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Tea Sets For Sale
Color:  Beige
CERRO Sugar & Cream Set, Brown Horn & Alpaca Silver
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Not everything is organic in northern Argentinean hills. As we cast our eyes on the landscapes, we also find geometry that makes us travel with our imagination. Mini square, rectangu...
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2010s Argentine Organic Modern Tea Sets

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Metal

Mid-Century Moorish Brass and Copper Tea Pot on Kettle
Located in Plainview, NY
This Mid-Century Moorish teapot on kettle is made or red copper and brass and stands is a true thing of beauty by standing on a beautifully carved Kettle / pedestal. Handcrafted by ...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Tea Sets

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Brass, Bronze

Chelsea-Derby Chocolate Cup Set, Gilt Stripes, Puce Flowers, Rococo 1770-1775
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful chocolate cup set made by Chelsea-Derby between 1770 and 1775, which was the Rococo era. The set consists of a cup, a saucer and a cover, and is decorated in a st...
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1770s English Rococo Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Vintage Six Russian Imperial Lomonosov Gilt Porcelain Covered Tea Set Cups 1930s
Located in Portland, OR
Vintage set of six Imperial Lomonosov Handpainted Gilt Porcelain tea cups & saucers with covers, comprising 18 pieces. The set is in perfect condition, each cup and saucer is hand d...
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1930s Russian Baltic Vintage Tea Sets

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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...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets

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Pottery

Sevres Hand Painted Matched Porcelain Cabinet Cup and Saucer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique French matched hand painted porcelain cabinet cup and saucer painted with various scenes by Sevres and dating from the latter 19th century. ...
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Le Tallec Set of 4 Demitasse Cups and Matching Tray with Profuse Raised Gilding
Located in Boston, MA
This is an exquisite Le Tallec set that includes four demitasse cups and saucers with a tray with a matching pattern. All the cups and saucers and the tray are embellished in raised profuse gilding with curves and scrolls in a rococo style. The tray is 13.5 inches in diameter. This demitasse set is very rare and would be a wonderful addition to any coffee lover or demitasse collector. Price of Le Tallec set-$1500.00. Camille Le Tallec was born in Paris in 1906. In 1929, he graduated from the Ecole du Louvre. In 1930, he opened his studio in Belleville, Paris, which became the Atelier Le Tallec. At his studio, his goal was to paint his porcelain pieces beautifully like Vincennes or Sevres porcelains. Most of the Le Tallec boxes...
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1950s French Rococo Vintage Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Midcentury Porcelain Beige Marble Tea Coffee Service Jug and Cups, Poland, 1960
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Lovely Mid-Century Modern porcelain painted marble coffee set. Service for 6 people produced by Zaklady Porcelany in Wloclawek in the 1960s. The service consists of a jug, sug...
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Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets

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Enamel

Traditional Antique French Coffee Set of 21 Pieces, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique tea set consistent of 21 pieces including coffee plates, coffee cups and pots. Made by an unknown manufacturer in France. In origin...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Chinese Export Tea Set, Rockefeller Pattern
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese expChinese export tea set, Rockefeller pattern, covered tea pot, lidded creamer and lidded sugar urn, purchased at Sotherby's auction by previous owner. China. 18th Century....
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18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Vase & Candlestick "Snurran", Stig Lindberg, Gustavsbergs Studio, Faience
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely combined vase and candlestick of model "Snurran" designed by Stig Lindberg at Gustavsberg Studio. It was designed to be able to use both as a vase and a candle stick and you...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets

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Faience

Seletti "Hybrid-Smeraldina" Porcelain Teapot
Located in Doral, FL
From its very first year in 1964, Seletti in Cicognara, Mantova, has followed its principle of professionality service and constant research to strive for betterness innovation and o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Seletti "Hybrid-Anastasia" Mug in Porcelain
Located in Doral, FL
From its very first year in 1964, Seletti in Cicognara, Mantova, has followed its principle of professionality service and constant research to strive for betterness innovation and o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Spode Indian Tree Cup and Saucer
Located in Asheville, NC
This is an absolutely fabulous antique Copeland Spode Indian tree cup and saucer. It is a spectacular example of Spode porcelain with rust and orange...
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18th Century and Earlier English Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Set of Six Capodimonte Porcelain Tea /Coffee Cups with Floral Motifs, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. This set is made in Capodimonte porcelain and features hand painted floral motifs and golden edges. They are vintage therefore they might show slight traces of ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets

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Porcelain

PM Italian Silverplate & Brass Coffee Service
Located in Chicago, IL
A very fine silver plated and brass coffee service signed PM Italy. The set includes the coffee pot, creamer, sugar bowl and serving tray.
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1970s Italian Vintage Tea Sets

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Brass

DeSimone of Italy, Hand Painted Ceramic Mid-Century Cup And Saucer c1960
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
DeSimone of Italy, ceramic cup and saucer, hand decorated with girl holding flowers A fun piece of Italian dash Circa 1960's Signed DeSimone, Italy Cup: Height 2 inch, Diameter 4.25 ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Quality Pair Of 19th Century Teacups & Saucers
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality pair of 19th Century teacups & saucers. Quality pair of antique scalloped shaped teacups and saucers with gold gilded decoration.
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19th Century Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Belleek Cabaret Tea Set, Cream Cob Lustre, Erne, Victorian, 1890s
Located in London, GB
This is an extremely rare Belleek cabaret set for two, or "tête-à-tête", made in the Erne series brought out in the 1890s. The items carry the 2nd Black Mark, used between 1891 and 1926. The set consists of a teapot, a milk jug, a sugar bowl, two teacups and saucers, and a large matching tray. This set is very fine and with its restrained cream-white colour it would make a wonderful wedding gift! If you ever thought Belleek fine china looks, sounds and feels unique, you are right. There is a back story to this extraordinarily fine Irish eggshell porcelain, which has an unusually high amount of "frit" and therefore is thinner and finer than any other china. Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh) had started in 1849 with John Caldwell Bloomfield, who was a wealthy land owner. During the Irish famine he realised that unless he would find a way for his tenants to make a profit off the land, they would starve. Agriculture had become impossible due to the agricultural diseases. This caused millions to starve and more millions to leave. As an amateur mineralogist, John Caldwell Bloomfield realised that his land had exactly the right mineral deposits to be used as clay for porcelain. He involved several investors and scientists and after many years of research, trial, error, the building of a railway line to import coal from England, and building a factory, the Belleek pottery resulted, employing the local people and soon producing the finest china made with clay from the Belleek area. What had started as a way to fend off famine among the local tenants had became a story of incredible success by the 1880s as Queen Victoria fell in love with the fine white china and the many homely, slightly bizarre but nature-loving designs; this was different from English tradition, yet it was very much to the taste of the British who had developed a real love for home-made fine china since it was introduced in the late 18th Century. Belleek not only brought out many tea services, but started a new tradition of intricately woven porcelain baskets. Soon the English nobility started to place big orders and the pottery is still flourishing today and selling its wares the world over, while in England most potteries have long disappeared. Belleek made many cabaret services, often called breakfast services or "tête-à-tête" services; these were used to carry breakfast tea up to the bedroom. Queen Victoria bought one in the Echinus style during a visit to the factory in the 1860s, and ever since Belleek's cabaret services have been in great demand. Nowadays there are very few of these left and it is rare to find a full service like this. The Erne series was named after the river right besides the Belleek factory. This river forms the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the factory on the Northern Irish end of the bridge at Belleek. The pattern seems to be a play on the baskets and nets of the fishermen who once fished the abundant trout and salmon on the river Erne and the lake that belongs to it. The items carry the second Black Mark, which was used between 1891 and 1926, however the very fine quality of the porcelain indicates that most pieces of the set are more likely to be from the 1890s than from the 20th Century. You will see that the shade of cob lustre is different on each item; this is normal for Belleek tea sets...
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Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Paris Porcelain Tea Service, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
Comprising 2 pots, creamer (handle restored), covered sugar (finial restored), and 8 cups and saucers.
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1860s French Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Caneware tea set in the Egyptian taste by Schiller & Gerbing, c. 1835
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Bisque caneware creamer and covered sugar bowl in the Egyptian taste, highlighted by applied pseudo hieroglyphics and a crocodile finial on the sugar bowl. Produced in the Tetschen s...
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1830s Czech Antique Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Belleek Coffee Cup Trio, Shamrock Pattern, 1891-1926
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming coffee cup trio made by Belleek in the Shamrock design, consisting of a coffee cup, a saucer and a little cake plate. It has the 2nd Black Mark, which was used between 1891 and 1926. Given the quality of the porcelain we think the date of production is probably closer to 1891 than 1926. If you ever thought Belleek fine china looks, sounds and feels unique, you are right. There is a back story to this extraordinarily fine Irish eggshell porcelain, which has an unusually high amount of "frit" and therefore is thinner and finer than any other china. Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh) had started in 1849 with John Caldwell Bloomfield, who was a wealthy land owner. During the Irish famine...
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Late 19th Century Northern Irish Arts and Crafts Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Breakfast Set Cup with Saucer and Plate, Damaged
Located in Chorzów, PL
Ancient cup with a saucer and saucer Origin: Denmark Signed Kobenhavns Porcellains Maleri Damaged cup in the middle of the crack visible in the ph...
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1950s Danish Neoclassical Vintage Tea Sets

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Porcelain

10 Tiffany Le Tallec Private Stock Porcelain Dessert Plates in Directoir 1964
Located in Gardena, CA
10 Tiffany Le Tallec Private Stock Porcelain Dessert Plates in Directoir 1964 10 Tiffany Le Tallec Private Stock porcelain dessert plates in Directoir. A yellow ground with hand pa...
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20th Century Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Six Royal Worcester Coffee Cups and Saucers, Harry Davis, circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
Painted in colors with London scenes, the interiors, handles and rims all gilt. Signed H. Davis, painted titles, impressed and printed marks in puce.
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1920s English Vintage Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Art Deco Tea, Coffee, Dessert Set, Porcelain, Victoria, Czechoslovakia, 1930s
By Victoria Czechoslovakia
Located in Bochum, NRW
Delightfully angular pure Art Deco porcelain tea / coffee and dessert serving set for 5 by Victoria, Czechoslovakia. Comprising: jug, sugar bowl, milk jug, serving plate, 5 cups wi...
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets

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Porcelain

CUSINS Porcelain Triangular Coffee & Desert Set - Service for Five
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Mid 20th Century Modern style coffee and desert service for five by Cusins. Fine porcelain, white in color with black & gold banding of a leaves design, consisting of thirteen piec...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Modern Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Six Russian Parcel-gilt Silver Demi tasse Spoons, Moscow, circa 1900
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Set of six elegant solid silver Russian demi-tasse spoons from the ancient capital of Moscow, with flared and slightly curved handles, engraved exterior bowls and gilded interiors ty...
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Early 20th Century Russian Arts and Crafts Tea Sets

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Silver

Quality Antique Hand Painted Masons Ironstone Tea Caddies
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique hand painted Masons Ironstone tea caddies with fantastic quality hand painted decoration in red, pink, yellow, blue, green and gold colours Beautifully decorated i...
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Early 20th Century English Tea Sets

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Ironstone

Circa 1880-1900 Japonisme Tea & Cake Service
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
An English china orange decor tea & cake service for 6, circa 1880-1900, transfer printed in a Japonisme motif. 6 cups & saucers, 6 cake plates & a pair o...
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Late 19th Century English Japonisme Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Richard Ginori Designer Italian White & Gold Espresso Coffee or Tea Cup Saucer
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian espresso coffee or tea demitasse cup and saucer 'Toscana' by designer Richard Ginori, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Porcelain cup and saucer have beautiful shape...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Tea Sets

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Ceramic, Porcelain

1970s Los Castillo Modernist Silver Malachite Sugar Creamer Tray Set Mexico
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Handmade Mexican Modernism Tea Coffee Service Set Los Castillo Modernist Silver Malachite Sugar and Creamer with Tray Set Mexico Silver plate malachite-azurite inserts Stamped...
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Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

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Malachite, Silver

Antique Early 19th Century Spode Porcelain Pattern Number 2408 Tea Cup & Saucer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Spode porcelain cup & saucer. Pattern no. 2408 Decorated throughout with a cobalt floral patttern and extensive gilding. Simply a great cup & saucer from Spod...
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Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Grandjean Jourdan, Faux Bois Ceramic Tea sets. Vallauris, France, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
'Faux Bois' ceramic Tea sets of 13 pieces by Grandjean Jourdan, Vallauris France 1950s / 1960s. Some of the pieces are marked Vallauris underneath. The set is composed of 6 cup...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets

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Ceramic

Midcentury Water or Juice Pot, Pitcher, Glass, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A lovely Mid-Century Modern transparent glass Pot from the 1960s. Original vintage good condition. Only one unique piece.
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Mid-20th Century Danish Tea Sets

Materials

Glass

Ceramic Tea & Coffee Pot Set by Hall's
Located in Bradenton, FL
A ceramic tea and coffee pot set in the Autumn Leaf pattern by Hall's. This pattern was produced exclusively for Jewel Tea Company and was discontinued in 19...
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Mid-20th Century American Rustic Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Face Painted Colorful Tea Pot
Located in west palm beach, FL
A stunning and unique vintage teapot with an arrangement of colors painted on its ceramic surface. Acquired at a Palm Beach estate.
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Late 20th Century North American Tea Sets

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Ceramic

German Porcelain Coffee or Tea Cup and Saucer, Set of 4
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful set or four (4) German porcelain coffee or tea cup and saucers by Schumann Arzberg, Bavaria, Germany, circa mid-20th century. Pieces are in the Empress Dresdner flowers p...
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Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Blossom Pattern 4 Piece Tea & Coffee Set c. 1945-77
Located in London, GB
A magnificent vintage Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Four Piece Tea & Coffee Set in the classic Jensen Blossom Pattern. The set includes a Teapot, a Coffee Pot, a Cream / Milk Jug & a Sugar Bowl. The Teapot, Coffee Pot & Cream Jug each have a shaped pale wooden handle. Made in Copenhagen, Denmark by Georg Jensen in c. 1945 - 77. Approx. Height Coffee Pot - 20.5cm Approx. Height Tea Pot - 13.8cm Each piece of the Tea & Coffee Set has a Jensen Silver mark. This Jensen Silver Tea Set...
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20th Century Danish Tea Sets

Materials

Sterling Silver

Riley Coffee Cup, Gilt Chevron Zigzag Pattern, Regency, circa 1815
By J&R Riley
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful coffee cup and saucer made by Riley in about 1815, decorated in a striking gilt chevron pattern with a rather psychedelic zigzag effect. The John & Richard Ril...
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1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Three-Piece Ball-Shaped Victorian Silver Tea Set
Located in London, GB
Pleasing three-piece late-Victorian silver tea set with hand raised and delicately hand engraved bodies. The silver teapot has an elegant spout that pours perfectly and is fitted wit...
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19th Century English Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Silver

Vintage Coffee/Tea Set Porcelain Teapot, Creamer, Sugar Bowl & Tray Bmf Bavaria
Located in Bastogne, BE
Elegant New Metal Coffee/Tea Set. Porcelain Teapot, Creamer, Sugar Bowl & Tray By BMF Bavaria, Germany, 1970. Coffee Pot With removable thermal hood to keep warm insulated wit...
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1980s German Vintage Tea Sets

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Metal

Samuel Alcock Teacup Trio, Beige with Hand Painted Flowers, Rococo Revival 1841
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful "true trio" made by Samuel Alcock in or shortly after 1841. The trio is decorated in a warm beige ground with a gilt pattern and beautiful flowers in the centre of each item. In the late 18th and early 19th Century cups and saucers...
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1840s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

H&R Daniel Teacup Trio, White, Floral, Etruscan Shape, Regency circa 1825
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful teacup trio made by H&R Daniel in about 1825. The set is potted in the "Etruscan" shape and is decorated in a white ground with a beautiful floral pattern and gilt anthemion sprigs. The trio consists of a teacup, a coffee cup and a saucer. In the 19th Century that's how cups and saucers were sold; as you would never drink tea and coffee at the same time, why invest in an extra saucer? We have a matching cake plate as well, please see separate listing. The H & R Daniel porcelain factory was founded by Henry Daniel, son of a family of master colour makers. He headed up the decoration department in the famous Spode factory where he oversaw all the beautiful early Spode decorations. In 1822 he opened his own factory with his son Richard, creating a truly iconic body of work with the most subtle colours and beautifully painted flowers and landscapes. The Daniel factory was the last true cottage industry among the English porcelain factories, resisting the increase of industrialisation and mass production. This resulted in extraordinary and unrivalled quality, but it probably also led to the factory having to close its doors in 1846 because it could no longer compete with others who did modernise. Daniel porcelain can be hard to identify as the factory was only around for about two decades, but this short duration and the low output also means that Daniel items have become true collectors' items. This set is potted in the "Etruscan" shape, a neoclassical shape with a strikingly angular handle and a graceful classical shape. The set is unmarked except the faded pattern number 3863 on the coffee cup, which points to a date of 1825. A picture of this pattern can be seen on plate 34 of Michael Berthoud and Lybne Price's "Daniel Patterns on Porcelain". CONDITION REPORT The set is in perfect antique condition except some very light rubbing as visible in the pictures. Antique British porcelain...
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1820s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Antique English Shaped New Hall Porcelain Teapot Trivet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English porcelain teapot trivet. Attributed to New Hall. In a diamond-shaped form. With a single red & black...
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18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Antique Doccia Porcelain Italian Neoclassical Topographical Cup & Saucer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Offered here for your consideration is, A fine antique topographical porcelain cup & saucer. By Doccia porcelain manufactory circa 1820. ...
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1820s Italian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Woodbury Pewter Academic Revival Pewter Holloware Teapot, 1952
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pewter Holloware teapot from Woodbury Pewter. The teapot is an Academic Revival design after a Meridian, Connecticut model from 1820. Stamped on the underside with the maker's mark. ...
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1950s American Vintage Tea Sets

Materials

Pewter

Vintage Porcelain Alka Coffee Set, Germany, 1960
Located in Bastogne, BE
A wonderful vintage coffee set for 6 persons from the Burgund collection from the famous German manufacturer of high-quality porcelain manufactory ...
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1960s German Vintage Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Swansea Welsh Porcelain Kingfisher Pattern Cabinet Trio
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Welsh porcelain cabinet trio decorated in the Kingfisher pattern by sought after maker Swansea and dating from around 1820. The trio comprises of a teacup, a coffee cu...
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1820s Welsh George III Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Missoni Italian Porcelain Coffee Espresso Cup and Saucer
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful colorful porcelain coffee espresso or demitasse tea cup and saucer from the iconic Italian luxury Maison Missoni, circa early...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century French Malicorne Faience Tea Pot
Located in Pearland, TX
A superb antique French provincial Malicorne faience teapot from Pouplard-Beatrix, circa 1890. Signed PBx on reverse. This charming tea pot depicts a young Breton woman carrying a basket and umbrella and the opposite side depicts a young Breton man...
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Faience

Mid-Century Porcelain Creamer Milk Jug, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A lovely Mid-Century Modern white porcelain pot from the 1960s. Original vintage good condition. Only one unique piece.
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Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets

Materials

Glass

13-Piece Vintage Japanese Tea Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage sumatsu serving set hand painted with maple leaves and birds / Made in Japan circa 1960s 1 tea pot, width 7 inches, height 4 inches, depth 6 inches 4 plates, diameter 6.75 in...
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20th Century Japanese Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Contemporary Lapis Lazuli Set Handle Tea Cup Plate Silver Plated Natalia Criado
Located in Milan, IT
Elevate your daily tea or coffee ritual with our perlina cup and piattino. The plated brass cup and plate are handcrafted in italy using sheet turning techniques. The handle, adorne...
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2010s Italian Tea Sets

Materials

Quartz, Silver Plate

Antique Doccia Porcelain Italian Neoclassical Topographical Chocolate/Coffee Pot
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique topographical porcelain coffee or chocolate pot. By the Doccia porcelain manufactory circa 1820. With painted enamel topograph...
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Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Paragon Double Warrant Bone China Teacup & Saucer with Red Cabbage Rose
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This teacup and saucer set was made by the renowned Paragon fine bone china factory of England in approximately 1960. The set is done with a pastel mint green ground with a large red offset cabbage rose on the inside of the cup which is replicated on the saucer. Both the cup and saucer are marked with the Paragon 'Double Warrant...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

H&R Daniel Coffee Cup, White, Grey with Printed Flowers, Rococo Revival, ca 1838
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful coffee cup set made by H&R Daniel in about 1838. The cup is quite large and has a beautiful bell shaped shape and the pattern number 6676. The H & R Daniel por...
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1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Six English Turkey Cups and Saucers, Wild Turkey Flying by Johnson Brothers
Located in Austin, TX
A set of six cups and saucers featuring the Wild Turkey - Flying brown and white transfer-ware pattern by the celebrated English pottery firm, Johnson Brothers. With authentic mid...
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20th Century English Tea Sets

Materials

Earthenware, Pottery

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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