Tea Sets
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Silver
1960s Hungarian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Glass, Plastic
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Pewter
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Gold
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Unknown Empire Tea Sets
Brass
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Gold
20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain, Meissen
Mid-20th Century Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
Early 20th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century French Tea Sets
Ceramic
1960s Hungarian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Enamel
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
20th Century North American Post-Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Austrian Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Luxembourgish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s American Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Carrara Marble, Steel
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
1930s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s British Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
Mid-20th Century European Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Porcelain, Glass
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Glass
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Copper
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Pewter
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Belgian Country Tea Sets
Ceramic
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Tea Sets
Gold
1980s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Russian Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Silver
Late 20th Century French Islamic Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Japanese Modern Vintage 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.