Tea Sets
Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Bakelite
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1890s Indian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century French Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Belgian Tea Sets
Ceramic
2010s Italian Other Tea Sets
Ceramic
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century American American Empire Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s Austrian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1850s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Ceramic
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
1860s French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century English Tea Sets
Earthenware, Pottery
Early 1900s Latvian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Stoneware
1940s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1950s Vintage Tea Sets
Terracotta
Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1880s Italian Other Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century German Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1990s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Danish Adam Style Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Tea Sets
Gold
1920s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s German Baroque Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Serpentine, Silver Plate, Brass
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Gold
1980s Italian Renaissance Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1950s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Country Tea Sets
Pottery
1940s Mexican Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Bakelite
1870s Antique Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Enamel
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Silver
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1860s English Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
1950s English Romantic Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
20th Century German Tea Sets
Ceramic
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
17th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1880s French Restauration Antique Tea Sets
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Steel
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.





