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Colorado Ceramic Teapot, by Marco Zanini from Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Colorado teapot in ceramic was originally designed by Marco Zanini in 1983. Marco Zanini was born in Trento in 1954. He graduated in architecture ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Labirinto Nero Mug with Lid GINORI 1735
Located in Milan, IT
This mug with lid (cc 400) is an elegant way to enrich an everyday ritual with exquisite allure and a unique design. Part of the Labirinto Collection, designed in 1926 by iconic desi...
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2010s Italian Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Derby Porcelain Tea Bowl, Artichoke Pattern in Turquoise, Georgian ca 1785 (4)
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful tea bowl and saucer made by Derby in about 1785. The set has the very amazing and desired "artichoke" moulding and a bright turquoise ground with the white artic...
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1780s English George III Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Cartier English Georgian Sterling Silver 4-Piece Coffee & Tea Set
Located in New York, NY
English Georgian sterling silver coffee and tea set, 1971-72. This set comprises coffeepot, teapot, creamer, and sugar. Coffeepot conical and teapot baluster; covers domed and hinged...
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1970s British Georgian Vintage Tea Sets

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Sterling Silver

Vintage Georg Jensen Henning Koppel Tea & Coffee Set on Tray 1017 - 12-333
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage modern sterling silver Georg Jensen tea and coffee set with tray with handles of guaiacum (a South American hardwood), design #1017 by Henning Koppel from circa 1952. A ver...
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20th Century Modern Tea Sets

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Sterling Silver

Carlo Giannini Chicca Espresso Coffee Maker
By Carlo Giannini
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Carlo Giannini Chicca Caffettiera, or Espresso coffee maker, features Modernist design with bullet shaped body and angled handle, realized in cast aluminum and faux wood. The coffee ...
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20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets

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Aluminum

Franciscan, Desert Rose Tea Set
Located in New Orleans, LA
A true American Classic, Franciscan Desert Rose dinnerware has graced dining tables since 1941, including Air Force One as chosen by Jackie Kennedy and t...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

Sevres Hand Painted Matched Porcelain Cabinet Cup and Saucer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique French matched hand painted porcelain cabinet cup and saucer painted with various scenes by Sevres and dating from the latter 19th century. ...
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Midcentury Modern German Blue & White Porcelain Coffee or Tea Set by Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful German porcelain coffee or tea cup set, with creamer and sugar, in white with touches of gold and blue. Set includes six cups, one creamer and one sugar bowl with lid, al...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Tea Service "Flash On" by Dorothy Hafner, Rosenthal Studio-Line Germany, 1980s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Tea Service "Flash On" by Dorothy Hafner, Rosenthal Studio-Line Germany, 1980s. 40 pieces of fantastic coffee/tea service. The iconic Post-Moden, Memphis pattern...
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1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Multicolor Rainbow Coffee Porcelain Set with Gold Rims, Spain 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Demitasse Tea or Espresso Coffee Set, service for 6, Porcelain An elegant and colorful porcelain gold rimmed demitasse coffee service for six. Spain, 1950s Eye-catching multicolor gl...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Gold Leaf

Napoleon III Style Porcelain De Paris Coffee/Tea Service For 12 People-28 Pieces
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects. Valuable and particular served in fine French porcelain in Napoleon III style; it is composed of 12 cups with a plate, a milk jug, a sugar bowl without a lid in the shape of a small cup so that it can contain sugar cubes or cookies, and two round trays with handles...
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Mid-20th Century French Napoleon III Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Dixon & Son 3 Piece English Pewter Coffee Service '1830'
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Three piece octagonal paneled pyriform pewter coffee service with creamer and covered sucrier. The coffee pot has an ebonized carved wood handle ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Pewter

Postmodern Rare Tea Kettle Designed by Michael Graves
Located in San Diego, CA
A Classic postmodern Memphis era design teapot designed by Michael Graves, circa the 1980s, a rare design not many were produced it's in good condition. A cool whistle that works whe...
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20th Century American Post-Modern Tea Sets

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Stainless Steel

Prince Charming Teapot, Handmade in Italy, Luxury Handcrafted Design 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in Disney's Alice in Wonderland. Ceramic tea service are completely hand-crafted and painted with love and care. Sometimes we all just need to have a little stress relief. We want to escape the ordinary days, made of work and pain. Give yourself a little gift with those fabolous creations full of poetry and fairytales. Our artist models every single detail with patience and love, to bring us back in a world made of dreams and feelings. The collection recalls Alice in wonderland and Cinderella, taking us to a trip in our childhood, a world that lives silently inside, giving us the strength to always believe...
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2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Art Deco Atelier Primavera Tea Set, France, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of Art Deco Atelier Primavera tea set, France, 1930s Plate measurements diameter 16 x height 2cm.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Kutani Tea Service, Japanese, Porcelain, Teapot, Cup & Saucer, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Kutani tea service. A Japanese, porcelain 6 person teapot and cups set, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Superb Japanese tea service...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Limoges France Demitasse Tea Cup and Saucers Set Porcelain 1930
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Limoges France Tea or coffee Cups and Saucers Set Porcelain circa 1930. Limoges French set of 4 tea Cups and 3 Saucers Set Porcelain 1930 Fine China...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century, KPM Berlin Porcelain Cobalt & Gilt Tea Cup & Saucer
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite 19th-century KPM Berlin porcelain tea cup and saucer set exemplifies the height of European porcelain craftsmanship. The set is adorned in a deep cobalt blue glaze, co...
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19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Haviland Limoges France Chocolate Tea Coffee Pot Floral Rose Teapot 10"
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 20th century large Haviland & Co Limoges porcelain chocolate / tea pot. Tall with scalloped base and upper edge, ribbon shaped handle, hand painted with springs of pink roses a...
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Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Antique 12 Pc Meissen B-Form Teacups & Saucers Floral Crossed Sword Tea Set B154
Located in Dayton, OH
Twelve piece set of antique Meissen China. Porcelain, blue swords marks 1st and 2nd choice, form number B-154, B-form purple with scattered flowe...
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Late 19th Century Baroque Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Belleek Cabaret Tea Set, Cream Cob Lustre, Erne, Victorian, 1890s
Located in London, GB
This is an extremely rare Belleek cabaret set for two, or "tête-à-tête", made in the Erne series brought out in the 1890s. The items carry the 2nd Black Mark, used between 1891 and 1926. The set consists of a teapot, a milk jug, a sugar bowl, two teacups and saucers, and a large matching tray. This set is very fine and with its restrained cream-white colour it would make a wonderful wedding gift! If you ever thought Belleek fine china looks, sounds and feels unique, you are right. There is a back story to this extraordinarily fine Irish eggshell porcelain, which has an unusually high amount of "frit" and therefore is thinner and finer than any other china. Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh) had started in 1849 with John Caldwell Bloomfield, who was a wealthy land owner. During the Irish famine he realised that unless he would find a way for his tenants to make a profit off the land, they would starve. Agriculture had become impossible due to the agricultural diseases. This caused millions to starve and more millions to leave. As an amateur mineralogist, John Caldwell Bloomfield realised that his land had exactly the right mineral deposits to be used as clay for porcelain. He involved several investors and scientists and after many years of research, trial, error, the building of a railway line to import coal from England, and building a factory, the Belleek pottery resulted, employing the local people and soon producing the finest china made with clay from the Belleek area. What had started as a way to fend off famine among the local tenants had became a story of incredible success by the 1880s as Queen Victoria fell in love with the fine white china and the many homely, slightly bizarre but nature-loving designs; this was different from English tradition, yet it was very much to the taste of the British who had developed a real love for home-made fine china since it was introduced in the late 18th Century. Belleek not only brought out many tea services, but started a new tradition of intricately woven porcelain baskets. Soon the English nobility started to place big orders and the pottery is still flourishing today and selling its wares the world over, while in England most potteries have long disappeared. Belleek made many cabaret services, often called breakfast services or "tête-à-tête" services; these were used to carry breakfast tea up to the bedroom. Queen Victoria bought one in the Echinus style during a visit to the factory in the 1860s, and ever since Belleek's cabaret services have been in great demand. Nowadays there are very few of these left and it is rare to find a full service like this. The Erne series was named after the river right besides the Belleek factory. This river forms the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the factory on the Northern Irish end of the bridge at Belleek. The pattern seems to be a play on the baskets and nets of the fishermen who once fished the abundant trout and salmon on the river Erne and the lake that belongs to it. The items carry the second Black Mark, which was used between 1891 and 1926, however the very fine quality of the porcelain indicates that most pieces of the set are more likely to be from the 1890s than from the 20th Century. You will see that the shade of cob lustre is different on each item; this is normal for Belleek tea sets...
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Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Coffee Set with Four Pieces and Tray
Located in Milan, IT
This sophisticated coffee set entirely made in silver will bring a touch of lavish elegance to any table. It is accompanied by an oval tray with rectangular ornate handles and a deli...
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2010s Italian Tea Sets

Materials

Silver

Vally Wieselthier Art Deco Ceramic Tea Pot, USA, 1940s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful Art Deco tea pot with lid, dated circa 1940, made of pottery / stoneware with lovely brown glaze, designed by Vally Wieselthier. In very good ...
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1940s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets

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Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware

Antique Spode Dollar Pattern Coffee Cups, Set of 9, English Porcelain Circa 1820
Located in Katonah, NY
Perfect for a double espresso! These nine "Dollar" pattern porcelain coffee cups are handpainted in the exquisite "Dollar" pattern. Spode made this set in England circa 1820. The dec...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

21 Piece Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Blue Flowers Coffee Tea Set Service for 8
Located in Dayton, OH
Royal Copenhagen Denmark tea set. Features service for 8 with sugar, creamer and coffee / tea pot. Made from porcelain with blue flowers pattern.
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Late 20th Century Dutch Colonial Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Antique English Georgian Silver Teapot
Located in Sheffield, MA
Serve the next cup of tea in this elegant classic fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver teapot in the Queen Anne style. With wood handle and finial, the lower portion of this fine teapot is embossed fluted decoration accented with subtly elevated rounded projections. Search terms: Georgian teapot, Edwardian teapot...
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Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Tea Sets

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Silver

Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Tea Set
Located in Newark, England
Extensively Decorated with Traditional Japanese Images The Tea Set comprises of fifteen pieces including six cup and saucers, a lidded teapot, a lidded sugar pot and a milk jug. The...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tea Sets

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Metal, Enamel, Metallic Thread

Sèvres French Porcelain Hand Painted Teacup and Saucer with Bird Scenes, 1791
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare Sèvres Porcelain cabinet teacup and saucer each hand painted with birds within a landscape in coloured enamels and set...
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1790s French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

20th Century Italian Solid 800 Silver Tea-Coffeeset with Tray
Located in VALENZA, IT
Italian tea and coffee service and tray made entirely by hand in the 40s of the 20th century. The service is round and each piece has 4 cast feet for support. The body is embossed ...
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1940s Italian Baroque Revival Vintage Tea Sets

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Silver

Dresden Tea Set with Hand-Painted Flowers and Raised Figural Faces of Ladies
Located in Boston, MA
I want to offer you this fabulous Helena Wolfson Dresden tea set decorated with hand-painted flower bouquets and raised figural faces of ladies. It inc...
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1890s German Rococo Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain, Cedar

Wilhelm Wagenfeld Original Bauhaus Glass Teapot
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic original Schott Jeana Wagenfeld Teapot signed.
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1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Tea Sets

Materials

Glass

Rococo Style Four-Piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set, Italy, 1984
Located in Cagliari, IT
Magnificent set of 4 pieces in sterling silver consisting of one teapot, one coffee pot, one milk jug and one sugar box hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari. Splendid ...
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1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Tea Sets

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Sterling Silver

Vintage Japanese Thousand Flower Satsuma Porcelain Demitasse Tea Coffee Set
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Japanese Satsuma porcelain demitasse tea or coffee set featuring the thousand flower design with gold accents. Includes tea pot with ...
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Late 20th Century Japonisme Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Silver tea set, ca 1900
Located in Delft, NL
Silver tea set, ca 1900 A silver tea set with a teapot, sugar bowl and a milk jug in an oval shape with a scalloped pattern and is lightly hammered. Very elegant. It is silver marke...
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Early 20th Century European Tea Sets

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Silver

Antique Doccia Porcelain Italian Neoclassical Topographical Teapot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique topographical porcelain teapot. By Doccia Porcelain Manufactory circa 1820. With painted enamel topographical scenes: each...
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Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

New Hall Hybrid Hard Paste Teacup, Palm Tree patt. 484, Georgian ca 1810
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer made by New Hall around the year 1810. The set is decorated in the very desired but rare palm tree pattern with the number 484. We also have a ...
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1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

French Limoges Gold Gilt Porcelain Coffee Tea Dessert Service for Six
Located in Barcelona, ES
Limoges Porcelain gold gilt coffee set + bread and butter plates for six. France, 1930s. The set is comprised by 6 coffee or tea cups, 6 saucers...
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Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Tea Sets

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Gold Leaf

Sophisticated Black Coffee Set – 6 Cups & Saucers (1970s)
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Sophisticated Black Coffee Set – 6 Cups & Saucers (1970s) This elegant coffee set features six black cups and saucers, each designed with an octagonal shape that reflects mid-centur...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets

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Glass, Opaline Glass

ROYAL CROWN DERBY - Imari Pattern #2451 - Tea Cup & Saucer - U.K. - C.1912-16
Located in Chatham, ON
ROYAL CROWN DERBY - Imari Pattern Number 2451 - Antique bone china tea cup with fluted sides (circa 1912) and an antique saucer (circa 1916) - elaborat...
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Early 20th Century English Victorian Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Memphis Postmodern Porcelain Teapot by The Toscany Collection Japan
Located in San Diego, CA
A rare and beautiful porcelain teapot designed by The Toscany Collection Japan circa 1980s, Memphis style design in excellent condition never ...
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20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Blossom Tea/Coffee Service on Tray 2
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Vintage Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Blossom Tea & Coffee Service with Ivory Handles and Matching Tray (Design #2, 1905) This exquisite Georg Jensen Blossom tea and coffee service...
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Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets

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Sterling Silver

Antique Haviland Offner Limoges France Tea Coffee Chocolate Pot Cups Saucers
Located in Dayton, OH
"12 piece Antique Haviland & Co Limoges tea / coffee / chocolate set for E. Offner of New Orleans LA. Features a hand painted pink, turquoise and gild...
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Empire Style 1918 Genuine Silver Teapot and Solid Ebony Handle by August Thomsen
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Empire style teapot made by silversmith August Thomsen in Denmark, 1918 The teapot is made of genuine silver 830s, stamped with the Danish three towers (see the stamp) and with a ...
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1910s Danish Empire Vintage Tea Sets

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Silver

Vintage Hans Achtziger for Hutschenreuther Selb Demitasse Coffee Set
Located in East Quogue, NY
Decorative white porcelain 'Apart' coffee demitasse set from Hutschenreuther Selb, with 6 cups, 6 saucers, coffee pot, creamer/milk jug, and sugar bowl (15-piece set). German porcela...
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1950s German Modern Vintage Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Mid-Century Modern Stainless Steel Tea Service by Arne Jacobsen for Stelton
Located in Savannah, GA
This four piece Classic Mid-Century Modern stainless steel tea set is by Arne Jacobsen for Stelton, Denmark. The set includes a tray with handles, a lidded tea pot with a wooden hand...
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1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets

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Stainless Steel

Michael Graves for Alessi Kettle Memphis Mod. "9093" Italy 1980s
Located in Naples, IT
Kettle Mod. 9093 with handle and design bird whistle in stainless steel Brand Alessi, Italy
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets

Materials

Steel

Signe Persson-Melin Teapot Rörstrand Stoneware Blue Ceramic Copper 1970s
Located in Basel, BS
Hexagonal shaped teapot by Swedish designer Signe Persson-Melin, model No 225 for Rörstrand Sweden, 1970s. Hand-crafted stoneware with a beautiful blue glaze, solid copper handle. ...
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1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets

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Copper

Cinderella's Mice Teapot, Handmade in Italy, Luxury Handcrafted Design, 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in Disney's Alice in Wonderland. Ceramic tea service are completely hand-crafted and painted with love and care. Sometimes we all ju...
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2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Art deco sterling silver 4 piece tea set made in 1933
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Chester in 1933 by S. Blanckensee & Son Ltd., this stylish, George V period, Sterling Silver 4 Piece Tea Set, is in the art deco taste, with angular sides and feet, and...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets

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Sterling Silver

Tiffany & Co. Style Antique Victorian Silverplate Tea Kettle with Boiler
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique silverplate tea kettle or coffee pot with boiler In the manner of Tiffany & Co. USA, Late 19th Century Measures: Kettle : 9.25"W x 13"D x 11.75"H. Boiler : 9.75...
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Tea Sets

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Silver Plate

Alice in Wonderland Teapot, Handmade in Italy, Luxury Handcrafted Design 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in Disney's Alice in Wonderland. Ceramic tea service are completely hand-crafted and painted with ...
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2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Meissen Mid-18th Century Cup White Porcelain with Golden Drawings Japonese Style
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed in gold with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail. A piece for refined collectors or useful to star...
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Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Art Deco Tea Set 3-Piece Sterling Silver Fine Quality, Sheffield England 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine quality Sterling Silver, Art Deco period, 3-piece tea set consisting of teapot, milk jug and Sugar Bowl, made by Cooper Brothers...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets

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Sterling Silver

19th Century Toby Tea Pot
Located in High Point, NC
19th century Toby tea pot from the Staffordshire region of England. The top is in a scalloped shape and is a brilliant cobalt color with copper lustre embellishment. It is topped w...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Suzanne Lalique Et Haviland - Service Nicole Celadon Porcelain - 35 Pieces
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Service "Nicole" made celadon porcelain decorated by Suzanne Lalique for Haviland.Service created in the 1930s. Each piece is signed Haviland and Suzanne Lalique. Service in perfect...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets

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Porcelain

19th C Hand Crafted Sterling Four Piece Tea Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C hand crafted sterling four piece tea set (all hallmarked and photographed.) Measurements are as follows - Double handle sugar bowl - ...
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Mid-19th Century American Adirondack Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Silver

Japanese Porcelain, Satsuma Tea Set, 23 Pieces
Located in Milano, IT
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1950s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Tea Sets

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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.

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