Tea Sets
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Pewter
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1870s Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Alpaca
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Glass
1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s German Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Sandstone
Late 20th Century French Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Glass
1930s Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Baroque Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Bauhaus Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate
1850s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 1800s Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1890s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Tea Sets
Copper
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1820s English Romantic Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Folk Art Tea Sets
Brass, Copper, Pewter
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s American Classical Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1990s German Other Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century American Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
Mid-19th Century English Louis XIV Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century German Tea Sets
Silver
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1810s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1860s American American Empire Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1930s Scandinavian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Belle Époque Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Japanese Showa Tea Sets
Porcelain, Wood, Paint, Ceramic
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Enamel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Alpaca
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century German Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s Austrian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1790s English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1880s Japanese Antique Tea Sets
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.