Tea Sets
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1790s English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Tea Sets
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
Late 18th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Majolica
1970s Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1800s Danish Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
2010s French Tea Sets
Earthenware
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century British Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Tea Sets
Metal, Silver
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Tea Sets
Faience
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Art Glass
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1850s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver, Silver
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Gold
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
2010s French Tea Sets
Earthenware
19th Century Unknown Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1940s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century British Hepplewhite Antique Tea Sets
Pewter
1980s German Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Other Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1850s Unknown Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Clay
1870s Danish Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Faience
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century French 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.