Tea Sets
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1820s French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
1760s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Creamware, Pottery
19th Century American High Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic, Paint
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Brass
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1790s German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
19th Century Asian Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Swedish Vintage Tea Sets
Earthenware
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1930s Swedish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Tea Sets
Sandstone
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Silver
1660s French Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1870s Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1970s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1860s Danish Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Faience
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Gold
1950s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s French Tea Sets
Earthenware
Late 19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1870s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Pottery
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Late 18th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century French Modern Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1950s North American Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century Indian Moorish Antique Tea Sets
Brass
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century French Tea Sets
Ceramic
18th Century Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1860s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1960s English Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Palestinian Modern Tea Sets
Blown Glass
Late 20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
1790s French Louis XVI Antique 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.