Tea Sets
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1870s Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1820s Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1840s British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1890s Indian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1890s Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1960s Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1880s Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1810s British Regency Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1820s British George IV Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1780s English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1970s English Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1870s American Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Persian Tea Sets
Silver
1940s European Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1860s English Industrial Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s British Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Wood
Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Earthenware
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
18th Century Scottish Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 1900s American Japonisme Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Aesthetic Movement Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
18th Century English George II Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Persian Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1790s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1920s Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s European Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Pottery
1870s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1890s American Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Mahogany
1950s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Art Nouveau 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.