Tea Sets
Early 1900s Latvian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Mexican Neoclassical Revival Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Pottery
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s Hungarian Chinoiserie Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Mid-19th Century Other Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Islamic Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Earthenware, Cane
20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Tea Sets
Vermeil, Silver
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century German Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Copper
19th Century Austrian Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Pearlware
1970s Italian Other Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1950s French Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Silver
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Aluminum
1770s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Tea Sets
Gold
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Malaysian Modern Tea Sets
Copper
20th Century Russian Regency Tea Sets
Brass
20th Century English Empire Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Sheffield Plate
18th Century Scottish Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Stone, Silver, Brass, Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Glass
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Tea Sets
Alpaca
Early 1900s North American Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1790s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century American 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.