Tea Sets
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1930s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Late 19th Century English Country Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
1760s English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1880s British Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century French Tea Sets
Ceramic
1930s Japanese Vintage Tea Sets
Iron
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1890s Indian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Enamel, Copper
1820s French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Brass, Enamel
Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Copper
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Stoneware
1980s German Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century English Tea Sets
Majolica
1940s Angolan Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1770s English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Other Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 1900s Belgian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1840s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain, Paste
1930s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Tea Sets
Silver
Late 19th Century Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
1910s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Brass
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Egyptian Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Space Age Tea Sets
Steel
Late 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s French Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Glass
19th Century Russian Japonisme Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Enamel
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Silver
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1780s English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Russian Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1930s Swedish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1770s Antique Tea Sets
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.