Tea Sets
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Country Tea Sets
Pottery
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Tea Sets
Silver
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1910s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Earthenware
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Brass
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Dutch Tea Sets
Silver
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1920s Japanese Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Brass
1910s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Silver
1920s English Queen Anne Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1980s European Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Silver
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century German Tea Sets
Silver
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s European Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1920s French Rustic Vintage Tea Sets
Sheet Metal
1980s American Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Copper
1980s German Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s German Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Regency Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Silver
1980s Austrian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Norwegian Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Silver, 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.