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Tea Sets For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Regency
Georg Jensen Sterling Cosmos Pattern Coffee Set
By Georg Jensen
Located in Gainesville, FL
Georg Jensen sterling tea/coffee 3 piece set. Cosmos pattern designed by Johan Rhode for Jensen. Ebony wood handles.
Marked for maker, designer and sterling, after 1945. Pattern num...
Category
20th Century Danish Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Teacup Trio Barr Flight & Barr Maroon and Gilt Neoclassical ca 1812
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful true trio made by Barr, Flight & Barr, consisting of a teacup, a coffee can and a saucer. The set has a deep maroon ground and a very gracious gilt neoclassical b...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Frank Brangwyn Royal Doulton Art Deco Harvest Pattern Cup & Saucer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and scarce Art Deco Royal Doulton cup and saucer decorated in a harvest pattern by renowned Welsh artist Sir Frank William Brangwyn (Belgia...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
Nine Spode Dollar Pattern Coffee Cups England Circa 1820
By Spode
Located in Katonah, NY
Perfect for a double espresso!
These nine "Dollar" pattern porcelain coffee cups are decorated in the exquisite "Dollar" pattern.
Spode made this set in England circa 1820.
The decor...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Tea Set 3-Piece Sterling Silver Fine Quality, Sheffield England, 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine quality Sterling Silver, Art Deco period, 3-piece tea set consisting of teapot, milk jug and Sugar Bowl, made by Cooper Brothers...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tetard Freres - 4pc. French (Gatsby Era) Art Deco 950 Sterling Tea Set + Tray
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from Private Mansion in Paris, A Truly Magnificent Original French Art Deco, 5 pc. Sterling Silver Tea Set with Serving Tray by Two of France's Premier Silversmiths "Tetard Fr...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterlig Silver Tea-Coffee Set in Art Deco' Style
Located in VALENZA, IT
Art Deco style sterling silver tea and coffee service.
The body shape is square and completely smooth, polished with pumice stone.
Two square-section sterling silver wires were solde...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Spode Porcelain Tea Service, Imari Tobacco Leaf Pattern 967, Georgian ca 1810
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning tea service made by Spode in about 1810, consisting of a large teapot with cover, a milk jug, a sucrier with cover, a slop bowl, a saucer dish and 4 teacups with s...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Belgian Art Deco Brass and Bakelite Fluted Teapot / Coffee Pot by Demeyere
By Demeyere
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural Art Deco tea/coffee pot by Demeyere (ca. late 1930s/early 1940s, Belgium).
Scarcely seen brass example with black bakelite accents (the chrome-plated version is more commo...
Category
1940s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
New Hall Hybrid Hard Paste Teacup, Palm Tree patt. 484, Georgian ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer made by New Hall around the year 1810. The set is decorated in the very desired but rare palm tree pattern with the number 484.
We also have a ...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
1940s Bauhaus Stainless Tea Kettle Pot Style Peter Behrens
Located in Chula Vista, CA
D & S Personal Tea Kettle Pot Stainless Steel.
Bauhaus clean Modern Design style of Peter Behrens
Handle with cane wrap
Very clean vintage gently used condition.
Stamped at the bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Stainless Steel
New Hall Hybrid Hard Paste Teacup Trio, Elephant Pattern, Regency ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful true trio made by New Hall around the year 1810. The set is decorated in the very desired but rare Elephant pattern.
A true trio is how cups and saucers were sol...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Spode Porcelain Teacup, Imari Tobacco Leaf Pattern 967, Regency ca 1810
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer made by Spode in about 1810. The set is decorated with the famous Imari Tobacco Leaf pattern 967, which was first introduced by Spode in 1806.
...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Limoges Coffee Tea Dessert Set
By Limoges
Located in Oakland, CA
An Art Deco embellished china Dessert Set for Coffee or Tea from the company Vielle Abbaye in Limoges France. This set is impeccable and includes a...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Pear sugar bowl, Georg Jensen in sterling silver
By Georg Jensen
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Pear sugar bowl, Georg Jensen in sterling silver
Beautiful Art Deco silver sugar bowl with a simple but striking design due to its pear shape, which is what makes it stand out.
Measu...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique George III (1819) Sterling Silver Three Piece Tea Service
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver three piece tea service/set made by Joseph Angell I; an addition to our silver teaware collections.
This...
Category
1810s British Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Antique Teapot, Exclusive Silver Rococo English Mid-century Coffee Pot
Located in Hampshire, GB
An antique Art Deco tea set and silver-plated teapot beautifully designed and created suit elegant serving. With lid pressed, cast and chased vaulted lid.
Coffee pot, Height 27 cm. S...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal
Wmf Gunter Kupetz Brass Tripod Bowl, Germany 40ies
By Stelton
Located in Berlin, DE
Nice tripod brass cup by Gunter Kupetz. Germany 50's. Table centerpiece, tureen, fruit bowl, this elegant piece with a golden shine can be used for many things. Height: 10 cm - Widt...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
Antique Teapot, Exclusive Silver Art Deco English Mid-century Coffee Pot
Located in Hampshire, GB
An antique Art Deco tea set and silver-plated teapot beautifully designed and created suit elegant serving. With lid pressed, cast and chased vaulted lid.
Coffee pot, Height 22 cm. S...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal
Spode Porcelain Teacup Trio, Lavender Blue with Flower Sprays, Regency ca 1815
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful "true trio" consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, made by Spode in about 1815. It is decorated with pattern 2234 with a striking lavender or periwinkle blue border and finely painted flower sprays.
In the late 18th and early 19th Century a "true trio" is how cups and saucers were sold; as you would never drink tea and coffee at the same time, why invest in an extra saucer?
Josiah Spode was the great pioneer among the Georgian potters in England. Around the year 1800 he perfected the bone china recipe that has been used by everyone ever since, and he was also the leading potter behind the technique of transferware, making it possible for English potters to replace the import of Chinese china that had come to an end around that time, with their own. This was fundamental to a thriving industry that would last for about 150 years and provide half the world with their tableware.
This set is made in the famous "London" shape, which was brought out by Spode in 1812 and was quickly copied by all other makers. It then remained the most popular shape for about 10 years. The set is potted in fine white porcelain - by the year 1810 Spode had perfected his recipe for bone china and it became beautifully smooth, white, thin and translucent.
All three items are marked with the red hand painted SPODE mark and the pattern number 2234.
CONDITION REPORT The set is in excellent antique condition without any damage, repairs or crazing. There is some minimal wear as visible in the pictures...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
1940s Art Deco Club Personal Service Coffee Pot
By Alessi
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1940s Club Personal Service Coffee Pot Aluminum Ware
Wood Handle
Clear logo present
11.5 h x 8.5 d x 6.5 diameter
Preowned original unrestored vintage co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Aluminum
Chinese Pewter Teapot with Carnelian Bead, c. 1910
Located in Chicago, IL
For one short decade, from around 1910 to 1920, pewter was all the rage in China’s bustling commercial centers of Shanghai and Canton. Drawn to pewter’s soft, silvery glow, artists t...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Carnelian, Pewter, Brass
Art deco Limoges porcelain coffee set
By Limoges
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art deco Limoges porcelain coffee set
Complete coffee set for 12 people
40 pieces in total
Art deco design
Origin Franca Circa 1940
The coffee set is composed of:
(measurements in ce...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Teacup Flight Barr & Barr, Regency Imari Pattern, ca 1815 (2)
Located in London, GB
This is a colourful teacup and saucer made by Flight Barr & Barr around the year 1815. The set is decorated with a bright Imari design in the Regency taste.
This teacup would have f...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Gallia Silver Plated Tea or Coffee Service.
By Gallia
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gallia silver plated tea or coffee service.
Gallia silver plated tea or coffee service, 5 pieces, micro scratches from use, circa 1930, Art Deco.
h: 21cm, w: 60cm, d: 40cm
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Tetard - 4pc. Original French Art Deco 950 Sterling Silver Tea Set + Tray
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from Paris, The Birth Place of Art Deco, a Truly Magnificent Original "Gatsby Era" French Art Deco, 4pc. Sterling Silver Tea Set with Silver Plate Serving Tray by One of Franc...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco 7-piece Silver Plated Coffee Set, Germany 1930s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you can find a beautiful, very rare Art Deco coffee set, consisting of 7 pieces - a serving pot and 6 cups. Crafted with precision,...
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Steel
Tiffany Engraved Hampton Sterling Silver Art Deco Coffee & Tea Set on Tray
Located in New York, NY
Engraved Hampton sterling silver coffee and tea set. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1920. This set comprises 8 pieces: Hot water kettle on stand, coffeepot, teapot, hot milk p...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Pyramid Sterling Silver Creamer and Sugar 600A
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage two-piece sterling silver creamer and sugar set from Georg Jensen, featuring the Pyramid pattern, design #600A by Harald Nielsen from 1930. The Art Deco-inspired design sho...
Category
1940s European Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Flight Barr & Barr Teacup, Regency Imari Pattern, ca 1815
Located in London, GB
This is a colourful teacup and saucer made by Flight Barr & Barr around the year 1815. The set is decorated with a bright Imari design in the Regency taste.
This teacup would have f...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Tiffany Hampton Art Deco Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Set on Tray
Located in New York, NY
Hampton sterling silver coffee and tea set on tray. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1930. This set comprises 7 pieces: Hot water kettle on stand, coffeepot, teapot, creamer, su...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Spode Teacup and Saucer, Red, Gilt with White Chrysanthemum, Regency ca 1810
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful teacup and saucer made by Spode around 1810. The set is shaped in the "bute" shape and decorated with a bright Neoclassical pattern of a warm red ground with gilt...
Category
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco 3 piece sterling silver tea set - Made by Asprey in 1932
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1932 by Asprey & Co. Ltd., this stylish, Sterling Silver Tea Set, is a fine example of Art Deco design.
The teapot measures 4.75"(12cm) tall, by 9"(23cm...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Beautiful ART DECO coffee set tea set silver plated, 1930s
Located in Saarburg, RP
Coffee/tea set - 1930s
This coffee set from the 1930s is in the typical style of the streamline modern. It includes a coffee pot, teapot, sugar bowl, creamer and a handled tray.
Th...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Samuel Alcock Teacup and Milk Jug, Pale Yellow, Gilt and Flowers, ca 1824
Located in London, GB
A teacup and saucer with milk jug in the “melted snow” shape with double drop handles, pale yellow ground with rich gilt and cobalt blue acanthus pattern and finely painted flower re...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Spanish Silver Coffee and Tea Set
Located in London, GB
Art Deco Spanish silver coffee and tea set
Spanish, c. 1930
Tray: height 3cm, width 56cm, depth 35cm
Milk jug: height 10cm, width 13cm, depth 8cm
...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
1940s Sterling Silver Tea Set Sheffield Great Britain
Located in Münster, DE
Tea set, teapot, milk jug, sugar pot, 8-sided basic shape, standing on four feet, 925 sterling silver, Sheffield 1946, hallmarked.
A wonderful set in late Art Deco style, perfect for...
Category
1940s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art deco tea set, 1940's
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Silver colored tea pot, with milk can and sugar pot.
Teapot: 25 x 9 x 20 cm (LxWxH)
Milk can: 14.5 x 6 x 10cm (LxWxH)
Sugar pot: 20 x 9 x 10cm (LxWxH)
Category
1940s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Puiforcat (Hermes) - 6pc. Original French Art Deco 950 Sterling Silver Tea Set
Located in Wilmington, DE
Direct from Paris, A Superb 6pc. 20th Century Original French Art Deco 950 Sterling Silver Tea Set by the World's Premier French Silversmith "Puiforcat" Currently Owned by Hermes, St...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Samuel Alcock Solitaire Tea Set, Cobalt Blue, Gilt Vines and Flowers, ca 1825
Located in London, GB
A solitaire tea set consisting of a teapot with cover, a milk jug and a small cup and saucer, in “melted snow” shape, the cup with double drop handle, with deep cobalt blue ground, r...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
English Silver Plated Bone Handle Four Piece Tea / Coffee Service / Tray
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Transport yourself to the elegance of the Early 20th Century with our English Silver-Plated Bone Handle Four-Piece Tea and Coffee Service, accompanied by a sophisticated serving tray...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Japanese Satsuma Tea Pot with Art Deco Influence Japan, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Faboulous japanese earthenware Teapot of unusual shape. Decorated with a Art Deco pattern.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Japanese Style: Satsuma
Region of Or...
Category
19th Century Japanese Art Deco Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Robj Glazed Earthenware Tea Set, Art Deco
By Villeroy & Boch, ROBJ
Located in Lisbon, PT
A tête à tête tea set in green, each stamped Import de/ Robj / Paris / Luxembourg.
Red labels on the base with the Evaluator assessment.
Set: 2...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century Antique George III Sterling Silver Tea Urn London 1813 Paul Storr
By Paul Storr
Located in London, GB
A truly stunning silver hemispherical tea urn decorated with gadroon borders for highlights. The body has a stylish upper girdled wire and a ‘serpent’ themed tap. The lion mane ha...
Category
1810s British Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
C. 1930s Vintage Ercuis French Art Deco Tea or Coffee Set- 4 Pieces
By Ercuis
Located in Ross, CA
Gorgeous Art Deco silver plated tea or coffee set made in France in the 1930 by Ercuis. The handles are Macassar ebony and every piece is marked on the bottom with the Ercuis stamp. ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
1940s Art Deco Set of Three Alpaca Coffee Pot By Krupp Designed by Gio Ponti
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A set of three alpaca coffee pot designed by Gio Ponti and manufactured by Krupp Milano in the Forties, they were used in the hotels and they are marked on the bottom Krupp and Jolly...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Alpaca
Samuel Alcock Porcelain Solitaire Tea Set, Cobalt Blue, Gilt, Landscapes, ca1825
Located in London, GB
A solitaire tea set consisting of a teapot with cover on a stand and a trio consisting of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer, in “half orange” shape with deep cobalt blue and yellow...
Category
1820s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Haviland & Suzanne Lalique Coffee Set Limoges Porcelain
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Coffee Set made in Limoges porcelain by Haviland and Suzanne Lalique.
All pieces are signed.
All pieces are in perfect condition.
Service including:
- 6 cups and 6 saucers
- 1 co...
Category
Early 2000s French Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Samuel Alcock Porcelain Teacup, White with Flower Sprays, ca 1823
Located in London, GB
A teacup and saucer in the “half orange” shape, white with simple gilt rim and beautiful hand painted flower sprays
Pattern unknown but similar to 1082
Year: ca 1823
Size: cup diameter 10cm (4”), saucer diameter 14.2cm (5.5”)
Condition: excellent, some rubbing to gilt
There are several items available in this design, please see group image and ask for more info if interested.
The Samuel Alcock factory was operative in Staffordshire between 1822 and 1856, after which it was bought by Sir James Duke and Nephews. The factory started as a partnership between the young Samuel Alcock and the older Ralph Stevenson, who provided the factory and capital. Alcock quickly took the factory to great heights, building one of the biggest factories of its time. Alcock jumped on the new Rococo Revival fashion and served a huge new middle class market. The reason we now don't hear much about Samuel Alcock porcelain...
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1820s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
1930 Jean Puiforcat Modernist Tea Coffee Egoiste Set Sterling Silver Rosewood
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Art Deco Modernist tea and coffee egoiste set in sterling pure silver and rosewood by Jean E. Puiforcat created in the 1930s.
Service including:
- a coffee pot : 9 cm x 9 cm
- a tea...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
1930 Jean E. Puiforcat Modernist Tea Coffee Set Sterling Silver Vermeil Rosewood
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Art Deco Modernist tea and coffee set in sterling pure silver, vermeil and rosewood by Jean E. Puiforcat created in the 1930s.
Service including:
- a...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century Regency Period Flame Mahogany Tea Caddy Box
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Regency period early 19th century flame mahogany tea caddy box with swing handle complete with an original hallmarked sterling silver George III tea caddy spoon
Comes with working key, item opens to reveal a fitted interior with twin caddies & central crystal mixing bowl which is a later addition.
A tea caddy is a box, jar, canister, or other receptacle used to store tea. When first introduced to Europe from Asia, tea was extremely expensive, and kept under lock and key. The containers used were often expensive and decorative, to fit in with the rest of a drawing-room or other reception room. Hot water was carried up from the kitchen, and the tea made by the mistress of the house, or under her supervision.
As the use of the jar waned and the box became more popular, the provision of different receptacles for green and black tea...
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19th Century British Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass
English tea set, Name: Tango, Design: A. Susie Cooper, Style: Art Deco, 1933
By Susie Cooper
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
12 small plates : 14,5 cm diameter x 2,1 cm high
5,7 inch diameter x 0,82 inch high
12 medium plates: 17 cm diameter x 1,5 cm high
6,69 inch diameter x 0,59 inch high
2 large plate...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Edmond Bellefroid Tea Set by Petrus Regout Maastricht, Bauhaus, Dutch Art Deco
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful Art Deco, Bauhaus set designed by Edmond Bellefroid 1929, execution Petrus Regout Maastricht.The set is in very good condition.Included table ware set.
Dimensions:Height 9...
Category
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Outstanding Molded Painted Pearlware Teapot & Cover, Possibly Wilson
Located in Downingtown, PA
Outstanding Molded Painted Botanical Pearlware Teapot & Cover,
Possibly Robert Wilson,
Circa 1795
A fabulous molded and painted teapot decorated ...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
Vintage 4-person Tea Set, Japanese, Ceramic, Teapot, Cups, After Arita, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage 4-person tea set. A Japanese, ceramic teapot and cups service in the manner of Arita ware, dating to the late Art Deco period, circa 1940.
Delightfully decorated t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Regency Quality Rosewood Tea Caddy
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Regency quality rosewood tea caddy having a quality carved rosewood lift up top opening to reveal two lidded tea compartments, original escutcheon
A quaint piece displaying...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Other
Twelve Richard Ginori Decò Tea Set in Porcelain from the 1940s
Located in Milano, MI
Complete deco tea/coffee set of 12 porcelain cups, made by Richard Ginori in the 1940s. The set is in really good condition, only minor fading due to time.
Coffee maker / Teapot: Ø ...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
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.
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