Tea Sets
Early 20th Century Ming Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s Russian Baltic Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
Early 20th Century Bohemian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Tea Sets
Pottery
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Tea Sets
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal
1920s British Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal, Silver Leaf
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Tea Sets
Carnelian, Pewter, Brass
1910s German Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1930s Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain, Reed
1930s Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Tea Sets
Gold
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Russian Tea Sets
Brass, Steel
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s English Edwardian Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Steel
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Other
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Bronze
Early 1900s British Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s British Hollywood Regency Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal, Silver Leaf
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
1920s English Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver Leaf
Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s American Japonisme Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Metal, Enamel, Metallic Thread
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Pewter
1910s American Classical Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1900s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Glass, Murrine, Murano Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1930s English Edwardian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain, Paint
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Earthenware
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.