Tea Sets
20th Century French Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Metal
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Georgian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century French Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Gold
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Silver
1850s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Pewter
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Tea Sets
Ceramic
1910s British Belle Époque Vintage Tea Sets
Gold, Enamel
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century English George II Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
18th Century English George I Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Tea Sets
Onyx
1880s British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Copper
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 1900s European Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
20th Century Edo Tea Sets
Stoneware, Rattan
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Copper, Enamel
1840s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Steel
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1960s Dutch Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Pewter
Early 19th Century English Country Antique Tea Sets
Stoneware
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Japonisme Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Quartz, Silver Plate
18th Century German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1860s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
Early 19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Stoneware
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Jacobean Tea Sets
Pewter
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century British George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Metal, Enamel
Early 18th Century German Rococo 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.