Tea Sets
Mid-19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Sheffield Plate
20th Century French Islamic Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 18th Century American Federal Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 19th Century American Japonisme Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1910s English Vintage Tea Sets
Britannia Standard Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
19th Century French Charles X Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Belgian Art Deco Tea Sets
Pottery, Stoneware
1880s Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1980s American Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1970s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1850s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Malachite
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
17th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Belgian Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Polish Other Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Restauration Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Maghreb Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Copper, Brass
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Paste, Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century North American Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Copper
Late 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1890s English Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Tea Sets
Faience
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
2010s Peruvian Modern Tea Sets
Granite
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Copper, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
1960s Central Asian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
17th Century Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Silver, Enamel
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
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.