Tea Sets
1950s Dutch Vintage Tea Sets
Pewter
1820s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Bakelite
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 1800s English High Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Japanese Other Tea Sets
Ceramic
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s French Empire Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1900s French Neoclassical Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Japonisme Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century American Post-Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic, Stoneware
1950s French Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Aluminum
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s British Georgian Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Earthenware, Pottery
1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Tea Sets
Glass
1950s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Mexican Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
1820s North American Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1980s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century German Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s Italian Baroque Revival Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century French Napoleon III Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1990s Russian Tea Sets
Gold
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century French Restauration Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1980s Hungarian Chinoiserie Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s German Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Tea Sets
Gold
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.