Tea Sets
20th Century German Tea Sets
Silver
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s British Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal, Silver Leaf
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Nickel
Early 2000s Italian Georgian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Serpentine, Silver Plate, Brass
Early 20th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Russian Empire Tea Sets
Brass
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English American Colonial Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s Mexican Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Bakelite
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Bakelite
Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Tea Sets
Gold Leaf
1950s German Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Metal, Enamel, Metallic Thread
Early 20th Century British Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Country Tea Sets
Pottery, Paint
Early 1900s Great Britain (UK) Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Gold
1910s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Italian Empire Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1790s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century American Art Deco Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Gold
1890s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
1960s French Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Metal
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Late 20th Century Japonisme Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Unknown Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Agate, Metal, Brass
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Aluminum
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Japanese Other Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Belle Époque Tea Sets
Multi-gemstone
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Tea Sets
Glass
19th Century French Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Enamel
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s French Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
Early 1900s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Enamel
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic, Stoneware
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.





