Tea Sets
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s British Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Pewter
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Silver
1960s Italian Renaissance Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Pewter
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
1770s English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s French Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s English Queen Anne Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Sandstone
Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Asian Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Country Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver, Vermeil
1930s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Pottery
Late 19th Century British Empire Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Pewter
2010s Italian Belle Époque Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s British Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s French Tea Sets
Earthenware
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Ceramic
1840s British Early Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Tea Sets
Gold
20th Century Japonisme 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.