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Tea Sets For Sale
1960's French Ceramic Coffee Set by Alain Maunier
By Vallauris
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Incredible ceramic coffee set made by French ceramic maker Alain Maunier in Vallauris, 1960's. Set includes 1x large coffee pot with lid, 1x sugar bowl with lid, 1x creamer pot witho...
Category
1960s French Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$1,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Van Bergh Silver Plate Victorian Tea Serving Set, 3 Pc Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Van Bergh silver plate Victorian tea serving set- 3 pc set. Item features (3 pcs), monogram to smallest pieces, (1) lidded sugar bowl, (1) creamer, (1) small creamer...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
19thc Royal Crown Derby Demitasse Service for Eight Chinoiserie Imari Pattern
Located in Savannah, GA
19th century Royal Crown Derby demitasse service, Imari pattern #198, in classical Japanese chinoiserie taste having a beautiful painted Imari palett...
Category
1880s English Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Villeroy & Boch Gallo Design Bone China Tea Set, Floral 1970s, 23 Pc
Located in Bastogne, BE
Rare Vintage Gallo Design Villeroy & Boch 23-Piece Tea Set, West Germany, 1970s
Elevate your tea time with this amazing vintage tea set from Gallo Design by Villeroy & Boch, a testament to the timeless elegance and superior craftsmanship of West German porcelain...
Category
1970s German Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Silver Plate Five Piece Tea / Coffee Service
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Silver plated five pieces tea and coffee service with exterior floral design details. Each piece is in great condition. Minor wear consistent with age / use. Maker's mark undersigned Reed & Barton "King Francis model number 1650-1654”. Set include Coffee pot 11-3/4 inches. Tea pot 10 inches. Covered sugar pot 7 inches. Creamer 6 inches & tea bag...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,895 / set
Yixing 'Hundred-Fruit' Teapot
Located in Savannah, GA
A Yixing Zisha ‘Hundred-Fruit’ pumpkin teapot.
6 inches wide by 4 inches deep by 4 inches tall
Category
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
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 except for a ding on the botto...
Category
20th Century North American Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Stainless Steel
$156 Sale Price
20% Off
Particularly rare set tea bowls, made of nephrite gemstone, 1900, London England
Located in Wien, AT
This special antique tea set in its original box is made of nephrite, circa 1900 in England.
Manufacturer - is noted on the silk lining of the box: H Simmons, 60 & 61 Burlington Arc...
Category
Early 20th Century English Belle Époque Tea Sets
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Coffee Tea Service Flash One Dorothy Hafner Rosenthal Studio-Line Germany, 1980s
By Rosenthal
Located in Berlin, DE
Luxurious porcelain dinnerware set, flash one, by Dorothy Hafner for Rosenthal Studio-Line,
Germany, 1980s.
12x coffee or tea cups.
12x ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Victorian Sterling Silver Spirit Kettle
By Creswick & Co. 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique Victorian English sterling silver spirit kettle; an addition to our antique silver Teaware collection...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Wolmar Castillo Taxco Silver Plate Tea Set with Sculptural Lizard Stone Handles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant mid-century Mexican silver tea and coffee service by renowned silversmith Wolmar Castillo, handcrafted in Taxco, Mexico. ...
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Serpentine, Silver Plate, Brass
Art Deco Silver plated Coffee Set
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960, we offer this Silver plated Art Deco Coffee Set.
1. Height: 23.5 cm. Width: 14.5 cm. Depth: 8 cm.
2. Height: 17.5 cm. Width: 20 cm. Depth: 10 cm.
3. Height: 13 cm. Width:...
Category
1940s Mexican Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Bakelite
$1,620 / set
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Tea Pot Japan, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Faboulous japanese earthenware Teapot of unusual shape.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Tea/Coffee Drinking: Bowls, Cups & Teapots
Japanese Style: Satsum...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$843 Sale Price
20% Off
Modernist Brass Tea Caddy by Hayno Focken
By Hayno Focken
Located in Petworth, GB
Modernist Tea Caddy by Hayno Focken with integral spoon.
Brass
Makers Stamp mark
German
Circa 1930
Height 12cm Diameter 8cm
Spoon: Height 0.5cm. Width 3.5cm. Length 14cm
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
SUDLOW'S - Cobalt Blue Glazed Ceramic & Silver Overlay Tea Set - UK - Circa 1920
Located in Chatham, ON
SUDLOW'S - Rare antique cobalt blue glazed ceramic tea set with silver overlay - featuring decoration to all sides, rims and handles on each piece - consisting of a tea pot and stand...
Category
Early 20th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Leaf
$3,934 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Rare American Aesthetic Movement Six-Piece Silver-Plated Coffee and Tea Service
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Impressive and Rare American Aesthetic Movement Six-Piece Silver-Plated Coffee and Tea Service. The ornately designed service with griffon finials and raised on a tapered and foo...
Category
Early 1900s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
$9,960 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Limoges coffee service
By Limoges
Located in MADRID, ES
Hand painted coffee set by Limonges. Composed of; 1 bowl, 7 small bowls, teapot, sugar bowl, milk jug and 14 cups with plates.
Category
1930s French Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$713 / set
Pale Pink & Grey Johann Haviland Tea Set
Located in Stamford, CT
Tea set marked Johann Haviland Bavaria 30140 41. Seven cups and saucers, seven dessert plates, one serving plate, teapot with lid, and sugar bowl wit...
Category
1930s Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$360 Sale Price / set
28% Off
Vintage Coffee/Tea Set Porcelain Teapot, Creamer, Sugar Bowl & Tray Bmf Bavaria
Located in Bastogne, BE
Elegant New Metal Coffee/Tea Set.
Porcelain Teapot, Creamer, Sugar Bowl & Tray By BMF Bavaria, Germany, 1970.
Coffee Pot With removable thermal hood to keep warm insulated wit...
Category
1980s German Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Pink Etruscan Majolica Shell and Seaweed Ceramic Teacup and Saucer Set of 2
By Griffin, Smith & Hill
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A set of two Etruscan majolica teacups with matching saucers. Each piece is glazed in a beautiful pink, purple, green, brown and blue. The tea saucers (or b...
Category
20th Century American High Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$262 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Berndt Friberg, Blue 3-piece Stoneware Tea Set, Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1958
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful 3-piece stoneware tea set stoneware with amazing hare’s fur glaze. Tea pot, cream jug and sugar bowl.
Made by master thrower Berndt Friberg, in the artist's studio at Gu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
$1,897 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Art Deco Silvered Tea Pot from" Cafe du Grand Hotel" France
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique silver plated on brass collectible French Tea Pot from" Cafe du Grand Hotel" France.
Art Deco style made by Boyron Lyon France.
Circa 1940.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Midcentury Porcelain Navy Blue Tea Coffee Service Jug and Cups, Poland, 1960
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Lovely Mid-Century Modern porcelain painted marble coffee set.
Service for 6 people produced by Zaklady Porcelany in Wloclawek in the 1960s.
The service consists of a jug, sugar b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Materials
Enamel
$178 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Four Piece Tea and Coffee Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver four piece tea and coffee service; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This magnificent antiqu...
Category
1860s English Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Chinese Tea/Coffee Cup Flowers Yonzheng Porcelain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A nice Imari Rose coffee cup with beautiful flower scene. Qing Dynasty – Qing Period.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: China
Emperor: Qianlon...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$78 Sale Price
45% Off
Antique Doccia Porcelain Italian Neoclassical Topographical Chocolate/Coffee Pot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique topographical porcelain coffee or chocolate pot.
By the Doccia porcelain manufactory circa 1820.
With painted enamel topograph...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Very Large Antique Worcester Porcelain Cup & Saucer Hand Painted England C. 1820
Located in Katonah, NY
This large cup and saucer were hand-painted by Flight Barr and Barr Worcester at the Worcester Porcelain factory around 1820.
The vibrant blue ground features an extraordinary shade ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Bonnie Seeman Signed Surrealist Porcelain Ceramic Teapot and Cup Set with Tray
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A surrealist porcelain ceramic tea set with teapot and cup set with tray by Bonnie Seeman. Signed on bottom. A whimsical set that creates the look of rich foliage in leafy greens and...
Category
1990s American Tea Sets
Materials
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Gold Leaf
20th Century Italian Baroque Sterling Silver Engraved Tea-Coffeeset with Tray
Located in VALENZA, IT
Important sterling silver tea and coffee service.
The service was entirely handmade in the Baroque style.
The body of the coffee pot, teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl is round and h...
Category
1990s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
$13,112 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Antique Cast-Iron Tea Pot 'Dragonfly', 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This kettle was made in 1960s, in Showa era.
The cast iron kettles like this item are called 'Tetsubin' in Japan.
It can be put on the fire or an ind...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Iron
19th Century Empire Old Paris porcelain tea and coffee set
Located in Delft, NL
19th Century Empire Old Paris porcelain tea and coffee set
An early 19th Century Old Paris porcelain coffee, tea set with green painted French country scenes and gold paint. The gol...
Category
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Indian Silver Three Piece Tea Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A exceptional, fine and impressive antique Indian silver three piece tea service; an addition to our diverse silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique Indian silver tea set/set consists of a teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl.
Each piece of this service has a circular rounded form onto a circular foot.
The surface of each piece is embellished with impressive chased bamboo stalk ornamentation, on a matte background.
The teapot is fitted with a domed hinged cover ornamented with further bamboo stalk decoration and surmounted with the original, fine and impressive finial.
The teapot and cream jug are fitted with silver handles realistically modelled in the form of bamboo stalks.
The teapot has an exceptional spout ornamented with a continuation of foliate ornamentation.
The antique sugar bowl and cream jug retain the original gilded interior.
Condition
This antique tea service...
Category
1890s Indian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Brass Tea Set, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Brass tea set is an original decorative object realized in Europe in the early 20th century.
The set is realized in brass with chiseled decorations.
The set includes: one tea ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
$225 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Japanese Art Deco Tea Set for Four People
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco tea set made of the chary wood .Artisan antique work and hand painted
Weight of the set is about 1.5 Lb .( 750 grams ).
Category
1930s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Fruitwood
$1,875 / set
Woodbury Pewter Academic Revival Pewter Holloware Teapot, 1952
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pewter Holloware teapot from Woodbury Pewter. The teapot is an Academic Revival design after a Meridian, Connecticut model from 1820. Stamped on the underside with the maker's mark.
...
Category
1950s American Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
Richard Richardson Sheffield Edwardian Silverplate Tilting Spirit Kettle/Teapot
Located in Soquel, CA
Richard Richardson Sheffield Edwardian Silverplate Tilting Spirit Kettle/Teapot
Early 20th Century Edwardian tilting silver-plated teapot on stand with...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
African Tuareg Silver Pewter Tea Pot from Mauritania
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage African Tuareg Tea pot Mauritania
Mid-20th century Tuareg teapot from Mauritania, Africa, Western Sahara.
Handcrafted of pewter, copper and brass...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Folk Art Tea Sets
Materials
Brass, Copper, Pewter
Postmodern Italian Stainless Steel and Bakelit Bombe Teapot Coffeepot Kettle
By Carlo Alessi
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Italian Stainless Steel and Bakelit Bombe Teapot Coffeepot Kettle by Carlo Alessi for Alessi, in Flawless conditions. Designed 1950 to 1959 This piece has an attribution m...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Bakelite
20th Century Egyptian Tea Set Arabic with Silver Plate and Pot Bowls Porcelain
Located in Epfach, DE
Egyptian tea set for 6 people with original pot. Like the plate, it is made of solid silver. The stand is very finely crafted and originally belongs to it. The bowls are made of porc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Egyptian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Antique Teapot, Exclusive Silver Floral English Mid-century Coffee Pot
Located in Wembley, GB
An antique tea set and a silver-plated teapot that is beautifully designed and created are suitable for elegant serving. With lid pressed, cast and cha...
Category
1920s English Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver Leaf
$571 Sale Price
51% Off
Vintage Japanese “1000 Faces” Tea Cup and Saucer Set - 8 Pieces
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Vintage Japanese "1000 Faces" Tea Cup and Saucer Set featuring 8 intricately decorated pieces with vibrant colors and golden accents, perfect for collectors.
We sell items as acqu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Toucan Porcelaine Cremier by Hermès Paris
By Hermès
Located in Sofia, BG
Serving piece for milk or cream from the iconic porcelain collection Toucan by HERMES in great condition.
Category
Late 20th Century European Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Opalescent Pastel Colors Coffee / Tea Set for Eight with Gold Rims
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pastel Colors Opalescent Glass Coffee Tea Set for Eight
Manufactured by Arcopal, France, 1960s.
A highly decorative set of eight Harlequin opalescent pastel colors glass tea or coffe...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Webster & Son Victorian Silver Plated Etched Tea Set - 3 Pc Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Webster & Son Victorian Silver Plated Etched Tea Set - 3 Pc Set. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 5.5" H x 10.25" W x 6.75" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Carl Auböck II Teapot, model 3879 Austria 1950's
Located in Chicago, IL
Carl Auböck II Teapot, model 3879 Austria 1950's
Handcrafted in Austria during the 1950s for Werkstätte Carl Auböck. This exquisite piece combines form and function, showcasing a uni...
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
19th C. Spode 44 Pc. Porcelain Tea Set
By Spode
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This Classic 19th century Spode Dessert and tea and coffee service encompasses the beauty of the period as well as the elegant floral decoration. The com...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Metallic Thread
Royal Doulton White Blue Gold Coffee or Tea Demitasse Cup & Saucer, circa 19th C
Located in New York, NY
A very special English Royal Doulton for luxury retailer Davis Collamore & Co LTD, espresso coffee or tea demitasse cup and saucer set, ci...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
Six English Turkey Cups and Saucers, Wild Turkey Flying by Johnson Brothers
Located in Austin, TX
A set of six cups and saucers featuring the Wild Turkey - Flying brown and white transfer-ware pattern by the celebrated English pottery firm, Johnson Brothers.
With authentic mid...
Category
20th Century English Tea Sets
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
French porcelain Coffee / Tea Service for 10 People
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Nice coffee or tea service from the first half of the 20th century for 10 people.
Beautiful porcelain quality, white with fine gold edging and gold patterns on each piece.
High Porce...
Category
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$249 Sale Price
25% Off
1930 Jean Puiforcat Modernist Tea Coffee Egoiste Set Sterling Silver Rosewood
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Art Deco Modernist tea and coffee egoiste set in sterling pure silver and rosewood by Jean E. Puiforcat created in the 1930s.
Service including:
- a coffee pot : 9 cm x 9 cm
- a tea...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Royal Grafton ‘Malvern’ 38 piece tea service, 1950s, Floral Gilt Trim
Located in Worcester Park, GB
The pattern features a white body with a scalloped edge, multicoloured floral sprays, a blue and yellow geometric border, and gilt trim The Royal Grafton...
Category
1950s English Romantic Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Mid-Century German Tea or Coffee Pot by Heinrich Löffelhardt for Arzberg, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-century German tea or coffee pot by Heinrich Löffelhardt for Arzberg, 1960s This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials: Porcelain
Color: Blue
Styles: ...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Tea or Coffee Set, Rosslau China Blau
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain set, Rosslau China Blau.
Breakfast set from the Hermann Schomburg & Söhne Porzellan Rosslau manufacture, China Blau collection. Very good condi...
Category
1980s German Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$332 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-Century Ceramic Teapot Set by Alfa Ceramiche, Italy, 1950s
Located in Catania, CT
Good vintage condition with normal trace of age and use for this teapot set made from ceramic and produced in Italy during the 50s by Alfa Ceramiche.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$931 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Tiffany & Co. Antique Repousse Silver Plate Coffee or Tea Service Set
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique silverplate tea or coffee service set, including: tea pot, sugar, creamer, bowl, and large service tray.
By Tiffany & Co.
Tray is associated and is marked "Ascot Sheffield Design...
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Deco Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Dragon Trainer Teapot, Handmade in Italy, Luxury Handcrafted, 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...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$3,756 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Samuel Alcock Matched Solitaire Porcelain Tea Set, Pink with Flowers, ca 1836
Located in London, GB
A matched solitaire tea set consisting of a teapot with cover, a sucrier with cover, a milk jug and a matched trio consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer. With pink ground...
Category
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$980 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Lotta Odelius for Sagaform Sweden Retro Teapot
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
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Dec 23, 2024, 8:07 PM (5 days ago)
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Sagaform Sweden ceramic teapot with lid features abstract geometric design in green and blue palette, inspired by 1950s S...
Category
Early 2000s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
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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