Tea Sets
1970s Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Czech Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century English Tea Sets
Metallic Thread
Late 20th Century French Country Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s English Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1970s Chinese Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Chinese Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s Danish Space Age Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s French Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Glass
1970s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s German Vintage Tea Sets
Bone
1980s Czech Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
Late 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic, Ironstone
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
1980s German Baroque Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1980s Japanese Showa Vintage Tea Sets
Iron
Late 20th Century Japonisme Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
1990s French Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1990s American Post-Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s American Belle Époque Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Glass, Plastic
Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Tea Sets
Porcelain
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.