Contemporary porcelain tea service from the SoShiro Ainu collection
By SoShiro
Located in London, GB
An all-in-one white porcelain service ware set from SoShiro’s Ainu collection, a collaboration between award-winning artist Toru Kaizawa and Shiro Muchiri...
Porcelain
Big Ear Mug by Siup Studio, Ceramic, Post-Modern Design, Poland, 2023
Located in Geneve, CH
Big ear mug by Siup Studio. Dimensions: D9 x W16 x H8cm. Materials: Ceramics. Siup is a small design studio based in Warsaw. The concept is created by three friends – Martyna Dy...
Ceramic
$3,756 / set
Blue Doobide Crockery Set by Alfredo Häberli
Located in Geneve, CH
Blue Doobide Crockery set by Alfredo Häberli Limited Edition of 10 sets per color. Materials: Dyed porcelain, painted by hand in platinum. Dimensions: ...
Porcelain
$3,756 / set
Green Doobide Crockery Set by Alfredo Häberli
Located in Geneve, CH
Green Doobide srockery set by Alfredo Häberli Limited Edition of 10 sets per color. Materials: Dyed porcelain, painted by hand in platinum. Dimensions: Teapot: D 16 x W 16 x H 18 cm. Teacup: D 6,5 x W 6,5 x H 5,6 cm. Available in Beige, Green, Flesh, Grey and Blue. Doobide Collection is inspired in emirates’ society coffee tradition and has been designed to celebrate BD 50th anniversary. The collection consitist of a limited edition of 50 numbered crockery sets...
Porcelain
$3,756 / set
Beige Doobide Crockery Set by Alfredo Häberli
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige Doobide Crockery set by Alfredo Häberli Limited Edition of 10 sets per color. Materials: Dyed porcelain, painted by hand in platinum. Dimensions:...
Porcelain
$3,756 / set
Grey Doobide Crockery Set by Alfredo Häberli
Located in Geneve, CH
Grey Doobide crockery set by Alfredo Häberli Limited Edition of 10 sets per color. Materials: dyed porcelain, painted by hand in platinum. Dimensions: ...
Porcelain
$2,975Sale Price|30% Off
Coffee pot in perforated silver, floral checkered motifs & hinged lid w/ knob
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Perforated silver coffee pot, checkered floral motifs and hinged lid with pommel. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Corôa. Weight: 479.95 grams. Dimensions...
Silver
ANTIQUE 1844 WILLIAM MOULSON CUT GLASS STERLING SiVLER SUGAR SHAKER MUST SEE!
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning 1844 early Victorian Sugar Shaker with fully hallmarked Sterling Silver top made by the great ...
Sterling Silver
Pair of Omar Ramsden Arts & Crafts / Sterling Silver Ewers / Flagons, 1937
By Omar Ramsden
Located in London, GB
A wonderful pair of Arts & Crafts solid silver jugs / coffee pot & hot water jug in a spectacular octagonal panelled pattern. The set features...
Sterling Silver
Pair of George III Tot Beakers Made in London by John Emes, 1801
By John Emes
Located in London, GB
A Rare Pair of George III Tot Beakers Made in London in 1801 by John Emes. The Beakers are modelled in an unusual size and were almost certainly used for drinking something strong. ...
Silver
$813Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Tea Pot Japan, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Faboulous japanese earthenware Teapot of unusual shape. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Type: Tea/Coffee Drinking: Bowls, Cups & Teapots Japanese Style...
Porcelain
Experimental/Prototype Silver Coffee/Tea Set Paul Tarantino for Georg Jensen
By Paul A. Tarantino, Georg Jensen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning pure silver coffee and tea set with original renderings (drawings),, Hand executed by Paul Tarantino believed to be designed for Georg Jensen, (never produced), Exaggerated ...
Sterling Silver
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.