Tea Sets
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Tea Sets
Faience
Early 1900s British Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Pottery
1990s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Blown Glass
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Glass
19th Century Austrian Regency Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
1960s German American Classical Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Alpaca
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Tea Sets
Copper
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1870s American Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Brass, Copper, Enamel
1930s Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Pewter
1870s English Industrial Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s Italian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century Maghreb Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Copper, Brass
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Terracotta
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Belgian Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Steel
1930s Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Majolica
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Stone, Gold Plate, Brass
1860s Great Britain (UK) Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Alpaca
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate
1980s Spanish Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Paint
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Malachite
20th Century Tea Sets
Silver
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1950s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Russian Tea Sets
Silver, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Jade
Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Antique Tea Sets
Paste, Porcelain
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
1960s French Victorian Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Nickel
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1990s English Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1790s British Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s British Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal, Silver Leaf
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.