Tea Sets
1980s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Russian Empire Tea Sets
Brass
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Tea Sets
Faience
1990s Tea Sets
Metal
1990s Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Vermeil
Mid-20th Century Regency Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1950s English Edwardian Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 18th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Enamel, Copper
1850s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century Antique Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1820s Welsh George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s French Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1890s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Copper
20th Century Tea Sets
Glass
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Rustic Tea Sets
Copper
18th Century Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s British Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
2010s Korean Organic Modern Tea Sets
Marble
1880s American Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1870s British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Tea Sets
Gold Plate
Late 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Japanese Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century American Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century German Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century American Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Glass
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Stoneware
Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Tea Sets
Gold Leaf
1930s American Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1950s English Queen Anne Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1880s Danish 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.