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Tea Sets For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1980s
Side Handled Art Deco Sterling Silver Cafe Au Lait Set, Henry Atkin, 1920
By Henry Atkin
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1920 by Henry Atkin, this very stylish, Antique Sterling Silver Cafe Au Lait Set, is in the Art Deco taste, plain in design, and featuring straight side ha...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
William Henry Creswick, Arts & Crafts Design Sterling Silver Tea Set, 1929
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1929 (the hot water pot hallmarked in 1935) by William Henry Creswick, this wonderful, 4 piece Sterling Silver Tea Set, is a ...
Category
1920s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Jean E. Puiforcat Silver Timeless Set for Tea and Coffee in Neoclassical Form
Located in Epfach, DE
A timeless set for tea and coffee in neoclassical form in silver 950 with wood handle, from the maker Jean E. Puiforcat
These are a beautiful and timeless set for tea and coffee, co...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Edwardian Gothic Style Sterling Silver Café Au Lait Set
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver cafe´ au lait set in the Gothic style; an addition to our collectable teaware collection.
This exceptional antique Edwardian sterling silver cafe´ au lait set consists of a coffee jug and hot milk jug, each crafted in the Gothic style.
The coffee jug and hot milk jug have a plain hexagonal baluster shaped form onto a paneled spreading foot.
The surface of each piece is embellished with a contemporary bright cut engraved crest depicting a demi-lion holding an axe.
Each piece is fitted with the original hallmarked hinged cover surmounted with an impressive sterling silver paneled finial.
The cover of each jug incorporates an applied incurved bracket and elevated scrolling thumbpiece.
The milk jug and coffee jug retain the original handles overlaid with interwoven bamboo, strategically interlaced to produce a segmented braided design.
Each jug has a plain sparrow beak spout ornamented with applied moulded decoration to the rim.
Condition
This antique café au lait...
Category
Early 1900s English Gothic Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Post-Modern Hand Decorated Studio Pottery Vessel
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Post-modern studio pottery spouted, lidded vessel with colorful hand decoration Circa 1986. Signed on underside BL 1986.
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
Art Deco Silver Plate Coffee and Tea Set
Located in San Francisco, CA
A four piece hexagonal shape Art Deco Period tea and coffee set with rosewood handles and knobs. High quality silver plate, marked on the bottom but not discernible (possibly German)...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver Three-Piece Tea Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver three-piece tea service in the Art Nouveau style; an addition to our antique teaware collection.
This fine antique G...
Category
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
George V Straight Sided Antique Sterling Silver Cafe Au Lait Set from 1919
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1919 by S. W. Smith & Co., this handsome, George V period, Antique Sterling Silver Cafe Au Lait Set, is plain is style with tapered bodies detailed with r...
Category
1910s English George II Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Tea Set by Bailey Banks and Biddle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Finely chased and fashioned by the iconic silversmiths.
Desirable " pumpkin " design. 4 pieces set. Approx 55 troy ounces.
Teapot 8.5" tall x 9.5" x 5" an elegant set.
Category
Early 20th Century American Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Arthur Stone Sterling Silver Tea Set Tilting Kettle on Cradle w Tray Hollowware
Located in Big Bend, WI
Fabulous Arthur stone sterling silver tea set in excellent condition.
All pieces Monogrammed CAV (For Alan C. Vedder).
Seven pieces which include:
Sterling tray by Herbert Taylor - 17 1/4" x 26 1/2" - 118 troy ounces.
Tilting tea kettle...
Category
Early 20th Century American Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco period Shelley Porcelain 13 Piece Part Tea Set ptn 10797, circa 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a 13 part porcelain tea set by Shelley Potteries Ltd, Staffordshire, England in a striking pattern and from the Art Deco period, circa 1920.
...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
1905 Antique Arts & Crafts Style Sterling Silver Cream Jug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver cream jug in the Arts & Crafts style; an addition to our range of collectable silverware.
This exceptional antique Edwardian silver cream jug, in sterling standard, has a circular rounded form.
The surface of the jug has a planished finish in the Arts & Crafts style.
This impressive Birmingham silver jug is encompassed with an applied moulded border to the rim of the body and spout.
The jug is fitted with a plain sterling silver stylised C-shaped handle.
This sterling silver cream jug has four cast Arts & Crafts style pillar style supports terminating with square swept feet.
Condition
This antique Edwardian silver cream jug is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional presentation condition.
Full hallmarks struck to the surface of the body are all very clear.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this piece of antique silverware.
Dimensions
Length from back of handle to tip of lip 11.3cm/4.4"
Diameter of rim 5.7cm/2.2"
Height to top of handle 7.7cm/3"
Weight
4.5 troy ounces/140g
Maker: D & M Davis...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Edwardian Queen Anne Style Sterling Silver Four-Piece Tea Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver four piece tea service in the Queen Anne style; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This fine antique Edw...
Category
Early 1900s Great Britain (UK) Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Six Royal Worcester Coffee Cups and Saucers, Harry Davis, circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
Painted in colors with London scenes, the interiors, handles and rims all gilt. Signed H. Davis, painted titles, impressed and printed marks in puce.
Category
1920s English Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Silver Tea Set with Original Box Zee Wo
By Zee Wo
Located in Atlanta, GA
A four piece Chinese export silver tea service set consists of a lidded teapot, a creamer with lid, an open sugar and a tongs. The se...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Vista Alegre for Mottahedeh 'Lowestoft Rose' Porcelain Demitasse Set
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This 17 piece porcelain demitasse set was made by Vista Alegre of Portugal for Mottahedeh. The pieces have been finished in the heavily gilded ...
Category
1980s Portuguese Chinoiserie Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Continental Silver Demitasse Tea / Coffee Set by Hugo Böhm in Bauhaus Style
By Hugo Böhm
Located in New York, NY
Hand hammered tea / coffee service in 800 silver by famed German silversmith Hugo Böhm in modernist Bauhaus style consisting of:
Pot, 6'' from arm to spou...
Category
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Tea and Coffee Set with Matching Tray
By PRIA & SARI
Located in VALENZA, IT
Large oval tea and coffee service in 800 solid silver on feet, completely handcrafted and lightly hammered. The oval shape, particularly difficult to make as it is completely shaped ...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Jugenstil Brass Centrepiece / Teaset with Tray by Carl Deffner, Germany, 1910s
By Carl Deffner
Located in Roma, IT
Jugendstil Centrepiece / Teaset with tray is an original decorative object realized in the 1910s.
Original brass set.
The centrepiece includes different pieces: a sugar bowl, a mikl bowl, a teapot and a tray.
Fair conditions; missing sugar bowl cover and some signs of aging.
The set is very elegant and bright. The bowls are rounded and the handle are very thin. The handle of the teapot has a wood insert and, the tray presents rounded sides. This work has been realized by Carl Deffner...
Category
1910s German Jugendstil Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
Antique George V Sterling Silver Cream Jug by A E Jones
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver cream jug made by A E Jones in the Arts & Crafts style; an addition to our range of collectable silverware
This fine antique sterling silver cream jug has a circular rounded form.
The surface of the jug has a planished finish in the Arts & Crafts style.
This impressive Birmingham silver jug is encompassed with an applied moulded border to the rim of the body.
The jug is fitted with a plain sterling silver stylized C-shaped handle.
This silver cream jug has a cylindrical support to a circular foot embellished with an embossed undulating design.
This iconic jug was crafted by the renowned and collectable silversmith A E Jones.
Condition
This antique cream jug...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Danish Alabaster and Silver Spoon Vase by Christian F. Heise 1904-1932
Located in Delft, NL
Danish Alabaster and silver spoon vase by Christian F. Heise 1904-1932
Danish alabaster spoon vase for tea spoons, but also useful for other objects as for example pencils or past...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Materials
Alabaster, Silver
P. Pastaud for Limoges, France, Tea / Mocha / Sake Set of Six Pieces on Tray
Located in Copenhagen, DK
P. Pastaud for Limoges, France. Tea / mocha / sake set of six pieces on tray.
Hand-painted with gold decoration.
In very good condition.
Marked, circa 1920s.
Measures: T...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Dutch Art Deco Silver Cake Forks by W. Hooijkaas, 1920s
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch Art Deco silver cake forks, 1920s
Dutch Art Deco silver cake forks of 11 cm long by the Silver smith W. Hooijkaas, Schoonhovense silver factory, Schoonhoven (1924-1943),
D...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Havstad Norwegian Art Deco Pewter Tea Set on Serving Plate
Located in New York, NY
A Norwegian Art Deco pewter tea set made by Havstad in the 1920s-1930s. The set includes spherical tea pot, sugar bowl and creamer on a circular servin...
Category
Early 20th Century Norwegian Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
Antique Swedish Arts & Crafts Style Silver Coffee Jug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Swedish silver coffee jug in the Arts & Crafts style; an addition to our diverse silver teaware collection.
This fine antique Swedish silver coffee jug has a plain octagonal panelled waisted form onto an octagonal collet style foot, all in the Arts & Crafts style.
The surface of the silver coffee jug has an impressive subtle planished finish.
This fine coffee jug is fitted with the original hinged domed panelled hallmarked cover with an impressive integrated bud and foliate finial.
This fine example of antique teaware...
Category
1910s Swedish Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Jugendstil Copper and Brass Teapot by Atelier Mayer for WMF, Germany, 1905-1910
Located in Chicago, IL
Jugendstil copper and brass teapot set by Atelier Mayer for WMF, Germany, 1905-1910
Dims are of teapot alone.
Category
Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot Sterling Silver 3 Piece Breakfast Coffee or Tea Set
By Odiot
Located in Tustin, CA
This exquisitely beautiful sterling silver coffee or tea breakfast service by Odiot Paris will create a refined ambiance for your table. Set consists of three matching, handmade piec...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Five-Piece Louis XV Style Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine early 20th century five-piece Louis XV style sterling silver tea and coffee service set. The finely chased ovoid shaped ...
Category
Early 20th Century Argentine Louis XV Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Four-Piece Coffee and Tea Service Hotel Silver and Black Handles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Four piece early 20th-century American hotel silver service for coffee and tea. The teapot and coffee pot feature proto-Modernist carved ebonized handles. The sugar pot and creamer f...
Category
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
WMF Jugendstil Stylish Brass Three-Piece Tea Set, circa 1900
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A German Jugendstil WMF (Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik) mixed metal three-piece tea set comprising a teapot, milk jug and covered twin handled sugar bowl. All have a simple abst...
Category
Early 20th Century German Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
1900 Coffee Service, E Bourgeois Paris
Located in Paris, FR
1900 coffee service in porcelain, E Bourgeois 21 rue Drouot Paris, 14 cups and cups plates, cofee pot, sugar bowl, milk pitcher, 1900 gold decoration, art nouveau relief, good condition
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ornate German 800 Silver Creamer & Sugar Set by J. Riemann
By J. Riemann
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A highly ornate German solid silver creamer and sugar set by J. Riemann with repoussé decoration throughout.
Perfect for a small tea or coffee service (and of course the cabinet)!...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Sterling Tiffany Coffee and Tea Service
Located in Sheffield, MA
Tiffany & company four-piece sterling silver coffee and tea set, circa 1940. Comprised of coffee pot, tea pot, sugar and creamer, all with faceted corners and monogrammed 'PPB', all ...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Liberty & Co. Arts & Crafts Period Antique Sterling Silver Teapot - 1914
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1914 by Liberty & Co. this beautiful, Sterling Silver Arts & Crafts Teapot features a hand hammered finish, panelled sections, a dash border and Art Nouve...
Category
1910s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Gustave Keller, Tea Service, France, circa 1920s
Located in New York, NY
A silver tea set including two tea pots, a creamer, and a sugar bowl, with elegantly arched handles by renowned French silversmith Gustave Keller.
Category
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Arthur Stone Sterling Silver Tea Set of Handwrought Five-Piece Hollowware
Located in Big Bend, WI
Arthur Stone.
Arthur Stone is highly regarded for the fine handwrought silver produced by him personally and by the workshop he started in 1901. ...
Category
1920s Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Jugenstil Silver Plate Centerpiece on Tray / Teaset by Karl Berghof, 1905
By Karl Berghof, J.P. Kayser Sohn
Located in Roma, IT
Jugendstil Centerpiece on Tray is a vintage decorative object realized in the 1905/1910.
The lot includes: one coffee pot, one tea pot, one cream server, one sugar bowl and one rect...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Enamel and Silver-Gilt 10-Person Coffee Service by 11th Artel
By 11th Artel
Located in London, GB
This set contains ten saucers, ten coffee cups, and ten teaspoons, providing a ten-person coffee service. All the pieces are vermeil (gilded silver) and are marked accordingly with s...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Mary Chilton Towle Sterling Silver Tea Set Kettle Creamer Sugar 4-Pc (#0174)
Located in Big Bend, WI
Mary Chilton by Towle.
Mary Chilton by Towle four-piece sterling silver tea set. This Classic looking set includes a three-piece tea set and a hot water...
Category
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Geo C. Shreve & Co. a Finely Chased Six Piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set
By Shreve & Co.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very finely chased sterling silver six piece tea and coffee service by Geo C. Shreve & Co. Each finely embellished silver piece chased with floral and scrolled decorations. Compris...
Category
1920s American Rococo Revival Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Art Nouveau Pewter Pot by Paul Haustein, Germany, 1905
Located in Roma, IT
Art Nouveau pot is an original decorative object realized in 1905.
Original pewter.
Produced by Gerhardi & Co., Lüdenscheid. Designed by Paul Haustein...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
Antique Irish Silver Teapot with Celtic Tracery, circa 1900s
Located in New York, NY
This exceptionally-designed teapot is decorated with endlessly repeating Celtic Tracery. In the front, there is a finely engraved family crest, consisting of the jagged ancient Irish royal...
Category
Early 1900s Northern Irish Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Herend "Esterházy" 39-Piece Hand Painted Porcelain Tea Service, Hungary, Modern
By Herend
Located in Cagliari, IT
Exceptional tea set consisting of: a teapot, a sugar bowl, a milk jug, twelve tea cups with saucers, twelve cake saucers.
Painted and hand-worked: note the lace-like fretworks on po...
Category
1980s Hungarian Chinoiserie Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Tiffany Silver Tea Caddy Set, circa 1910
Located in New York, NY
Consisting of a pair of tea caddies and a sugar box in its original wood container. "Reproduction original by Samuel Taylor London 1745."
Category
Early 20th Century American Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Maurice Dufrêne For Gallia French Art Deco Tea Set, Silver Plated
Located in New York, NY
French Art Deco silver plated tea set with ebony handles, created in circa 1925 by French Decorative Designer Maurice Dufrêne (1876-1955) for Orfevrerie Gallia / Christofle.
Dufrêne...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Jensen Sterling Silver Kettle on Stand with Ebony finial and Handle, circa 1920
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
With burner, stand, and detachable cover.
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Jugendstil Silver-Plated Brass Centerpiece, WMF 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Jugendstil silver-plated brass centrepiece is an original decorative set realized in the 1920s-1930s.
Silver-plated brass.
Realized by WMF. Made in Germany.
The WMF label is...
Category
1920s German Jugendstil Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Neoclassical Revival Glass Lined Gilt Sterling Silver Sugar Basket from 1921
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield, 1921, this delightful George V, sterling silver sugar basket has pierced decoration, a gilded finish, and floral swag engraving. The swing handle and rim are...
Category
1920s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Ceramic Tea Pot by Vally Wieselthier, USA, 1940s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful Art Deco tea pot with lid, dated circa 1940, made of pottery / stoneware with lovely brown glaze, designed by Vally Wieselthier. In very good ...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Tea and Coffee Silver Set, Silver 800 by Enrico Messulam for Bolli Milan
Located in Roma, IT
Set composed by teapot, coffee pot, milk jug and sugar bowl with wooden handle and hinged lids with cornucopia knobs.
Produced by Bolli, Milan, by the famous silversmith Enrico Mess...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Archibald Knox Liberty Tudric Pewter Tea Set and Tray, circa 1905
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Archibald Knox Liberty Tudric Pewter tea set and tray, circa 1905.Teapot, cream jug, sugar and tray, each with relief whiplash curved Celtic ornament in...
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
Black Starr and Frost Seven-Piece Tea Set with Herbert Lambert Tray
Located in Cape May, NJ
Antique Black Starr & Frost sterling silver complete seven-piece repousse tea set. The set is in great estate condition and ready to use. All the piec...
Category
Early 20th Century American Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Coffee Set by Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater
Located in London, GB
This classic English sterling silver coffee set is a simplified, elegant piece of artistry dating from the Edwardian period of the early 20th century. The set contains two coffee pots, a milk jug and a sugar bowl and spoon, all of which are decorated in a consistently simple yet effective way.
The set is the work of the London-based firm Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater, a sought-after maker of luxury silverware in the 19th century. The firm was originally founded in 1838 by silversmith Henry Holland and would undergo several changes in name and ownership across the 19th century, before finally taking up the name of Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater in 1883.
Each piece bears sterling silver hallmarks as well as maker's marks and monograms for Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater
Coffee pots: height 21.5...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Russian Silver Tea-set
Located in London, GB
This fine and charming silver tea-set comprises a teapot, a sugar pot with a spoon and two jugs; one smaller and one larger. Each piece features an engraved crest and crown to their ...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Vintage Hand-Hammered Copper Teapot with Patina from 20th Century, India
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage 1930s teapot from India where it was hand-hammered on copper which displays time’s patina. This teapot adopts a pleasant pyramid shape with a lo...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
Coffee Set Tea Set Neoclassical Style Swedish 20th Century Plate Stamped, Sweden
Located in New York, NY
A coffee set made during the early 1900s (1902-1903) in Sweden. Stamped CG Hallberg.
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Emil Hermann German Sterling Silver Tea Set Four-Piece Modernistic 0408
By Emil Hermann
Located in Big Bend, WI
Emil Hermann
This Mid-Century modernistic four-piece sterling silver tea set was made by Emil Hermann of Germany circa 1921-1950s. The pieces are modernistic with ball finials. The...
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Memphis Period Tea Set by Punto Bacola for Montagnani
By Punto Bacola
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An Italian polished nickel with black acrylic handles tea set.
Designed by Punto Bacola for Montagnani,
circa 1980 (Memphis period).
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Nickel
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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