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Tea Sets For Sale
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Coffee Service, Carl Auböck II, 1950s
Located in London, GB
A three-piece brass coffee service with cane-wrapped handles, designed by Carl Auböck II during the 1950s. The contrast of cane wrapped handles with smooth brass is typical of the ...
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets

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Brass

Flight Barr & Barr Teacup, Regency Imari Pattern, ca 1815
Located in London, GB
This is a colourful teacup and saucer made by Flight Barr & Barr around the year 1815. The set is decorated with a bright Imari design in the Regency taste. This teacup would have f...
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1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

WMF Silver Plate Coffee Pot Sucrier and Milk Jug, c1925
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
WMF Silver Plate Coffee Pot Sucrier and Milk Jug, c1925 Additional information: Date : c1925 Period : Victoria or Edward VII (Emperor Wilhelm II) Marks : GUST.L.HAUER - FRANKFURT A....
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20th Century German Victorian Tea Sets

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Silver

Sterling Silver Stieff Vintage Floral Repousse Sugar Bowl & Creamer Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sugar Bowl (h x l x d): 6 x 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 in Creamer (h x l x d): 5 x 5 x 3.5 in Total Weight: 27.7 toz Hand chased.
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1950s American Vintage Tea Sets

Materials

Sterling Silver

Small Engraved Silver Part-Tea Service of Persian Design
Located in London, GB
Small engraved silver part-tea service of Persian design Persian, 20th Century Samovar: Height 23cm, width 16cm, depth 15cm Teapot: Height 9cm, width 10cm, depth 6.5cm Decorated wit...
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20th Century Persian Tea Sets

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Silver

19th Century Art Nouveau English Copper & Brass Teapot Kettle
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique Art Nouveau style English copper and brass tea kettle or teapot by Soutter & Sons, circa 1890. This fine tea pot has a handmade copper bo...
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Late 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Brass, Copper

Set of Six Postmodern Vermilion Cups, Sugar Bowl and Plate by Parravicini, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1970s. They are made in lacquered ceramic and feature their original label "Parravicini ceramiche". It is a vintage set, but it can be considered as in excellent origi...
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1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Tiffany Hampton Art Deco Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Set on Tray
Located in New York, NY
Hampton sterling silver coffee and tea set on tray. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1930. This set comprises 7 pieces: Hot water kettle on stand, coffeepot, teapot, creamer, su...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Sterling Silver

Japanese Contemporary Red Blue Green Porcelain Long Stem Cup, 9
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese Ko-Imari (old Imari) porcelain long stem cup, in bright red, blue and green colors and generous gold application that are characteristics o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets

Materials

Gold

Antique Japanese Meiji/Taisho Shuzan Satsuma Porcelain Floral Tea Cup or Chawan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Satsuma ware porcelain teacup or chawan. By Shuzan. With a cream ground and an entirely gilt exterior covered with extensive floral decoration of various flowers in ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

French porcelain Coffee / Tea Service for 10 People
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Nice coffee or tea service from the first half of the 20th century for 10 people. Beautiful porcelain quality, white with fine gold edging and gold patterns on each piece. High Porce...
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Early 20th Century Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Teacup Trio Coalport John Rose, Flowers in Gilt Squares and Stars, ca 1800
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful true trio made by John Rose at Coalport around the year 1800. It consists of a teacup and a coffee can sharing one saucer. In the 18th and early 19th Century, th...
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

1960s Silver Plated Tea and Coffee Set Designed by G. Coarezza for Mam Milano
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This silver plated Set designed by G. Coarezza for Mam Milano is a testament to the era's elegance and sophistication in design. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this set...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

Boin-Taburet: 6pc. Antique French 950 Sterling Silver Tea Set - Like New!
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from a Private Mansion in Paris, A Stunning 6pc., 19th Century 950 Sterling Silver Louis XVI Tea Set by Premier French Silversmith "Boin Taburet", An Ultra Luxurious Addition ...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate, Sterling Silver

Antique Edwardian Quality Wedgwood Jasperware Teapot
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Edwardian quality Wedgwood Jasperware teapot having a quality silver plated lid and rim decorated in the traditional Wedgwood blue a...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets

Materials

Other

Japanese Contemporary Porcelain Blue Red Gold Cup, 5
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese Ko-Imari (old Imari) porcelain long stem cup, in bright red, blue and green colors and generous gold application that are charac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets

Materials

Gold

Spode Teacup and Saucer, Red, Gilt with White Chrysanthemum, Regency ca 1810
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer made by Spode around 1810. The set is shaped in the "bute" shape and decorated with a bright Neoclassical pattern of a warm red ground with gilt...
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1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco 3 piece sterling silver tea set - Made by Asprey in 1932
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1932 by Asprey & Co. Ltd., this stylish, Sterling Silver Tea Set, is a fine example of Art Deco design. The teapot measures 4.75"(12cm) tall, by 9"(23cm...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets

Materials

Sterling Silver

Japanese Kutani Ware Painted Shozo Gilt Tea Set of 6, Pot and Cups in Porcelain
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese Kutani Ware Painted Shozo Gilt Tea Set of 6, Pot and Cups in Porcelain Offered for sale is a set of Japanese Kutani Ware Porcelain Hand-painted Shozo Gilt Teapot...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Contemporary Blue Platinum Pink Porcelain Matcha Tea Bowl by Master, 3
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese porcelain matcha tea bowl, a unique piece platinum-gilded on the inside and hand painted in vivid pink and green on the outside set...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets

Materials

Gold

Chinese Export Tea Set, Rockefeller Pattern
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese expChinese export tea set, Rockefeller pattern, covered tea pot, lidded creamer and lidded sugar urn, purchased at Sotherby's auction by previous owner. China. 18th Century....
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18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Very Rare Victorian Sterling Silver Cafetiere - London 1862
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1862 by Alfred Ivory, this rare, Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Cafetiere, is plain in style, with a scroll handle, and an engraved crest to one side. Th...
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1860s English Industrial Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Sterling Silver

Beautiful ART DECO coffee set tea set silver plated, 1930s
Located in Saarburg, RP
Coffee/tea set - 1930s This coffee set from the 1930s is in the typical style of the streamline modern. It includes a coffee pot, teapot, sugar bowl, creamer and a handled tray. Th...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets

Materials

Metal, Silver Plate

Handmade Faceted Stoneware Tea Set
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Handmade Faceted Stoneware Tea Set. American, circa 1960. Signed studio pottery. Safely holds hot water.
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1960s Rustic Vintage Tea Sets

Materials

Stoneware

Vintage Rosenthal Sunburst Coffee/Tea Pot
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Step back in time with this exquisite Vintage Rosenthal Sunburst Coffee/Tea Pot. This elegant piece boasts a timeless design with its unique sunburs...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Contemporary Hand Painted Red Gilded Porcelain Cup and Saucer
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite Japanese contemporary Ko-Imari (Old Imari) style gilded hand painted porcelain cup and saucer. This extraordinary piece brings back the glory an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Tea Sets

Materials

Gold

Pair of Paris Porcelain Three-Footed Gilded Coffee Cups. Empire Period
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A superb pair of opulent 'Porcelain de Paris' three-footed coffee cups with matching saucers – one blue, one burgundy – each richly embellished with hand-painted gilt detailing in ey...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Space Age Makio Hasuike 'Sakura' Ceramic Tea Coffee Set, Franco Pozzi 1960s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Rare and iconic tea or coffee set in brick red brilliant vitreous china ceramic 'SAKURA' designed by Makio Hasuike in 1967 for Ceramica Franco Pozzi. Sakura won 2nd award at the MAC...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Japanese Contemporary Porcelain Red Gold Cup, 6
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Striking Japanese Ko-Imari (old Imari) porcelain long stem cup, in bright red, blue and green colors and generous gold application that are charact...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets

Materials

Gold

Antique Scottish Sterling Silver Teapot
By William Davie
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George II Scottish sterling silver teapot; an addition to our Georgian silver teaware collection This exceptional antique Georgian sterling silver teapot has an globular bullet-shaped onto a cast circular spreading foot. The surface of this silver teapot is embellished with flat engraved foliate and floral decoration to the upper portion. The body of the teapot incorporates the engraved crest of on a mount, a centaur with a bow and arrow, all above the motto 'Ut Quocunque Paratus' - As prepared for whatever may happen*. This antique 18th century silver teapot...
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18th Century Scottish Georgian Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Samuel Alcock Solitaire Tea Set, Beige, Pale Yellow and Flowers, ca 1833
Located in London, GB
A solitaire tea set consisting of a teapot with cover and a trio consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, in “rustic loop” shape, with beige ground with rich pale yellow an...
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1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Tea Tray Oriental Flower and chicken Hand Painting Wooden Serving Tray
Located in Hampshire, GB
Satinwood Tea Tray Oriental Flower and Chicken Hand Painting Serving Tray with Handle. Decorative objects for your home decor. Impressive Flame Brow...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Arts and Crafts Tea Sets

Materials

Paste, Fruitwood, Oak, Paint

Antique Edwardian Design Style Sterling Silver Teapot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver teapot in the Design style; part of our diverse teaware collection. This exceptional and rare antique E...
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Early 1900s British Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Victorian Miniature Doulton Three Piece Tea Set
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian Miniature Doulton Three Piece Tea Set having a salt glaze with silver edging. A charming example in perfect condition Dimensions: Teapot Height 10 x Width 6 x D...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Peter & Denise Orlando, Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Tea Set 1960s, Era Capron
Located in Camblanes et Meynac, FR
Peter & Denise Orlando, Mid-Century Modern ceramic tea set 1960s, Era Capron Free form Ceramic cups and under cups by Peter and Denise Orlando, France 1960s. Glazed in grey with ...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Enamel

Haughwout & Co. Silver Helmet Medallion 5-Piece 19th Century Tea Coffee Set
Located in New York, NY
E. V. Haughwout & Co. silver soldered, mid-19th century 5-piece tea and coffee set in the Helmet Medallion pattern, consisting of: - a coffee pot measuring 11 1/2" in height by 9'' by 6'' - a teapot measuring 8 1/2'' in height by 10 1/2'' from handle to spout - another teapot measuring 9'' in height by 10'' by 6'' - a sugar bowl measuring 7 1/2'' in height by 8'' by 5 1/2'' - a waste bowl measuring 4'' in height by 5 1/2'' in diameter Each piece bears hallmarks and a monogram as shown. E. V. Haughwout was a fashionable emporium, which sold imported cut glass and silverware as well as its own hand painted china and fine chandeliers. It attracted many wealthy clients – including Mary Todd Lincoln, who had new official White House china...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Silver, Silver Plate

Vintage Tea Caddy Box Conch Shell Art & Craft Flower Chicken Hand Painting
Located in Hampshire, GB
Vintage wooden Tea Caddy Box Conch Shell Oriental Flower and Chicken Hand Painting Impressive Flame Brown Mahogany Double Tea Caddy of Outstanding Quality, Workmanship, and compact ...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Arts and Crafts Tea Sets

Materials

Metal, Brass

Beautiful and charming Pewter Teapot from the 19th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful and charming Pewter Teapot from the 19th Century. Richly decorated with stripes. Wear consistent with age and use (see photos)
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19th Century European Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Pewter

Hand Carved Wood Teapot by Terry Evans
Located in Fort Washington, MD
This is a stunning hand-carved wooden teapot by Terry Evans. The craftsmanship is quite detailed, with intricate patterns and a smooth finish that highl...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Wood

Tea set model 149 by WMF
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Silver-plated bronze tea and coffee set, 5 pieces, model 149. Made by the WMF-Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (1853 to the present). “Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork, from Wurttem...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Bronze

Beautiful Rare Shape Antique Old Paris Porcelain Coffee Tea set ca 1850-1880
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Beautiful, Rare shape model, Old Paris porcelain coffee tea set with coffee filter attachment and cup and saucers with monogram! The coffee filter only fits the large coffee (tea) p...
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1860s French Empire Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Hot Water or Coffee Jug
By John Aldwinckle & James Slater
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver hot water / coffee jug; an addition to our diverse silver teaware collection....
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1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Antique Teapot, Exclusive Silver Floral English Mid-century Coffee Pot
Located in Hampshire, GB
An antique tea set and a silver-plated teapot that is beautifully designed and created are suitable for elegant serving. With lid pressed, cast and cha...
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1920s English Rococo Vintage Tea Sets

Materials

Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver Leaf

Meissen, Green Ivy Vine. Set of three tea cups and saucers. Mid-20th C.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Meissen, Green Ivy Vine, a set of three tea cups and saucers. Mid-20th century. Marked. Perfect condition. Mixed factory qualities. Cup: Diameter 9.8 cm. without handle x Height 4.8 cm.
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Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Drabware Group of Cups and Saucers England Circa 1825
Located in Katonah, NY
Made in England in the early 19th century, this set of drabware has six tea cups and saucers and a pair of coffee cans. Unlike other colored earthenwares, which have a white body pai...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Earthenware

Belleek Cabaret Tea Set, Cream Cob Lustre, Erne, Victorian, 1890s
Located in London, GB
This is an extremely rare Belleek cabaret set for two, or "tête-à-tête", made in the Erne series brought out in the 1890s. The items carry the 2nd Black Mark, used between 1891 and 1926. The set consists of a teapot, a milk jug, a sugar bowl, two teacups and saucers, and a large matching tray. This set is very fine and with its restrained cream-white colour it would make a wonderful wedding gift! If you ever thought Belleek fine china looks, sounds and feels unique, you are right. There is a back story to this extraordinarily fine Irish eggshell porcelain, which has an unusually high amount of "frit" and therefore is thinner and finer than any other china. Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh) had started in 1849 with John Caldwell Bloomfield, who was a wealthy land owner. During the Irish famine he realised that unless he would find a way for his tenants to make a profit off the land, they would starve. Agriculture had become impossible due to the agricultural diseases. This caused millions to starve and more millions to leave. As an amateur mineralogist, John Caldwell Bloomfield realised that his land had exactly the right mineral deposits to be used as clay for porcelain. He involved several investors and scientists and after many years of research, trial, error, the building of a railway line to import coal from England, and building a factory, the Belleek pottery resulted, employing the local people and soon producing the finest china made with clay from the Belleek area. What had started as a way to fend off famine among the local tenants had became a story of incredible success by the 1880s as Queen Victoria fell in love with the fine white china and the many homely, slightly bizarre but nature-loving designs; this was different from English tradition, yet it was very much to the taste of the British who had developed a real love for home-made fine china since it was introduced in the late 18th Century. Belleek not only brought out many tea services, but started a new tradition of intricately woven porcelain baskets. Soon the English nobility started to place big orders and the pottery is still flourishing today and selling its wares the world over, while in England most potteries have long disappeared. Belleek made many cabaret services, often called breakfast services or "tête-à-tête" services; these were used to carry breakfast tea up to the bedroom. Queen Victoria bought one in the Echinus style during a visit to the factory in the 1860s, and ever since Belleek's cabaret services have been in great demand. Nowadays there are very few of these left and it is rare to find a full service like this. The Erne series was named after the river right besides the Belleek factory. This river forms the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the factory on the Northern Irish end of the bridge at Belleek. The pattern seems to be a play on the baskets and nets of the fishermen who once fished the abundant trout and salmon on the river Erne and the lake that belongs to it. The items carry the second Black Mark, which was used between 1891 and 1926, however the very fine quality of the porcelain indicates that most pieces of the set are more likely to be from the 1890s than from the 20th Century. You will see that the shade of cob lustre is different on each item; this is normal for Belleek tea sets...
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Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

6pc Sheffield Design Community Ascot Silver Plate Tea Coffee Serving Set
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century 6 piece Sheffield Design Reproduction by Community silver plate tea set, including a large handled / footed tray, tea pot and coffe...
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Mid-20th Century Tea Sets

Materials

Metal

MCM Russel Wright Tea Service in Robin's Egg Blue
Located in Austin, TX
Mid-century lifestyle influencer, Russel Wright believed, 'The table was the center of the home.' Now with ‘Mid-Mod’ all the rage again, Russel Wright’s American Modern Collection o...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Pottery

Hand Painted Porcelain Tea Set from Central Asia in Kobalt Blue & Gold
Located in Vienna, Austria
Porcelain tea set from Central Asia, that consist of 6 small tea bowls, a tea pot and one plate for cookies. The traditional floral pattern is in cobalt blue glaze, the hand painted...
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1960s Central Asian Modern Vintage Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Puiforcat (Hermes), Christofle, Faberge - 5pc. French 950 Sterling Tea Set
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from Paris, a Stunning 5pc. Antique French 950 Sterling Silver Tea Set by the World's Premier French Silversmiths "Emile Puiforcat" (Current...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Vermeil, Sterling Silver

Beautiful Antique Old Paris Porcelain Coffee service - France 1850-1880
Located in BAAMBRUGGE, NL
Beautiful antique Old Paris porcelain (Porcelaine de Paris) coffee tea service from ca 1850-1880! Very delicately hand decorated with gold...
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1860s French Empire Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Samuel Alcock Teacup and Milk Jug, Pale Yellow, Gilt and Flowers, ca 1824
Located in London, GB
A teacup and saucer with milk jug in the “melted snow” shape with double drop handles, pale yellow ground with rich gilt and cobalt blue acanthus pattern and finely painted flower re...
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1820s English Regency Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Early 20th Century Georg Jensen Art Nouveau Style ''Blossom'' Sterling Tea Set
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite and rare Georg Jensen (1866-1935) tea set is exemplary of the Art Nouveau style gloriously celebrating natural elements, specifically the magnolia blossom. The flower ...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Tea Sets

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Sterling Silver

Alka Kunst Bavaria 1960s ceramic tea set
Located in Premariacco, IT
Glazed ceramic tea set consisting of 13 pieces: 1x teapot, 1x sugar bowl, 1x milk jug, 5x saucers and 5x cups. Teapot measurements: W 25cm D 15cm H 17cm Cup measurements: W 12cm D 1...
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1960s German American Classical Vintage Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

18th Century Sterling Silver Locking Tea Caddy
By Michael Plummer
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver locking tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection. This exceptional antique George III sterling silver locking tea caddy has a navette, paneled shaped form. The body of this silver tea caddy box is embellished with bands of bright cut engraved volute spiraling leaf ornamentation on a matte background to the upper and lower portions; these bands flank a plain undulating bordered panel. The ornamentation to the surface of the caddy alternates with panels of concave vertical fluted decoration. This antique Georgian tea caddy is retains the original hallmarked flush hinged covers; the flush hinge indicates the fine quality of this piece. The cover is embellished with further bright cut engraved undulating borders accented with bud motifs, in addition to simplified borders paralleling the domed paneled portion; the domed portions reflects the incurved shape of the body. This impressive cover is surmounted with a cast sterling silver urn style finial, in the Classic Adams style. The caddy retains the original fitted fully working lock and functional key. This sterling silver tea caddy is a highly desirable shape and style. Condition: This Georgian silver tea caddy...
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1790s English George III Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Art Deco Spanish Silver Coffee and Tea Set
Located in London, GB
Art Deco Spanish silver coffee and tea set Spanish, c. 1930 Tray: height 3cm, width 56cm, depth 35cm Milk jug: height 10cm, width 13cm, depth 8cm ...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Silver

Chelsea-Derby Chocolate Cup Set, Gilt Stripes, Puce Flowers, Rococo 1770-1775
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful chocolate cup set made by Chelsea-Derby between 1770 and 1775, which was the Rococo era. The set consists of a cup, a saucer and a cover, and is decorated in a st...
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1770s English Rococo Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Johann Haviland Bavaria Coffee Tea Set
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful Crocus pattern. Soft pastels. Johann Haviland Bavaria Tea Set to include service for 10: Coffee Pot Tea Pot Creamer & Sugar 10 Cups 12 Saucer...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

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.

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