Tea Sets
Early 20th Century Russian Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Silver
1920s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Tea Sets
Gold Plate
Early 20th Century American Regency Revival Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Regency Revival Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Stoneware
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Brass
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Tea Sets
Faience
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
1730s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Georgian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
17th Century French Country Antique Tea Sets
Brass
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Turkish Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Silver
Early 1900s Dutch Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1910s British Edwardian Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1920s Japanese Vintage Tea Sets
Gold
Early 20th Century English Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Rococo Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1760s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic, Creamware, Pottery
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1910s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Sheffield Plate
18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century English George I Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1910s American Edwardian Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1910s American Edwardian Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century British Tea Sets
Metal
Late 18th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s Argentine Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
Early 20th Century Russian Empire Tea Sets
Brass
1910s English British Colonial Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Steel
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1750s English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1900s German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
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.