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Tea Sets For Sale
Antique George III Quality Copper Kettle
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique George III quality copper kettle having a quality antique George III copper kettle with a shaped handle and spout lift of lid
Measures: ...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
Avant-garde modernist tea service by C v.d. Hoef for GERO, 1920s
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A modernist tea or coffee service, designed in the early 1920s by Chris van der Hoef. At the time a very radical avantgarde design. With its bold ge...
Category
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
Victorian Silver Plated Tea and Coffee Service Set
Located in Prato, Tuscany
We kindly suggest you read the whole description, because with it we try to give you detailed technical and historical information to guarantee the authenticity of our objects.
Class...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Exquisite 1920s Hand-Painted Porcelain Tea Set with Gold Gilding (3 Pieces)
Located in PARIS, FR
This stunning 1920s porcelain tea set is a timeless addition to any collection. Comprising three elegant pieces—a teapot, a creamer, and a sugar bowl—it showcases exceptional craftsm...
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Contemporary Hand Blown Glass "Bonsai Side Plate" Tree nature decorative elegant
Located in Camisano Vicentino, IT
Introducing the Bonsai Side Plate, a beautifully hand-blown glass piece by the talented Simone Crestani. This exquisite side plate is part of the enchanting Nature Collection, design...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Glass
Multicolor Rainbow Coffee Porcelain Set with Gold Rims, Spain 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Demitasse Tea or Espresso Coffee Set, service for 6, Porcelain
An elegant and colorful porcelain gold rimmed demitasse coffee service for six. Spain, 1950s
Eye-catching multicolor gl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Gold Leaf
Golden Plated Hand Tea Spoon Set of Two Handcrafted Natalia Criado
Located in Milan, IT
Add an element of elegance and playfulness to your dinner table with our hand tea spoon. Handcrafted from metal and plated brass, its distinguishing feature is the anthropomorphic ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
English tea set, Name: Tango, Design: A. Susie Cooper, Style: Art Deco, 1933
By Susie Cooper
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
12 small plates : 14,5 cm diameter x 2,1 cm high
5,7 inch diameter x 0,82 inch high
12 medium plates: 17 cm diameter x 1,5 cm high
6,69 inch diameter x 0,59 inch high
2 large plate...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Rare American Aesthetic Movement Six-Piece Silver-Plated Coffee and Tea Service
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Impressive and Rare American Aesthetic Movement Six-Piece Silver-Plated Coffee and Tea Service. The ornately designed service with griffon finials and raised on a tapered and foo...
Category
Early 1900s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
$9,960 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Deco Tea Set by Reg'd Plato, United Kingdom, 1940s
By Plato
Located in Milan, IT
Tea set manyfactured by Reg'd Plato.
Electroplated nickel silver pieces with wood and cane details.
Teapot size is cms 23 x 12 x 16
Category
1940s English Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Nickel
Pair Antique Porcelain Cups and Saucers by FBB Worcester Hand Painted Circa 1820
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of Worcester Porcelain cups and saucers was hand-painted in the Kakiemon style "Dejeuney" pattern by Flight Barr Barr Worcester circa 1820.
The pattern was inspired by 17th...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Birks Limoges, Gilt Porcelain Cream/Sugar/Tray, France, Mid-20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
BIRKS (Retailer) LIMOGES (Manufacturer) - Vintage hand painted gilt porcelain cream & sugar with tray - Louis XIV style pattern with embossed pattern/design - each piece with Birks b...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage cup and saucer produced by Boch La Louvière
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Coffee/tea cup and saucer, “Kimono” model, designed in the 1960s by the Belgian manufacturer Boch La Louvière.
Lovely decor in organic tones.
Tableware with timeless charm that wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$66 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 2 Vintage Postmodern German Fantasia Series Teapot and Cup, 1980s
By Matteo Thun
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Postmodern German Fantasia Series Teapot and Cup by Matteo Thun for Arzberg, 1980s, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mar...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Etched Pewter Teapot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
For one short decade, from circa 1910-1920, pewter was all the rage in China’s bustling commercial centers of Shanghai and Canton. Drawn to pewter’s soft, silvery glow, artists took ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
$218 Sale Price
42% Off
1980s Vintage Arcoroc Black Glass Domed Cake Plate and Five Cups and Saucers
By Arcoroc
Located in San Gabriel, CA
This is a beautiful set of 5 black glass tea cups, saucers, and a cake plate with glass dome cover from the renowned French manufacturer Arcoroc. Part of the much loved Octime range ...
Category
1980s European Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Glass
Seletti "Hybrid-Smeraldina" Porcelain Teapot
By Seletti
Located in Doral, FL
From its very first year in 1964, Seletti in Cicognara, Mantova, has followed its principle of professionality service and constant research to strive for betterness innovation and o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$197 / item
Michael Graves Postmodern Tea Kettle by Alessi Italy Production First Years 1985
Located in Biella, IT
Michael Graves Postmodern tea kettle by Alessi Italy production years 1985 the first
matte platinum grey enamel body, black knob, orange whistle bird a...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Vintage Opalescent Pastel Colors Coffee / Tea Set for Eight with Gold Rims
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pastel Colors Opalescent Glass Coffee Tea Set for Eight
Manufactured by Arcopal, France, 1960s.
A highly decorative set of eight Harlequin opalescent pastel colors glass tea or coffe...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Gold Leaf
Chinese Silver and Enamel Teapot
Located in Newark, England
SILVER FILIGREE LINKED CHAIN BODY
From our Chinese collection, we are delighted to offer this exceptional Chinese Silver and Enamel Teapot. The Teapot of traditional form upon a sol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Cinderella Tea Service Teapot and Six Cups, Pink & Gold, Handmade in Italy, 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in Disney's Cinderella.
Ceramic tea service are completely hand-crafted and painted with love and ...
Category
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 2 Japanese Postmodern Stainless Steel Kettle
Located in Hamburg, DE
Japanese Postmodern Stainless Steel Kettle, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989
Additional information:
Materials: Metal, Pla...
Category
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
English Silver rectangular tea set 1930s
By William Hutton & Sons, J W Benson Ltd.
Located in Delft, NL
English Silver rectangular tea set 1930s
A silver tea set with a teapot, sugar bowl and a milk jug in an rectangular shape with a scalloped body It is silver marked with the English...
Category
20th Century English Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
$3,416 / set
Samuel Alcock Matched Solitaire Porcelain Tea Set, Pink with Flowers, ca 1836
Located in London, GB
A matched solitaire tea set consisting of a teapot with cover, a sucrier with cover, a milk jug and a matched trio consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer. With pink ground...
Category
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Art Deco Atelier Primavera Tea Set, France, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of Art Deco Atelier Primavera tea set, France, 1930s
Plate measurements diameter 16 x height 2cm.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Bonnie Seeman Signed Surrealist Porcelain Ceramic Teapot and Cup Set with Tray
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A surrealist porcelain ceramic tea set with teapot and cup set with tray by Bonnie Seeman. Signed on bottom. A whimsical set that creates the look of rich foliage in leafy greens and...
Category
1990s American Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Postmodern Kettle by Richard Sapper for Alessi, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Italian Postmodern Kettle by Richard Sapper for Alessi, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution markIt is completely authentic
Additional infor...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Set of 2 German Postmodern Teapot or Coffeepot with Cup by Seltmann Weiden
Located in Hamburg, DE
German Postmodern VIP Collection Teapot or Coffeepot with Cup by Seltmann Weiden, Set of 2, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additi...
Category
20th Century German Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Wedgwood Etruria Drab Stoneware Smear-Glazed Teapot
By Wedgwood
Located in Delft, NL
19th Century wedgwood Etruria drab stoneware smear-glazed teapot
A wedgwood teapot in Drab stoneware smearglazed green with raised relief, model 15...
Category
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Stoneware
Japanese teapot, Meiji period
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Japanese teapot in bronze with decorations in silver.
Meiji period (1868 -1912), circa 1880.
H: 12cm. W: 15,5 cm. D: 12cm.
Category
1880s Japanese Japonisme Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Tapio Wirkkala for Rosenthal Porcelain Tea Sets
Located in Milano, IT
Rosenthal tea sets made of porcelain designed by Tapio Wirkkala represent the best combination of modern and traditional design. Created in 1969, Ros...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$1,246 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Rafael Teran Brass and Glass Mosaic Modernist Tea Set
Located in Miami, FL
A brass and glass mosaic tea set by Salvador Teran, circa 1970s.
Includes the tray, coffee pot, sugar bowl with lid and creamer.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
Antique Edwardian Silver Plated Spirit Kettle on Stand
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Edwardian silver plated spirit kettle on stand with original shaped handle, lift up lid with original handle shaped spout. Pretty reeded...
Category
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Mid Centtury Porcelain Coffee Set, Czechoslovakia, 1954
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful mid-century porcelain set for tea or coffee serving. Original porcelain made in Czechoslovakia in 1954. The set is stamped with original stamp on each piece by Bohemia porc...
Category
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
$454 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Bing & Grøndahl, "Tema". Stoneware teapot. Cast iron handle. 1970s.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bing & Grøndahl, "Tema". Stoneware teapot. Cast iron handle.
From the 1970s.
Model: 656.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Dimensions: H 21.5 cm (including handle)...
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Stoneware
Midcentury Porcelain Navy Blue Tea Coffee Service Jug and Cups, Poland, 1960
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Lovely Mid-Century Modern porcelain painted marble coffee set.
Service for 6 people produced by Zaklady Porcelany in Wloclawek in the 1960s.
The service consists of a jug, sugar b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Materials
Enamel
English Silver Plate Four Piece Tea / Coffee Service / Exterior Engraved Details
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Elevate your tea & coffee rituals to a level of timeless elegance with our exquisite English silver-plated four piece tea / coffee service, meticulously crafted by the renowned Elkin...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Gold, Silver Plate
Mid-Century English Silverplate Seven-Piece Tea and Coffee Service on Tray
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in England circa 1960, this elegant mid-century silverplate service brings refined British tradition to any dining room, breakfast nook, or butler’s pantry. The complete seve...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Lino Sabattini for Christofle, Modernist Teapot, 1960s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Lino Sabattini (1925-2016) for Christofle. Modernist teapot in silver plated metal, circa 1960.
In very good condition.
Stamped: Christofle Italy / ...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Antique Chinese Teapot Kangxi/Yongzheng Imari Amsterdam Bont Qing
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated Kangxi or Yongzheng Teapot. Rare teapot in the family of Amsterdam Bont. Dating to 1st half of the 18th century
Amsterdams Bont
A relatively unknown niche of Chinese porcelain from ca 1680-1740 that was partly decorated in Europe. Because mainstream Chinese collectors have yet to discover the historical significance of these wares they are relatively easy to find in Holland. While also being highly interesting and of often super quality and with an amazing array of decorations. Amsterdams Bont is a name given to porcelain partly decorated in the Netherlands (most likely in cities like Delft, Haarlem, Makkum). Because Amsterdam was at this moment in time the trade centre of the western world and also of the porcelain trade a lot of this over enamelling was probably commissioned by Amsterdam merchants, to reap higher profits on otherwise boring Chinese wares. The name Amsterdam Bont probably derives from the fact that these type of decorated ware was sold by Amsterdam Merchants. Amsterdam Bont consists of either blanc or under glaze blue decorated Chinese porcelain...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,139 Sale Price
39% Off
Japanese Antique Cast-Iron Tea Pot 'Dragonfly', 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
This kettle was made in 1960s, in Showa era.
The cast iron kettles like this item are called 'Tetsubin' in Japan.
It can be put on the fire or an ind...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Iron
Villeroy & Boch Burgenland Blue Service Coffee Set, Germany, Discontinued
Located in Bastogne, BE
Coffee set Villeroy & Boch Burgenland blue, classic old series, vintage 1960s/1980s, Germany.
Discontinued Piece.
The Burgenland Blue stoneware coffee set by Villeroy & Boch presen...
Category
1960s German Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Six-Piece English Silver Tea and Coffee Service
Located in London, GB
Six-piece English silver tea and coffee service
English, circa 1850-1863
Tray: Height 6cm, width 58cm, depth 58cm
Kettle on stand: Height 43cm, width 29cm, depth 23cm
Weight: 7,150 grammes
This beautiful six-piece coffee and tea service is wrought from solid silver in a wonderfully ornate style. The service is a composite one, containing pieces produced by several different silversmiths, through the pieces follow a homogeneous design scheme, creating a matching set. The service is comprised of a raised...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
$29,997 / set
Rosenthal Kronach Viktoria German Porcelain Floral Design Coffee Set, 27 Pieces
By Rosenthal
Located in Plainview, NY
1930's Rosenthal Kronach Viktoria Lombul gold trim German porcelain large coffee set of 27 pieces decorated in a floral prink rose motif on white. Ea...
Category
20th Century German Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
19th C Spongeware Teapot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful 19th C spongeware pottery teapot. Scallop edges on top and bottom.
Category
Early 20th Century American Country Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Tiffany Edwardian Classical 5-Piece Coffee & Tea Set
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Classical sterling silver coffee and tea set. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1910. This set comprises 5 pieces: Coffeepot, teapot, creamer, sugar, and waste bowl. Ta...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
22-Piece Colorful Ceramic Breakfast Set by Italo Casini, Sesto Fiorentino
By Italo Casini
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s.
This set was designed by Italo Casini.
It's made in enameled and golden ceramic.
The set is incomplete.
There are
- Teapot 24 x 11.5 h 19 cm ;
- Sugar bowl...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Doulton 3 Piece "Reynard The Fox" Chocolate Service, c. 1950-60
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chocolate service consisting of tall light house chocolate pot, creamer, and open sugar container. Each piece bears the figure of a fox and is fitted with handles in the form of a ri...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Sterling Silver Tea Service - Sheffield England
By Jenkins & Timm
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver tea service has been modelled in the Queen Anne style.
The lower portion of each piece is embellished with embossed batwing decoration.
The upper portion of each piece of this silver tea set is plain and unembellished.
The teapot is fitted with a hinged hallmarked cover embellished with further batwing decoration to the domed portion and is surmounted with the original carved painted wood and sterling silver fluted, cushion shaped finial.
The teapot retains the original angular carved painted wood handle with a plain scrolling thumbpiece.
The teapot is fitted with a swan necked spout ornamented with further embossed batwing decoration to the lower portion.
The cream jug and sugar bowl have plain angular sterling silver handles ornamented with plain moulded decoration to each handpiece.
Condition
This antique Sheffield silver tea set...
Category
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Lindt-Stymeist Postmodern Colorways Tea Kettle, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern tea kettle from the 1980s by Lindt-Stymeist in baby blue, yellow and pink.
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Rococo Style Four-Piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set, Italy, 1984
Located in Cagliari, IT
Magnificent set of 4 pieces in sterling silver consisting of one teapot, one coffee pot, one milk jug and one sugar box hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari.
Splendid ...
Category
1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
$29,366 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Meriden Victorian Gold Plated Ornate Tea Set w/ "PPW" Monogram - 5 Pc Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Meriden Victorian Gold Plated Ornate Tea Set w/ "PPW" Monogram - 5 Pc Set. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: Largest Piece (Tea Pot): 12.5" H x 10" W x 5.5" D. Smallest Piece (Op...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Regency Quality Rosewood Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency quality rosewood tea caddy having a quality carved rosewood lift up top opening to reveal two lidded tea compartments, original escutcheon
A quaint piece displaying...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Other
Christofle Silver Plate Coffee and Tea Set
By Christofle
Located in Miami, FL
Lovely coffee and tea set by Christofle of France.
Marked Christofle Makers Mark and Coll Gallia.
Made between 1968 and 1974.
A-441-335
Category
1960s French Victorian Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate, Nickel
$3,400 / set
Japanese Meiji Period Late 19th Century Bronze Teapots with Weathered Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
Six Japanese Meiji period bronze teapots from the late 19th century, sold individually. Created in Japan during the second half of the 19th century, each...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Bronze
Seletti ‘Hybrid-Zenobia’ Teacup with Saucer in Porcelain
By Seletti
Located in Doral, FL
From its very first year in 1964, Seletti in Cicognara, Mantova, has followed its principle of professionality service and constant research to strive for betterness innovation and o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Odiot Henin - 5pc. Antique French 950 Sterling Silver Louis XVI Tea Set + Tray
By Henin et Cie 1, Odiot
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from a Private Mansion in Paris, a Magnificent 4pc. Antique French 950 Sterling Silver and Vermeil Tea Set by France's Premier French Silversmith Jean-Baptiste Odiot and an ac...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Romanov Collection Cobalt and Gilt Porcelain Coffee Service
Located in Worcester, GB
Romanov Collection Cobalt and Gilt Porcelain Coffee Service, Late 20th Century
A striking six-place coffee service from the Romanov Collection, finely crafted in porcelain with rich ...
Category
Late 20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Geisha Tea Set, Japanese, Handpainted, Ceramic, Teapot, Cups, Service
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Geisha tea set. A Japanese, handpainted ceramic teapot and cups service for four, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920.
Hos...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Other Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Coffee Set Vintage Bone China Kaiser For 12 Person Germany
By AK Kaiser
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage Coffee service for 12 person, 42 pieces from the famous AK Kaiser manufactory West Germany,
Romantica Collection, Monte Carlo series, 1970-1980s.
The service made of high quality bone china porcelain.
Gilded underglaze decor.
Each piece of this elegant Coffee Service has the blue AK Kaiser backstamp.
Never used, in perfect condition.
No chips, cracks or crazings.
Set contains:
1 Coffee Pot with lid
1 sugar bowl with lid
1 milk jug
1 small sugar bowl with lid
12 dinner plates
12 coffee pairs...
Category
1970s German Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Bone
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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