Tea Sets
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Alpaca
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Leather
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Argentine Louis XV Tea Sets
Silver
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s Great Britain (UK) Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Restauration Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Hungarian Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Glass
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1770s English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Folk Art Tea Sets
Brass, Copper, Pewter
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Copper
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s Spanish Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Paint
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century American Renaissance Revival Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century German Antique Tea Sets
Gold Plate, Silver, Enamel
Late 19th Century Country Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century English George III Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Nickel
Mid-20th Century Polish Other Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Tea Sets
Onyx
Mid-20th Century Chilean Colonial Revival Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century North American Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Tea Sets
Alpaca
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Brass
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1880s English Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century British Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Tea Sets
Brass
1790s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Tea Sets
Metal
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
1860s American American Empire Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1860s British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Tea Sets
Gold
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
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.