Tea Sets
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century American American Empire Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1950s Czech Bohemian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century British Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Danish Adam Style Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Metal
1940s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Pewter
Late 20th Century Japonisme Tea Sets
Porcelain
1850s English Other Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
2010s Italian Other Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s German Baroque Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1850s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s Italian Baroque Revival Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century North American Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century English Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1860s French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Late 19th Century German Empire Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century French Louis XV Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century German Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s English Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver Leaf
1880s Italian Empire Antique Tea Sets
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
20th Century German Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Metal
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Tea Sets
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 1900s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 18th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1870s Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 18th Century German Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1930s Austrian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Gold Leaf
1880s Italian Other Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s European Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Glass
1810s French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century French Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Copper
Early 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Sterling 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.





