Tea Sets
1960s Ukrainian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s Great Britain (UK) Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Stoneware
20th Century Persian Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century German Art Deco Tea Sets
Metal
20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Egyptian Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Glass, Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century English Louis XIV Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic, Ironstone
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century German Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
1960s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Pewter
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
2010s American Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century English British Colonial Tea Sets
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-20th Century English Japonisme Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Austrian Regency Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s French Antique Tea Sets
Gold
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Alpaca
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
1790s English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Wood, Mahogany
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1860s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Silver
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Stone, Silver, Silver Plate, Brass
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
1990s Italian Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Country Tea Sets
Pottery
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
1940s English Vintage Tea Sets
Nickel
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Glass
2010s Portuguese Rustic Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1990s Italian Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1960s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
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.





