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Tea Sets For Sale
Vintage Victorian Style Silver Plated Coffee Pot Spout w/ Handle By Crescent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Victorian Style Silver Plated Coffee Pot Spout w/ Handle By Crescent. Circa Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 9.5" H x 9" W x 7" D.
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Victorian Sterling Silver Three-Piece Bachelor Tea Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver three-piece bachelor tea set or service, boxed, an addition to our diver...
Category
1860s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Inger Waage for Stavangerflint Norway Sera Teapot, Scandinavian Modern 1960s
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare Sera teapot was designed by Inger Waade for Stavangerflint in 1960s; the service utilizes the forms, or blanks, created by Kare Berven Fjeldsaa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Ravinet d'Enfert Art Deco Tea & Coffee Set, Silver Plate & Makassar Ebony, 1930s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Ravinet d'Enfert, France, circa 1930.
Art Deco French Silver Plate and Ebony 5 piece Tea & Coffee set with matching tray. Includes a teapot with hinged cover, a coffee pot with hinge...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Gio Ponti Alpaca Coffee Set for the Sixth Triennale, Italy, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
Gio Ponti Alpaca Coffee set for the XI Triennale, Italy 1930s.
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Alpaca
Set of 4 Antique Coffee Cups, English, Bone China, Cup and Saucer, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a set of 4 antique coffee cups. An English, bone China decorative drinking can and saucer with green grape pattern, dating to the Victorian...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Large Ceramic Elephant teapot, hand made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of African culture with Wiseman Ceramics' Elephant Teapot, a masterpiece handcrafted in South Africa. Sculpted by the talented George-Thabo and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
c.1735-40 An Exceptional Meissen Teapot, Hand-Painted Chinoiserie Trading Scene
Located in Skien, NO
An Important Early Meissen Porcelain Teapot, Ca. 1735-40: Finely Painted with Chinoiserie Trading Scenes and Gilt Decoration
An exceptional and important early Meissen porcelain tea...
Category
Early 18th Century German Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
James Dixon & Sons Sheffield Victorian Silver Plated Tilting Coffee Tea Pot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
James Dixon & Sons Sheffield Victorian Silver Plated Tilting Coffee Tea Pot. Item features "B from H" Monogram to front of pot. Circa Late 19th Century. Measurements: 15" H x 10.5" W...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Fine Gorham Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Gorham Sterling Silver Six-Piece Tea & Coffee Service w/ Christofle Plated Tray
Gorham Manufacturing Co., Providence, Rhode Island,
Comprising, a teapot, coffee pot, kettle on a lam...
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
$11,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, 1821
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique George IV solid Silver Coffee Pot featuring a lovely chased design showing stylized floral and scroll patterning with shell...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
$2,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Edwardian Walker & Hall Sterling Silver Four Piece Tea Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver four-piece tea and coffee service, an addition to our silver teaware collection
This exceptional, antique Edwardian four piece sterling silver tea and coffee service consists of a coffee pot, teapot, cream jug and sugar basket.
Each piece of this fine Chester silver tea set has an oval rounded form, all in the Queen Anne style.
The body of each piece is ornamented with panels of fluted decoration, incorporating a contemporary bright cut engraved crest of a wolf chained and collared to one side.
The upper rim of each piece is ornamented with an applied moulded border.
Both the coffee pot and teapot are fitted with hinged hallmarked domed covers surmounted by the original carved painted wood and sterling silver topped pineapple finials.
The silver teapot and coffee pot retain the original carved painted wood handles, featuring a plain scrolling thumbpiece.
The cream jug is fitted with an elongated C shaped silver handle and the sugar basket a swing handle, each ornamented with reed decoration.
The silver coffee pot, cream jug and sugar basket are each supported by a plain and unembellished oval pedestal foot.
The coffee pot, teapot and sugar basket bear the retailer's mark 'Walker & Hall, Sheffield, England' to the underside.
Condition
This antique solid silver tea set...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Woodbury Pewter Henry Ford Museum Pewter Coffee Serving Set, 4 Piece Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Woodbury Pewter Henry Ford Museum Pewter coffee serving set - 4 Piece Set. Item features henry ford museum collection, (1) tray, (1) co...
Category
Late 20th Century Jacobean Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
Crakeled Ceramic Tea Pot Attributed Green Color 20 th Century France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Crakeled Ceramic tea pot atributed.
Green Color, good condition, Seens to have not been used.
France 20th Century.
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$255 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Modernist Silver Plated Tea service set France
Located in Den Haag, NL
Stunning Three piece Tea set . Silver Plated on Copper ,Art Deco in style
These pieces all are signed .With a Star . Modele Depose . Made in France .
Wooden handles . Gold plated d...
Category
1980s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
English Silver rectangular tea set 1930s
By J W Benson Ltd., William Hutton & Sons
Located in Delft, NL
English Silver rectangular tea set 1930s
A silver tea set with a teapot, sugar bowl and a milk jug in an rectangular shape with a scalloped body It is silver marked with the English...
Category
20th Century English Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
$3,371 / set
Post Modern Memphis Design Rare Tea Kettle by Rolf Sinnemark for Rorstrand
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare and beautiful ceramic teapot, circa 1980s, Made in Sweden designed by Rolf Sinnemark for Rorstrand highly collectible in great condition no chips or cracks, incredible geometric...
Category
20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Rare 1930s Art Deco German Porcelain Orientalist Style Figural Tea Strainer
Located in Red Lion, PA
Rare 1930s German Art Deco Porcelain Orientalist Figural Tea Strainer
This exquisite German Art Deco porcelain tea strainer from the 1930s is a rare and finely made example of perio...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Fine Porcelain Tea and Coffee Set
Located in Antwerp, BE
The beautiful set comprised of a tea or coffee pot, a cream jug and a sugar bowl with lid and twelve cups and saucers, each piece with gilded borders; Portuguese exquisite Porcelain,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,892 / set
French Faience Cup & Saucer Henriot Quimper Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
French Faience cup & saucer signed HB Quimper circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Faience
Austrian Porcelain Coffee Service, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Austrian porcelain coffee service, 19th century, Napoleon III period.
A beige and gold porcelain coffee service with enamelled bird decorations, Napoleon III period, 19th century, c...
Category
19th Century Austrian Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
6 Cups & Saucers, Eira Gold, Arabia, Raija Liisa Uosikkinen, 1950s Scandinavia
Located in Stockholm, SE
6 Espressocups and saucers of model Eira designed by Raija Liisa Uosikkinen at Arabia. The cups are 5,5 cm in diameter at the top and the saucers are 11 cm in diameter. They are all ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$615 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Chinese Export Silver Tea and Coffee Service
By Yu Chang
Located in New Orleans, LA
This stunning and complete seven-piece Chinese export silver tea and coffee service was crafted by Yu Chang of Shanghai and Hong Kong, a firm re...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fine Qing Dynasty Four Piece Silver Coffee and Tea Service by K.W
By Kwan Wo
Located in London, GB
Kwan Wo, Chinese, active from 1875.
The handles and spouts modelled as bamboo shoots, decorated overall with dragons and clouds in relief, marked 'K.W'.
Total weight 1474.18gr, cof...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Antique English Victorian Small Wooden Handle Silver Plated Creamer Teapot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Victorian Small Wooden Handle Silver Plated Creamer Teapot. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 7.75" H x 4" W x 5.75" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair Antique Porcelain Cups and Saucers by FBB Worcester Hand Painted Circa 1820
Located in Katonah, NY
This pair of Worcester Porcelain cups and saucers was hand-painted in the Kakiemon style "Dejeuney" pattern by Flight Barr Barr Worcester circa 1820.
The pattern was inspired by 17th...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Gold Porcelain Coffee or Tea Cup and Saucer with Butterfly Design
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and special porcelain coffee or tea cup and saucer, circa early to mid-20th century. Maybe French or Italian origin. Designer unknow. Both cup and saucer are all-aro...
Category
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
Contemporary Hand Blown Glass "Bonsai Teapot" Tree Nature Elegant Ceremony Calm
Located in Camisano Vicentino, IT
Introducing the Bonsai Teapot, a stunning hand-blown glass creation by the talented Simone Crestani. This exquisite teapot is a distinguished piece from the captivating Nature Collec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Glass
Vintage Georg Jensen Henning Koppel Tea & Coffee Set on Tray 1017
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage modern sterling silver Georg Jensen tea and coffee set with tray with handles of guaiacum (a South American hardwood), design #1017 by Henning Koppel from circa 1952. A ver...
Category
20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
$32,308 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Silver Tea & Coffee Service Made by Joseph Angell
Located in London, GB
An exquisite tea & coffee service
Made by Joseph Angell
Assayed in London in 1852-1853, the solid silver 4-piece service in the manne...
Category
19th Century English Renaissance Revival Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Sterling Silver Tea, Coffeset with Tray
Located in VALENZA, IT
A magnificent, Russian style tea or coffee set on a salver. The tray, made from plate silver, was completely hand-crafted from a raw sheet and its outer rims are embellished with a b...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
$52,056 Sale Price
26% Off
Blue and White Porcelain Teapot with Mythical Qilin and Auspicious Cloud Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
Blue and white Chinese Export porcelain teapot with mythical Qilin and auspicious cloud motifs. Exquisite and rich in cultural artistry, this early 20th-century Chinese export porcelain teapot showcases captivating hand-painted blue-and-white designs featuring mythical Qilin and auspicious cloud motifs. The striking brass handle and rim add a sophisticated metallic accent, highlighting its dual craftsmanship of ceramic artistry and metalwork. The Qilin, a symbol of prosperity and good fortune, dances amidst a swirling backdrop of clouds, creating a timeless design that resonates with both tradition and elegance.
Perfect as a statement decorative object, this teapot brings a touch of refined vintage charm to any home. Whether displayed on a kitchen shelf, styled on a living room console, or incorporated into a curated vignette, it effortlessly blends with a variety of aesthetics, from traditional and transitional to eclectic interiors.
Its historical allure and intricate craftsmanship make it a remarkable collector's item or conversation piece. Imbued with artistry and history, this Chinese export teapot...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
Birks Limoges, Gilt Porcelain Cream/Sugar/Tray, France, Mid-20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
BIRKS (Retailer) LIMOGES (Manufacturer) - Vintage hand painted gilt porcelain cream & sugar with tray - Louis XIV style pattern with embossed pattern/design - each piece with Birks b...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Hand Painted Blue and White Porcelain Chinese Dragon Teapot
Located in Portsmouth, VA
Shaped like a coiled dragon with its head forming the spout, this striking blue and white porcelain teapot is a sculptural ode to Chinese artistry. Hand-painted in rich cobalt blue, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 6 Astronomici Tea Cups
By Fornasetti
Located in Milan, IT
This set of hand-decorated porcelain tea cups with gold accents is adorned with exquisite zodiac designs, making this ensemble a true collector's item. Any minor discrepancies betwee...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$2,036 / set
1960s Set of Six Fornasetti Tea Cups and Saucers White and Gold Ceramic Signed
By Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
A good vintage Set of six Fornasetti porcelain tea/coffee cups and saucers with geometrical gold decor. Each cup and saucer bearing the signature and logo. Made in Italy ca.1960s
...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage 4-person Tea Set, Japanese, Ceramic, Teapot, Cups, After Arita, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 4-person tea set. A Japanese, ceramic teapot and cups service in the manner of Arita ware, dating to the late Art Deco period, circa 1940.
Delightfully decorated t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Manuel Barbadillo for Bidasoa "Oval" Ceramic Coffee Service, Spain 60'
Located in Naples, IT
Set of Bidasoa porcelain plates, cups, sugar and jugs painted by Manuel Barbadillo who decorated this series of Bidasoa's Oval model. This is one of the most visible moments of his ...
Category
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Early Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Flamestone Coffee / Tea Set
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denmark 'Flamestone' coffee or tea pot, creamer, and sugar by Jens H. Quistgaard for Dansk designs, circa 1958-1964.
Features the Flamestone signature slate, almost brown glazed-ear...
Category
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Earthenware, Porcelain
Paris Porcelain Restauration Style Tea Set, France, Circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming Restauration style Paris porcelain tea set with red and gold Amati background, composed of a teapot, five cups with winding handle and their saucer, and a bowl. This set, li...
Category
1880s French Restauration Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
$2,839 Sale Price / set
50% Off
English Measham Bargeware Love at Home Teapot on Stand
By Barge Ware
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Measham – Bargeware Teapot impressed with the saying, “Love At Home”, England, circa 1880.
The three piece teapot set includes the kettle, lid, and table stand. Finished in a dar...
Category
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
Antique Farmhouse Hammered Copper Tea Kettle
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Rustic Mission Hammered Copper Tea Kettle
11 d x 9 w x 12.5 h
Preowned unrestored vintage antique condition.
Refer to images listed please.
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
Vintage Tea Coffee Set Zsolney Hungary, 1960s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage porcelain coffee or tea service set by Zsolney Manufacturer, Hungary, 1960s.
It consists of 14 pieces in an off-white colored porcelain with cobalt blue and gold rims.
Zsol...
Category
1960s Hungarian Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Puiforcat (Hermes), Christofle, Faberge - 5pc. French 950 Sterling Tea Set
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from Paris, a Stunning 5pc. Antique French 950 Sterling Silver Tea Set by the World's Premier French Silversmiths "Emile Puiforcat" (Current...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Antique 19th Century French Beaux-Arts Silver-Mounted Enamel Tea Caddy by Risler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French enamel tea caddy.
Mounted with gilt silver mounts.
By Risler of Paris.
Decorated with polychrome birds or paradise, rock outcroppings, and flowers/flor...
Category
19th Century French Beaux Arts Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Copper TeaPot, Austria, circa 1900
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This Item is a teapot. It has been made in Austria circa 1900.
With a wood and Brass handle.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Bauhaus Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Copper, Brass
$425 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Teapot, Exclusive Silver Art Deco English Mid-century Coffee Pot
Located in Wembley, GB
An antique Art Deco tea set and silver-plated teapot beautifully designed and created suit elegant serving. With lid pressed, cast and chased vaulted lid.
Coffee pot, Height 26 cm. S...
Category
1920s British Hollywood Regency Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal, Silver Leaf
Chinese Silver and Enamel Teapot
Located in Newark, England
SILVER FILIGREE LINKED CHAIN BODY
From our Chinese collection, we are delighted to offer this exceptional Chinese Silver and Enamel Teapot. The Teapot of traditional form upon a sol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Contemporary Tea Pot Rose Quartz Silver Plated Colour Natural Stone Handle
Located in Milan, IT
Elevate your daily tea ritual with our Teiera, a plated brass vessel crafted in Italy with precision turning techniques. the exquisite quartz top handle adds a touch of jewelry-inspi...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Minimalist 'Cube' Teapot by Rolf Sinnemark for Rörstrand, Sweden 1986
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
This teapot by Rolf Sinnemark is a wink to the modernism period. Its geometric shape combined with the graphic pattern gives the teapot a diverse and interesting look. Sinnemark was ...
Category
1980s Swedish Minimalist Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Early Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Flamestone Coffee Pot with Mugs and Demitasses
By Dansk, Jens Quistgaard
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denmark 'Flamestone' coffee or tea pot, four demitasses, four mugs, and eight saucers (four small / four larger) by Jens H. Quistgaard for Dansk Designs, circa 1958-1964.
Features the Flamestone signature slate, almost brown glazed-earthenware with striated pattern and white porcelain interior (pitcher has a green tinge to the porcelain interior). Elegant, attractive set with only one fleck to the rim of one of the mugs (very minor and easy to miss -- see photos 15 and 16 for closeups).
Early, Danish production, as indicated by the markings and rough exterior (a smooth version was introduced in 1964).
Measures: Pitcher H 13.5" x L 7.5" x D 5"
Coffee mugs H 3.75" x L 4" x D 3.13"
Coffee saucers...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Earthenware, Porcelain
Golden Plated Hand Tea Spoon Set of Two Handcrafted Natalia Criado
Located in Milan, IT
Add an element of elegance and playfulness to your dinner table with our hand tea spoon. Handcrafted from metal and plated brass, its distinguishing feature is the anthropomorphic ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate
WAS Benson. A good quality Arts & Crafts copper and brass kettle
Located in London, GB
A good quality copper and brass kettle by WAS Benson, wonderful design and in good condition. Length 10, Height 6 1/2.
Category
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
WAS Benson. A good quality small Arts & Crafts copper and brass teapot
Located in London, GB
W A S Benson. A good quality small copper and brass teapot.
Category
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
Murano Cobalt Blue 24carat Gold Set.
Located in Nantwich, GB
Elegant Venetian Murano Demitasse Tea Set (9 pieces) hand painted enameled flowers finished in 24 carat gold.
Add a touch of timeless elegance with this exquisite vintage hand blown ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Tea Sets
Materials
Gold, Enamel
$2,012 / set
Kosometsuke Antique Chinese Ming Dynasty Waterpot China Porcelain Blue and White
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice water pot/jar for the Japanese market, Late Ming dynasty Kosometsuke. Mountain landscape scene.
With matching storage box.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain &...
Category
17th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$2,158 Sale Price
20% Off
Swedish Designer, Tea Pot, Silver Plate, Rattan, Wood, Sweden, C. 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A silver plate, wood and rattan tea pot designed and produced in Sweden, 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Karolina Porcelain Coffee Service, Poland, 1950s / 1960s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain coffee set, a rare design of the Karolina set from the mid-twentieth century.
The service includes a jug, milk jug, sugar bowl, 6 cups and 6 saucers. One saucer has more...
Category
1950s Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$331 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Yixing 'Hundred-Fruit' Teapot
Located in Savannah, GA
A Yixing Zisha ‘Hundred-Fruit’ pumpkin teapot.
6 inches wide by 4 inches deep by 4 inches tall
Category
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Coffee Set Vintage Tuscan England Bone China Pale Pink Enamel Gold Plate 1960s
Located in Bastogne, BE
Elegant six-piece coffee set, crafted from pristine English bone china.
Each piece showcases the delicate beauty of a pale pink enamel overlay, exquisitely accented with 24-karat go...
Category
1960s British Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Bone
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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