Tea Sets
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Tea Sets
Brass
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1760s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Ceramic
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Britannia Standard Silver
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Gold
17th Century Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Portuguese Romantic Tea Sets
Silver
1910s French Space Age Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Ironstone
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
Early 20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Enamel
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
18th Century British George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Creamware, Pottery
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Glass
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century English George II Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Tea Sets
Faience
18th Century English George II Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1710s Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1790s German Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Pewter
Early 20th Century Russian Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Silver
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.