Tea Sets
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Tea Sets
Metal
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Tea Sets
Brass, Bronze
1770s English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Russian Baltic Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s French Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Enamel
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Faience
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century and Earlier English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1860s French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1830s Czech Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Northern Irish Arts and Crafts Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Danish Neoclassical Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s English Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Russian Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Ironstone
Late 19th Century English Japonisme Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Malachite, Silver
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Glass
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 20th Century North American Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1980s German Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1840s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1820s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1820s Italian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s American Vintage Tea Sets
Pewter
1960s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1820s Welsh George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Tea Sets
Faience
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Glass
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Quartz, Silver Plate
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century English Tea Sets
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.