Tea Sets
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Austrian Regency Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Tea Sets
Metal, Gold Plate
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Scandinavian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
17th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1880s French Restauration Antique Tea Sets
Gold
Mid-20th Century Belgian Tea Sets
Ceramic
1990s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-19th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Portuguese Chinoiserie Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Malachite
Mid-20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century British Victorian Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Georgian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 19th Century Country Antique Tea Sets
Copper
Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Tea Sets
Vermeil, Silver
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
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19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Earthenware, Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Tea Sets
Silver
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1880s English Antique Tea Sets
1780s British Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1780s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Pewter
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Porcelain, Glass
1930s Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Nickel
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Bronze, Iron
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1790s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Stoneware
Mid-19th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Tea Sets
Faience
1860s English Antique Tea Sets
Copper
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage 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.





