Tea Sets
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Opaline Glass
18th Century British Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Turkish Art Deco Tea Sets
Paste, Fruitwood, Oak, Paint
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
17th Century Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1880s American Anglo-Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Brass
Late 19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Copper
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Tea Sets
Metal
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Sandstone
Early 19th Century Chinese Minimalist Antique Tea Sets
Bronze
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1780s English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1890s Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Vintage Tea Sets
20th Century Tea Sets
Silver
Late 19th Century German Empire Antique Tea Sets
Gold
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s French Tea Sets
Earthenware
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
Early 20th Century British Tea Sets
Metal
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1960s American Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Pewter
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Unknown Neoclassical 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.