Tea Sets
Late 18th Century George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1730s English George II Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate
17th Century Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1790s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1910s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Norwegian Tea Sets
Silver
1730s English George II Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Pewter
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1760s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Creamware, Pottery
Late 18th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Fruitwood
Early 20th Century Japanese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Regency Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
18th Century Swedish Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 1900s European Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Brass
1790s British George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1780s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Chesterfield Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Pottery
Early 20th Century Persian Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Asian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Tea Sets
Silver
1920s English Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Copper
1770s English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Pottery
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Tea Sets
Glass
Late 18th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Pottery
1730s English George II Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
Early 20th Century Portuguese Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Wood, Mahogany
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1790s English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Brass
1770s English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Tea Sets
Brass
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Metal
Early 1900s Great Britain (UK) Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
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.