Tea Sets
1770s English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Quartz, Silver Plate
1820s British Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Enamel
Early 20th Century Bohemian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Silver
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Copper
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Metal
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Tea Sets
Gold
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Glass
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic, Faience
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
1950s North American Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Japanese Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Russian Baltic Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Tea Sets
Metal
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1980s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1780s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate, Brass
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
1940s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Dutch Tea Sets
Silver
1950s French Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 2000s British Post-Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
Mid-20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Glass, Teak
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 18th Century British Victorian Antique 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.