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Tea Sets For Sale
Extensive Augarten Porcelain Dinner, Coffee and Tea Service, circa 1935
Located in New York, NY
Special commission from the factory for the Brucknerstift St. Florian, a seminary located on the outskirts of Vienna. Blue crowned Bindenshield and Wien Mark, iron-red printed hash m...
Category
1930s Austrian Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
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
$1,235 Sale Price / set
20% Off
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
French Porcelain Cabinet Cup and Saucer, Sevres, circa 1815
Located in New York, NY
The cup with elaborate gilt scroll handle terminating in a palmette, the sides finely painted in colors with graduated octagonal cartouches enclosing birds and ruins, painted to resemble micro-mosaics alternating with blue faux marble panels...
Category
1810s French Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
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
$450 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Antique Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Tea Set No. 80A
By Georg Jensen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine signed Danish Modern silver tea service.
By Georg Jensen.
In sterling silver.
Pattern no. 80A.
Comprising a tea pot, covered sugar bowl, and cream jug. Each with wooden ha...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Gilt Gold Russian Lomonosov Porcelain Coffee & Tea Service / by A. Vorobievsky
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Exquisite Hand-Painted and Gilt Gold Russian Lomonosov Porcelain Coffee & Tea Service for 8, Designed by A. Vorobievsky (1990s)
This stunning 34-pie...
Category
1990s Russian Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
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
1987 Big Dripper Ceramic Coffee Set Michael Graves for Swid Powell
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1987 Postmodern Big Dripper Coffee Set by Michael Graves for Swid Powell
High gloss white glaze large pot, filter holder, and lid with gold decoration and brick red base.
Large Coffe...
Category
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
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
$168 Sale Price
30% Off
Herend Hungary Porcelain Tea set for 12 persons, Indian Basket Green pattern
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
Herend Hungary Porcelain Tea set for 12 persons, Indian Basket Green pattern
A Herend porcelain tea set for 12 persons with the Indian Basket pattern....
Category
20th Century Hungarian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
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
Vallauris Coffee Service circa 1950
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Vallauris coffee service
Circa 1950
9 items in all
Ref :4494/1
Price : € 390
Vallauris, yellow and brown enamelled terracotta coffee set.
Category
1950s Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Terracotta
Vintage Kontrollstelle for Rosenthal Germany Coffee / Dessert Set 54 Pieces
By Rosenthal
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage coffee set designed by Kontrollstelle for Rosenthal Germany. The porcelain set comes in a bone white and taupe colorway. A complete serving...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$975 Sale Price
25% Off
Memphis Naj Oleari Ceramic Tea Set by Massimo Iosa Ghini New Old Stock 1980s
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Experience the iconic style of the 80s design movement with this rare and amazing tea or coffee set designed by Massimo Iosa Ghini for Memphis Naj Oleari in the 1980s. This beautiful...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$570 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Set of 7 English Porcelain Tea Cups & Saucers, 6 Signed Minton
By Minton
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This charming set comprises seven finely decorated teacups with matching saucers, six of which are signed Minton, one of the most celebrated English porcelain manufacturers of the 19...
Category
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Signed Simons Brothers Figural Sterling Silver Miniature Teapot Tea Strainer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine figural tea strainer.
In sterling silver.
By Simons Bros. of Philadelphia, PA.
In the form of a teapot with a chain & spout ring attached to the top handle.
Fully marked to the base.
Simply a wonderful antique tea strainer...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of French Majolica Cups & Saucers Cicada Louis Sicard Circa 1900
By Sicart
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of French Majolica Cups & Saucers Louis Sicard Circa 1950.
Decorated with cicadas on the cups and olives on the cups.
Rare blue colors , usually yell...
Category
Early 1900s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$440 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Vintage 6 Person Tea Service, English, Ceramic, Decorative, Teapot, Serving Jug
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 6 person tea service. An English, ceramic decorative afternoon tea set with teapot and jugs, dating to the early 20th century, circ...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
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
Vintage Georg Jensen Art Deco Coffee Service 319
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage sterling silver Georg Jensen Art Deco coffee service, design #319 by Harald Nielsen from circa 1928. The coffee pot has a beautiful horn handle applied in two pieces, for h...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
$6,739 / set
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
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Galatix Hand Made Burma Teak Tea Service Set 6 & Tray
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Mid-Century Modern Galatix hand-made Burma teak tea service set of 6 glass inserts, 6 Burma teak cup vessels, and a Burma teak serving tray....
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Glass, Teak
$416 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Antique sterling silver teapot made in Birmingham in 1924
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1924 by S. W. Smith & Co., this handsome, Antique, George V period, Sterling Silver Teapot, is bullet shaped, plain in style, with a flush hinge and woode...
Category
1920s English Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Postmodern Ceramic Tea or Coffee Pot from Pagnossin, Italy, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern Ceramic Tea or Coffee Pot from Pagnossin, Italy, 1980s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materia...
Category
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
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 Porcelain Cup & Saucer First Period Worcester Two Quail Pattern C- 1770
Located in Katonah, NY
Dimensions: 5.5″diameter of the saucer, the cup 2.5″ tall x 2.5″ diameter
Condition: Excellent
Price: $680
For an example of the First Period Worcester Two Quail pattern with an ima...
Category
Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
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
...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
$14,287 Sale Price / set
30% Off
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
$20,954 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Italian Art Deco Style Mid-Century Modern Tea Set by Montagnani
By Montagnani
Located in Northampton, GB
Designed by Punta Bacola for Montagnani
From our Accessories collection, we are pleased to offer this uber stylish Tea Service in the Art Deco Style. The Service complete with a Tea...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
$4,680 Sale Price
20% Off
1930 Jean E Puiforcat Art Deco Modernist Tea Coffee Set Sterling Silver Rosewood
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Modernist Art Deco tea and coffee set in sterling silver and rosewood by Jean E. Puiforcat created in 1930s.
Super Art Deco monogram.
Service including:
- a coffee pot
- a milkpo...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver 1877 Tea & Coffee Set in Japonesque Pattern Tray
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Tiffany & Co. sterling silver tea and coffee service on a matching tray, in the celebrated Japonesque pattern, beautifully adorned with bamboo motifs as well as other sty...
Category
1870s American Japonisme Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Coalport Teapot England Early 19th Century Circa 1805
Located in Katonah, NY
This Coalport teapot features an "Old Oval" shape and was manufactured in the early 19th century, circa 1805.
It is adorned with an all-around band of ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vela Silver Steel 6-Piece Cutlery Set
By Greggio
Located in Milan, IT
The Vela cutlery set, with its elegant and tapered silhouette, is the perfect choice for those with a refined and contemporary taste. Made of stainless steel, it is ideal for both ev...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Steel
$415 / item
Vintage Tea Service in Ceramic Design Dante Baldelli, 1980s
By Baldelli
Located in taranto, IT
ceramic tea table set produced by Baldelli, 1980s,
consisting of teapot, milk jug, sugar container and a cup with saucer
white / black dotted color...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Post Modern Memphis Design Rare Tea Kettle by Rolf Sinnemark for Rorstrand
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare and beautiful ceramic teapot, circa 1980s, Made in Sweden designed by Rolf Sinnemark for Rorstrand highly collectible in great condition no chips or cracks, incredible geometric...
Category
20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Silver-Plated Art Deco Coffee & Tea Set
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1930's Italian Art Deco silver-plated coffee and tea set with creamer, sugar container and tray.
Measurements:
Height (tallest item): 8"
L...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Modernist Cast Iron Teapot – Minimal Bauhaus Style, France 1940s
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Modernist Cast Iron Teapot – Minimal Bauhaus Style, France 1940s
Unique vintage cast iron teapot, featuring a minimalist style with embossed square motifs on each side.
Its design...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Iron
Limoges Elite France Hand Painted Pink Floral Tea Cup Saucer Fine China 1930
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Elite Limoges France Tea Cup set Gold Signed Art Nouveau style.
Rare antique porcelain Limoges Elite French pink and gold cup and saucer f...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Set for Six People for Tea and Espresso by Ceramica Franco Pozzi Milano
By Franco Pozzi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
this is a espresso set for six some of pieces have some dents and shown on the photos but is still usable no cracks
Franco Pozzi work and exhibit with Gio Ponti in Milano.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$618 Sale Price / set
34% Off
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
Art Deco French silver coffee and tea service, 1920
Located in Delft, NL
Art Deco French silver coffee and tea service, 1920
An Art Deco French coffee and tea service, made of silver with purity 800/000. The set consists of 4 pieces with walnut wooden ha...
Category
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
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
Tea Service with Sevres and Château des Tuileries Marks
Located in Paris, FR
Tea service tête à tête in porcelain bearing the initials of Louis-Philippe in a garland of laurels. The service is composed of a tray, a teapot, two cups with their saucers, a milk ...
Category
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Victorian Queen Anne Style Sterling Silver Coffee Pot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique English sterling silver coffee pot in the Queen Anne style; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver coffee pot has an rounded rectangular waisted form, all in the Queen Anne style.
The lower portion of the incurved body is ornamented with embossed, convex fluted decoration below a contemporary bright cut engraved crest of a talbot sejant erect with a shield.
The waisted upper portion is plain and unembellished.
This antique silver coffee pot...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Coffee Set Vintage Tuscan England Bone China Pale Pink Enamel Gold Plate 1960s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Elegant six-piece coffee set, crafted from pristine English bone china.
Each piece showcases the delicate beauty of a pale pink enamel overlay, exquisitely accented with 24-karat go...
Category
1960s British Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Bone
Vintage Art Deco Sterling Silver Cafe Au Lait Set with Tray
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage George VI English sterling silver Art Deco café au lait set with matching tray; an addition to our collectable teaware collection
This exceptional vintage George VI sterling silver café au lait set consists of a coffee jug, hot milk jug and covered sugar bowl, with matching tray.
Each piece of this vintage silver service...
Category
1950s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Ercuis French Art Deco Tea Set France c1936
By Ercuis
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Ecruis French Art Deco tea set. Produced between 1938 and 1938
Date : c1930
Origin : France
Decoration : Five piece silver plate set...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Set of 16 Antique Kangxi Period Chinese Porcelain Fishermen Teaset Cup Saucer
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fantastic and unually large teaset in Blue and white, all of moulded shape.
Sixteen blue and white porcelain cups and saucers, plus one extra dish
All depict fishermen in a watery landscape surrounded by flowery ornamental bands. Not marked.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Decoration Type / Colour: Blood & Milk
Region of Origin: China
Emperor: Yongzheng (1722-1735)
Period: 18th century
China Dynasty Period: Qing (1661 - 1912)
Condition: 8 dishes with a hairline, 2 dishes perfect, 7 dishes...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$7,220 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique John Turton Sheffield England Victorian Silver Plated Tea Set - 7 Pc Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique John Turton Sheffield England Victorian Silver Plated Floral Engraved 7 Pc Tea Set with "Chippendale" by Wallace Large Footed Tray. Listing includes 7 pieces with tilting tea...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Emilia Castillo Silver Plate Tea Set with Jasper Inlay, Signed Mexican Modernist
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Striking “Maple Leaf” tea service set by acclaimed Mexican designer Emilia Castillo, crafted in solid brass with a silver-plated finish and adorned with hand-inlaid jasper stones for...
Category
1980s Mexican Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
George III English Sterling Silver Tea Set with Matching Tray, 18th Century
Located in North Miami, FL
This elegant George III English tea set includes a sterling silver teapot, matching hot milk pot, and sugar bowl, complemented by a sterling silver tea urn and a silver-plated facete...
Category
18th Century British George III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Thomas Wolfe Factory Z Lion Pattern English Teacup and Saucer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce antique English Staffordshire bone china teacup and saucer hand decorated with a red lion by Thomas Wolfe (Factory Z) and dating from...
Category
1810s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Stainless Steel Industrial Restaurant Coffee Bean Storage Dispenser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage stainless steel industrial restaurant coffee bean storage dispenser. *Price is per dispenser. Currently 2 available*. Item is believed to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Tea Sets
Materials
Stainless Steel
Mid-Century Danish Studio Pottery Teapot from Søholm, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid-Century Danish Studio Pottery Teapot from Søholm, 1960s, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1960 to 1969 This piece has an attribution mark.
Additional information:
Materials: Ce...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Spanish Silver Rococo Style Tea and Coffee Service
Located in London, GB
20th century Spanish silver Rococo style tea and coffee service,
Spanish, 20th century
Kettle on stand: Height 44cm, width 23cm, depth 16cm
Milk jug: Height 12cm, width 13cm, depth 9cm
Comprising of a solid silver tray, teapot, coffee pot, sugar bowl, milk jug, strainer, and large kettle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
$17,144 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Contemporary Lapis Lazuli Handle Sugar container Silver Plated Natalia Criado
Located in Milan, IT
Elevate your dining experience with the sugar perlina, a plated brass container expertly crafted in Italy using sheet turning techniques. The curved handles and top are adorned with...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Quartz, Silver Plate
Vintage Villeroy and boch partial tea set Amapola pattern
Located in Birmingham, AL
Villeroy and boch partial tea set Amapola pattern created in 1981 by Villeroy & Boch, which is a signature brand stands for sophisticated elegance, first-class quality and outstandi...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$180 Sale Price / set
35% Off
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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