th Century Persian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Antique Georgian Red Tole Peinte or Toleware Teapot with Chinoiserie Decoration
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine georgian red tole paint or toleware teapot. This late 18th century piece is chinoiserie decorated throughout in gold and black on a red ground. A very rare form.
Height: circ...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Tin
Herend, four pairs of large porcelain teacups. Dated 1944
Located in København, Copenhagen
Herend, four pairs of large porcelain teacups.
Hand-painted with polychrome floral motifs.
Pink rim.
Marked and dated 1944.
Perfect condition. Like new.
Cup: Diameter 11.0 cm. withou...
Category
1940s Hungarian Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Yellow & Overglaze Blue Teapot Chine de Commande
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Yongzheng, 18th century, Very fine painting. Yellow glaze and overglaze blue. Very rare combination.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: China
Em...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$2,954 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Georg Jensen Sterling Silver “Cosmos” Coffee Set 45
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
A three-piece sterling silver Georg Jensen coffee set with ebony handles, design #45 by Johan Rohde from circa 1915. This design is often refer...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chrysanthemum by Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Large Tea Tray #6682-4278 #2689
Located in Big Bend, WI
Superb Chrysanthemum by Tiffany & Co. sterling silver large and impressive antique tea tray with handles. The tray is marked #6682-4278 with "T" date ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Materials
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.
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