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Tea Sets For Sale
Mexican Modernistic Sterling Silver Tea Coffee Set by Hector Aguilar
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early four-pieces sterling silver coffee or tea serve set by Hector Aguilar (1905-1986) circa 1940-1945 per mark "HA, Taxco, 940". The mid-century modernist silverware...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Chinese Porcelain Yongzheng Gilt and Red Flower Butterfly Tea Set
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A rare chinese porcelain gilt dish and cup
Thinly potted porcelain decorated in gilt and red. Chinese export porcelain with gilt painted flower pet...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$710 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Victorian sterling silver kettle made by Edward Hutton in London in 1881
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1881 by Edward Hutton, this very attractive, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Kettle, features engraved decoration throughout, and a cast stand with burner....
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Stunning aesthetic period antique sterling silver tea set - hallmarked in 1874
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Exeter in 1874 by James & Josiah Williams, this exquisite, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver 4 Piece Tea Set, features incredible aesthetic design influenced engraving...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Chinese Porcelain Tea Set Teapot Donkey Yongzheng/Early Qianlong Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice example with Donkey and Traveller with attendant.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: China
Emperor: Qianlong (1735-1796)
Period: 18t...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,838 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 6 Antique Japanese Meiji Tea Bowls Porcelain Straits Ennamels Eggshell
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice set of 6 tea bowls with saucer decorated with flowers and pommegranat. They are marked on the base. Decoration for the SE Asian market. Straits style.
Additional informa...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,918 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 12 Antique Japanese Meiji Period Chawan Tea Bowls Porcelain Eggshell
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice set of 12 bowls decorated. They are marked on the base.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 19th century, 20th century Meiji Periode (1867-1912)
Age: Pre-1800
Condition: 1 dish with restored chip. Rest of pieces perfect.
Dimension...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,518 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Four-Piece Sterling Silver Tea Set by Puiforcat, France
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Beautiful sterling silver tea set by Puiforcat, France. Consisting of tea pot, coffee pot, creamer and sugar bowl.
Coffee pot: 8” wide x 5.5” deep x 10” tall.
Tea pot: 9.5” wide x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 20 Antique Japanese Arita Kangxi Style Tea Set Flowers Porcelain, 19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice and rare set of blue and white teabowls, Marked. Japanese in Chinese style. Top Quality.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Pe...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,121 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Coffee Pot Silver European 19th Century Empire Blackened Handle, Austria
Located in New York, NY
Coffee pot silver European 19th century blackened handle Austria. An exquisite example of a empire coffee pot made during the 19th century in Austria. Ov...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Neoclassical antique sterling silver sugar basket made by Robert Hennell I 1784
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1784 by Robert Hennell I, this attractive George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Sugar Basket, features pierced and engraved decoration, an engraved crest...
Category
1780s English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 6 Japanese Edo Period Gold Imari Porcelain Butterfly Tea Bowl & Saucer
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice Edo period tea set with imari floral and butterfly decoration.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 18th century
Age: Pre-1800
...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,510 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Chinese Porcelain "George Brander Murder" Milk Jug Chine De Commande, 18th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Qianlong, 18th century, circa 1785. Famille Rose
Family enamels decoration, of a murder scene with two men in a landscape, in a gold oval reserve, the rim with purple ribbon and garl...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$3,198 Sale Price
20% Off
Porcelain Art Fencai Teapot with Flowers & Poem Porcelain Chinese, 1980/1990
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely made teapot. Late 20th century and of very nice quality. Very original in its artwork and painting
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Orig...
Category
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,990 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique George V Sterling Silver Cream Jug by A E Jones
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver cream jug made by A E Jones in the Arts & Crafts style; an addition to our range of collectable silverware
This fine antique sterling silver cream jug has a circular rounded form.
The surface of the jug has a planished finish in the Arts & Crafts style.
This impressive Birmingham silver jug is encompassed with an applied moulded border to the rim of the body.
The jug is fitted with a plain sterling silver stylized C-shaped handle.
This silver cream jug has a cylindrical support to a circular foot embellished with an embossed undulating design.
This iconic jug was crafted by the renowned and collectable silversmith A E Jones.
Condition
This antique cream jug...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
George III period 19th century sterling silver cream jug - London 1806
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1806, this handsome, George III, Antique Sterling Silver Cream Jug, stands on four ball feet, and features a gadroon border around the rim, and a gilt interio...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tea Set 75 Mint Green by Augusto Betti Paradisoterrestre Edition 2023
Located in Ozzano Dell'emilia, IT
Designed in 1975 - Paradisoterrestre Edition 2023
Material: enameled pottery
Colours: mint green; also available in white or pink.
The tea set designed by Italian artist Augusto B...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
Ornate Victorian Antique Sterling Silver 4 Piece Tea Set, London, 1876
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1876 by Martin, Hall & Co., this ornate, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Tea Set, features wondeful chased d...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 2 blue flowery "George Sand" dessert plates, earthenware
By Aude Clément
Located in Paris, FR
Set of Two blue dessert plates from the George Sand Collection.
This dessert plate is adorned with a raised pattern of strawberries, strawberry le...
Category
2010s French Tea Sets
Materials
Earthenware
Handsome Edwardian sterling silver coffee pot made by Mappin & Webb in 1904
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1904 by Mappin & Webb, this handsome, Antique Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, is urn shaped, plain in style, and features a wooden handle and reed borders arou...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
1960s Secunda Purple Tea Cups With Piemonte Saucers for Rosenthal Studio - 10 Pc
Located in Delray Beach, FL
A 10-piece porcelain tea cup set in the Piemonte & Purple Secunda patterns designed by fashion icon Emilio Pucci and Hans Theo Baumann respectiv...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Sterling Silver Kettle/Pot, Creamer and Sugar Bowl by Frantz Hingelberg, Denmark
Located in North Miami, FL
1930s Jugendstil sterling silver 3-pieces coffee and tea set: kettle/pot, creamer and sugar bowl designed by Svend Weihrauch for Frantz Hingelberg, Denmark
By: Frantz Hingelberg, Sv...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver, Silver
Purple, Pink, Blue and Yellow Lillian Venon Lotus Bowls and Saucers, 8 Pieces
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional set of 4 saucers and 4 bowls by Lillian Venon. Each bowl displays a plant shape, one in pink, purple, blue and yellow.
Bowls measure 4.5”D, 2...
Category
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$221 Sale Price
25% Off
Golden Porcelain Teapot with Snake Decoration, KPM c. 1800
Located in Greding, DE
Rare teapot made of gold-patinated porcelain with surrounding snake decoration. The serpentine body winds around the oval smooth belly of the pot and form...
Category
Early 1800s Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Neoclassical 18th Century Sterling Silver Teapot On Stand - John Denziloe 1787/8
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1787 and 1788 by John Denziloe, this handsome, George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Teapot on Stand, is in the Neoclassical style, with brightcut engrav...
Category
1780s English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Nouveau 3 Piece Silver Tea Set in Presentation Box - London 1902
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1902 by Wakely & Wheeler, this charming, Antique Sterling Silver Tea Set, is presented in its original box, and comprises a teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl, ...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-Century Coffee and Tea Set
Located in Pasadena, CA
Mid-Century coffee set with coffee pot, tea pot, cream and sugar. Newly polished silver plate over brass. Bottom of coffee pot is stamped "silver plate."
Coffee pot measurements: ...
Category
1950s Vintage Tea Sets
$425 / set
Love Art Ceramic Owl Teapot, hand made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
The ceramic Owl teapot, exquisitely hand-painted by Minenhle Nene and skillfully sculpted by Sfiso Mvelase, is a masterpiece from the Love Art Ceramic studio in South Africa. Althoug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Silver Three Piece Tea Service
By Tu Qing Yun
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver three piece tea service; an addition to our diverse silver teaware collection
This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver tea service consists of a teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl.
Each piece of this silver tea set has a square rounded form; the teapot features a cylindrical neck and the cream jug and sugar bowl bear circular tapering upper rims.
The surface of each piece is embellished with an impressive planish finish.
One side of each piece bears an impressive applied branch bordered cartouche, ornamented with embossed plum blossom illustrations, incorporating perched birds to the branches.
The other side features an incurved shaped panel ornamented with an iconic oriental undulating dragon design, emanating from cloud motifs.
The teapot is fitted with the original domed hinged cover surmounted with an embossed silver finial modelled in the form of a dragon's head.
This Chinese silver teapot...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Tea and Coffee Silver Set, Silver 800 by Enrico Messulam for Bolli Milan
Located in Roma, IT
Set composed by teapot, coffee pot, milk jug and sugar bowl with wooden handle and hinged lids with cornucopia knobs.
Produced by Bolli, Milan, by the famous silversmith Enrico Mess...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Early 19th Century Wedgwood Porcelain Biggin Teapot with Blue Glazed Accents
By Wedgwood
Located in Middleburg, VA
1820 Wedgwood Biggin teapot. Dating to the 1820s this is a spectacular and elegant biggin. This is named for Mr. Biggin, who developed the form in 1817. Biggins can be used as teapots or coffee pot, with the upper part holding tea leaves or coffee grounds and having two perforated strainers through which boiling water is poured. The lid has a small round button handle with a hole in the center to vent steam.
Wedgwood decorated the lid, upper section and lower body with applied blue glaze, finely detailed floral bands. The body design is the same Wedgwood used...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Philippe Wolfers Silver Guilt Tea Strainer, Belgium, 1900
Located in Milan, IT
Tea strainer with long handle, in gilded silver with smooth and perforated cup, phytiform peduncle and engraved laurel to decorate the everted edge. Handle with smooth attachment which then becomes laurel and other racemes. At the top, the herm of a female joker. Philippe Wolfers...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Vintage Coffee Set by Forstenberg West-Germany, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage coffee set is an original decorative object realized in the 1970s.
Made in Ceramics.
Made in Germany
Various dimensions. Sugar bow...
Category
1970s German Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$270 Sale Price / set
25% Off
2 Blue Flowery "George Sand" Dinner Plates
By Aude Clément
Located in Paris, FR
Set of Two Blue Plates from the George Sand Collection
These plates feature a blue background that creates a striking contrast with the intricate decorations surrounding the edge. T...
Category
2010s French Tea Sets
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century Brass Kettle
Located in Burton, TX
This 19th Century Kettle was crafted from brass by artisans in the late 1800's. The piece features two intricately detailed handles that lead to t...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
$560 / item
Pair of Ceramic Jugs, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of Ceramic Jugs is a pair of decorative objects realized in the early 20th Century.
Italian Manufacture.
In good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$720 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Eugen Zint Copper Set , Germany, 1950s
By Eugen Zint
Located in Roma, IT
Eugen Zint copper set is an original group of objects realized in the 1950s.
Original copper objects, the set includes: a rectangular tray with brass han...
Category
1950s German Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
$585 Sale Price / set
25% Off
William Henry Creswick, Arts & Crafts Design Sterling Silver Tea Set, 1929
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1929 (the hot water pot hallmarked in 1935) by William Henry Creswick, this wonderful, 4 piece Sterling Silver Tea Set, is a ...
Category
1920s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Mario Buccellati Sterling Silver 4-Piece Tea&Coffee Set w Satin Finish SALE
Located in New York, NY
Mario Buccellati sterling silver tea and coffee set, made in a rare Buccellati technique with satin finish, with wood handles, in an elegant design, from the 20th century, consisting...
Category
20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Flowery Tea Cups for 2 "George Sand", green color
By Aude Clément
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful set of 2 earthenware tea cups in the "George Sand" collection.
These tea cups feature an elegant and detailed design, adorned with a raised pattern of strawberry leaves, ...
Category
2010s French Tea Sets
Materials
Earthenware
Flowery "George Sand" Breakfast Cups for 2, green color
By Aude Clément
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful set of 2 earthenware breakfast cups in the "George Sand" collection.
This breakfast cup features an elegant and detailed design, adorned with a raised pattern of strawber...
Category
2010s French Tea Sets
Materials
Earthenware
Set of 2 red flowery "George Sand" dessert plates, earthenware
By Aude Clément
Located in Paris, FR
Set of Two Red dessert plates from the George Sand Collection.
This dessert plate is adorned with a raised pattern of strawberries, strawberry leaves, and small white flowers, caref...
Category
2010s French Tea Sets
Materials
Earthenware
Arts & Crafts Style Sterling Silver Café au Lait Set
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver café au lait set made in the Arts & Crafts style; an addition to our collectable teaware collection.
T...
Category
1930s Great Britain (UK) Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Silver and Enamels Tea Strainer, URSS, 1940
Located in Milan, IT
Tea strainer with handle, silver gilded and decorated with yellow, blue and red cloisonné enamels. URSS, circa 1940.
Category
Mid-20th Century Russian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Pair of Hand-Painted Porcelain Cups with 22k Gold Detailing, 1960s
Located in PARIS, FR
This exquisite pair of hand-painted porcelain cups from the 1960s showcases fine craftsmanship and timeless elegance. Standing at 4 cm in height with a 5.5 cm diameter, each cup is a...
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Emil Hermann German Sterling Silver Tea Set Four-Piece Modernistic 0408
By Emil Hermann
Located in Big Bend, WI
Emil Hermann
This Mid-Century modernistic four-piece sterling silver tea set was made by Emil Hermann of Germany circa 1921-1950s. The pieces are modernistic with ball finials. The...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Colonial Fiddle by Tuttle Sterling Silver Tea Set 5 Piece '#6120' Vintage
Located in Big Bend, WI
Colonial fiddle by Tuttle.
Wonderful Colonial Fiddle by Tuttle sterling silver 5-piece tea set (FDR - 7th year) with ebony handles & finials. This set includes:
1 - Coffee Pot:...
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Glass Coffee Set, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Glass coffee set is a wonderful glass decorative object, realized during the 1970s.
Beautifully glass set of six little coffeesmall cup with metal handles. Label of manufacturer ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
$360 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Modernist Brass Tea Caddy by Hayno Focken
By Hayno Focken
Located in Petworth, GB
Modernist Tea Caddy by Hayno Focken with integral spoon.
Brass
Makers Stamp mark
German
Circa 1930
Height 12cm Diameter 8cm
Spoon: Height 0.5cm. Width 3.5cm. Length 14cm
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
18th-Century Colonial Solid Silver Mate Cup
Located in Madrid, ES
Antique solid silver mate cup from the late 18th century, crafted in the Colonial style. This finely made piece reflects the traditional silverwork of the period, with an elegant and...
Category
1770s Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Vintage Black Coffee Set by Eugen Wiedamann, Germany, 1950s-1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Black coffee set by Eugen Wiedamann is an original decorative group of objects realized between the 1950s and the 1960s.
Made in Germany. Realized...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Tin
$675 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Stylish Art Deco period sterling silver tea set by Walker & Hall Sheffield 1939
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1939 by Walker & Hall, this stylish, George VI period, Sterling Silver 3 Piece Tea Set, is in the Art Deco taste, with each piece plain in design, and octa...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sheffeld Tea Set, Half of the 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sheffeld tea set is an original decorative set of objects realized in the half of the 20th century.
Chiseled silverplate.
The set includes three objects; a tea pot, a milk jug ...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
$351 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Sugar Sprinkler, Rosewwod, Silver and Shell, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Sugar sprinkler made from a perforated St. James shell, attached to the waxed rosewood handle, with a silver floral pattern graft.
Italy, circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Limoges Porcelain Teapot, 1950s
By Limoges
Located in Roma, IT
Limoges porcelain teapot is an original decorative object realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Made in France.
Original fine Limoges Porcelain with...
Category
1950s French Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$315 Sale Price
25% Off
Two Vintage Green Pitchers by Eugen Wiedamann, Germany, 1950s-1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Two green pitchers by Eugen Wiedamann is an original decorative pair of objects realized between the 1950s and the 1970s.
Made in Germany and realized by Eugen Wiedamann, Regensburg...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Tin
$450 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Vintage Art Nouveau Pewter Pot by Paul Haustein, Germany, 1905
Located in Roma, IT
Art Nouveau pot is an original decorative object realized in 1905.
Original pewter.
Produced by Gerhardi & Co., Lüdenscheid. Designed by Paul Haustein...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
$432 Sale Price
25% Off
Set Consisting of Three Silver Plated Metal Coffee and Milk Jugs
Located in Marbella, ES
Set Consisting of Three Silver Plated Metal Coffee and Milk Jugs
Category
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Materials
Metallic Thread
Early 19th Century Hand Painted Porcelain Spode Cabinet Trio, circa 1825
Located in Central England, GB
A Rare Early 19th C Spode Cabinet Trio, Circa 1825
This superb early Spode distinctively decorated regency period porcelain cabinet trio consists of a saucer, teacup, and coffee c...
Category
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Plastic Coffee Set by Erik Magnussen for Stelton, Denmark
Located in Roma, IT
This plastic coffee set is a decorative object designed by Erik Magnussen for Stelton during the second half of the 20th century.
Plastic set made in Denmark. It includes:
- a coffee pot.
Dimensions: cm 30 x 10.5 (diameter). Weight: 745 gr.
- a cup with cover.
Dimensions: cm 9,5 x 8 (diameter). Weight: 85 gr.
- a sugar bowl.
Dimensions: cm 5.5 x 10,5. Weight: 95 gr.
All the pieces are in excellent conditions: no missing piece, the set is complete.
Beautiful black coffee set...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Materials
Plastic
$270 Sale Price
25% Off
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.
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