Tea Sets
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
2010s French Tea Sets
Earthenware
20th Century German Victorian Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century Swedish Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Tea Sets
Metal, Silver
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Metallic Thread
1910s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1910s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century British Queen Anne Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Tea Sets
Pottery
21st Century and Contemporary English Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
1920s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Silver
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1830s English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Mahogany
1770s Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century French Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Tea Sets
Faience
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century North American Tea Sets
Ceramic
1890s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Norwegian Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1770s Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century French Tea Sets
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
2010s French Tea Sets
Earthenware
Late 19th Century English Belle Époque Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1920s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
2010s Spanish Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Spanish Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century American Primitive Antique Tea Sets
Metal
1960s Finnish Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1960s American Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1910s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1980s American Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export 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.