Tea Sets
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Tea Sets
Earthenware
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
1880s British Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Silver
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver
Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Malachite, Silver
Mid-20th Century French Tea Sets
Sandstone
Late 20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Earthenware
1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Pearlware
Early 19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
1760s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic, Creamware, Pottery
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Tea Sets
Late 20th Century French Bohemian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Glass
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1890s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Glass
Late 19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Copper
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Tea Sets
Silver
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Ceramic
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Glass
Mid-20th Century French Tea Sets
Ceramic, Stoneware
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Pottery
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Sandstone
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Asian Qing 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.