Tea Sets
1870s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Enamel
20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Spanish Tea Sets
Stoneware
20th Century Edo Tea Sets
Stoneware, Rattan
1940s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Nickel
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Stoneware
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Stone, Silver, Silver Plate, Brass
1940s Finnish Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Copper, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Japonisme Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Tea Sets
Gold
18th Century English George II Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 2000s Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1880s Italian Empire Antique Tea Sets
Bronze
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Other Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1890s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1890s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1990s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Metal, Enamel
Mid-20th Century British Victorian Tea Sets
Ceramic
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Country Antique Tea Sets
Stoneware
18th Century German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Pottery
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century German Post-Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Spanish Rococo Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s German Vintage Tea Sets
Bone
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Enamel
1970s Luxembourgish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Art Deco 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.





