Rococo Tea Sets
ROCOCO STYLE
Rococo was an aesthetic movement in the fine and decorative arts in the 18th century that found its inspiration in nature and fostered an overall lightness and delicacy of form, construction and ornament in interior design. Rococo furniture, while greatly influenced by trends in Italy and Germany, is often called Louis XV style — the movement having reached its best expression during that sybaritic French king’s reign.
The term “rococo” is thought to be a portmanteau of the French words rocaille and coquilles — “rock” and “shells” — organic motifs frequently used in architecture and design of the style.
When it comes to authentic Rococo furniture's characteristics, it is above all sensuous and social. The furniture of earlier eras in Europe had been heavy in every sense; the Rococo period saw the appearance of light-framed upholstered armchairs, side chairs and occasional tables that could easily be moved to form conversational circles.
The signal detail of Rococo furniture design is the gently curved cabriole, or S-shaped chair-, table-, and cabinet-leg. It imitates the bend of a tree limb or a flower stem. In a further reference to nature, furnishings were often asymmetrical and painted white, or in soft, pastel shades. Rococo has become a timeless style, and as the furniture pieces presented on 1stDibs demonstrate, its playful, sculptural forms can provide visual excitement to contemporary, clean-lined spaces.
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Style: Rococo
First Period Worcester Teapot 'Waiting Chinaman' Pattern circa 1770
Located in Basildon, GB
Worcester teapot, painted underglaze in ‘The Waiting Chinaman’ pattern, filled out with scattered sprays of flowers, the knop modelled as a flower. Blue crescent mark, c. 1770
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1770s English Antique Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Teapot, Exclusive Silver Floral English Mid-century Coffee Pot
Located in Wembley, GB
An antique tea set and a silver-plated teapot that is beautifully designed and created are suitable for elegant serving. With lid pressed, cast and cha...
Category
1920s English Vintage Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver Leaf
Antique Teapot, Exclusive Silver Rococo English Mid-century Coffee Pot
Located in Wembley, GB
An antique tea set and a silver-plated teapot that is beautifully designed and created are suitable for elegant serving. With lid pressed, cast and chased, gold gilding on the inside...
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1920s British Vintage Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal, Silver Leaf
Jacob Petit Paris Porcelain Tea Set with Gilt and Colorful Rococo Decoration
By Jacob Petit
Located in Boston, MA
This is a fabulous Jacob Petit Old Paris Porcelain solitaire museum quality tea set. It is profusely decorated with gold, cartouches of flowers and many colors in the rococo style, w...
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1840s French Antique Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Dresden Tea Set with Hand-Painted Flowers and Raised Figural Faces of Ladies
Located in Boston, MA
I want to offer you this fabulous Helena Wolfson Dresden tea set decorated with hand-painted flower bouquets and raised figural faces of ladies. It inc...
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1890s German Antique Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain, Cedar
Antique Martin, Hall & Co. English Silver Plate Tea Set
Located in Norwood, NJ
Fine quality English Rococo-style 6-piece Martin Hall & Co. silver plate tea/coffee set with associated tray. Large tray with coffee and...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
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 Vintage Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
English Georgian Pyriform Sheffield Coffee Pot, '1750s'
Located in Kenilworth, IL
English Old Sheffield Rococo pyriform coffee pot with carved boxwood handle. The foot, lid rim, and lid finial are cast in a reel molding. Rococo engraving and developed Rococo spout...
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Mid-18th Century English Antique Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Rococo Style Four-Piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Set, Italy, 1984
Located in Cagliari, IT
Magnificent set of 4 pieces in sterling silver consisting of one teapot, one coffee pot, one milk jug and one sugar box hand made by Ilario Pradella for Bellezza Cagliari.
Splendid ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Teapot, Exclusive Silver Rococo English Mid-century Coffee Pot
Located in Wembley, GB
An antique tea set and a silver-plated teapot that is beautifully designed and created are suitable for elegant serving. With lid pressed, cast and chased, gold gilding on the inside...
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1920s British Vintage Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal, Silver Leaf
Faceted Teapot engraved Flowers Joseph Angell, 752g Silver, London 1841
Located in Paris, FR
This exceptional 19th-century antique Victorian English sterling silver teapot was crafted by Joseph Angell Sr. & Joseph Angell Jr. in London in 1841. Is a remarkable addition to any...
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19th Century English Antique Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Spanish Silver Rococo Style Tea and Coffee Service
Located in London, GB
20th century Spanish silver Rococo style tea and coffee service,
Spanish, 20th century
Kettle on stand: Height 44cm, width 23cm, depth 16cm
Milk jug: Height 12cm, width 13cm, depth 9cm
Comprising of a solid silver tray, teapot, coffee pot, sugar bowl, milk jug, strainer, and large kettle...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
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 Antique Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Bow Porcelain Orphaned Coffee Cup, Famille Rose Peony, circa 1755
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming orphaned coffee cup made by the Bow Porcelain factory in about 1755. The cup is decorated in a Chinese "famille rose" peony pattern. This cup would have been part of a large tea service, and the tiny size shows how expensive coffee was in the 18th Century.
The Bow Porcelain Factory was one of the first potteries in Britain to make soft paste porcelain, and most probably the very first to use bone ash, which later got perfected by Josiah Spode to what is now the universally used "bone china". Bow was the main competitor of the Chelsea Porcelain Factory, but where Chelsea made very fine slipcast porcelain, Bow made a different soft paste porcelain that tended to be softer and could be pressed into moulds. Bow served a larger public generally at lower prices. The factory was only in operation between 1743 and 1774, after which the tradition got incorporated into some of the later famous potteries such as Worcester and Derby.
The cup is unmarked, which is normal for Bow items of this era.
Condition report the cup is in excellent condition without any damage or repairs. There are various glazing imperfections, which are quite normal for porcelain of this era.
Antique British porcelain...
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1750s English Antique Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Exceptional Rococo design chased antique sterling silver coffee pot made in 1764
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1764 by Thomas Whipham & Charles Wright, this exceptional, George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, is in the Rococo taste, with ornate chased d...
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1760s English Antique Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English George II Sterling Silver Rococo Kettle on Stand
Located in London, GB
An antique English silver George II kettle with original stand and lamp, chased and embossed in the Rococo style. The lid has a flush hinge and the ke...
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1750s English Antique Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Rococo Style Tea Set, Sterling Silver 3 Pieces Set, Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Rococo style tea set - sterling silver 3 pieces set - ag/925/g 4250
Matching tray available
Handmade in Italy
Completely crafted in our workshop in Milano
Ganci Argenterie - Hall...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
First Period Worcester Teapot 'Waiting Chinaman' Pattern circa 1770
Located in Basildon, GB
Worcester teapot, painted underglaze in ‘The Waiting Chinaman’ pattern, filled out with scattered sprays of flowers, the knop modelled as a flower. Blue crescent mark, c. 1770
Category
1770s English Antique Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Teapot, Exclusive Silver Floral English Mid-century Coffee Pot
Located in Wembley, GB
An antique tea set and a silver-plated teapot that is beautifully designed and created are suitable for elegant serving. With lid pressed, cast and cha...
Category
1920s English Vintage Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Silver Leaf
Christofle Silver Plate Kettle on Stand in Rococo Style
By Christofle
Located in New York, NY
Christofle silver plated kettle on stand in ornate Rococo style with swirling natural motifs. The stand, which has 4 legged feet, measures an impr...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Polish Hand Chased Silver Plated Tea Urn Samovar mid 19th century
Located in Sweden, SE
Copper body tea urn decorated with hand chased brass cast and silver plating. This is pretty rare fire operated samovar of beautiful artisan performance. This samovar can also be use...
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Mid-19th Century Polish Antique Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass, Copper, Stainless Steel
Silver and Silver-Plate Tea and Coffee Set by Cardeilhac
Located in London, GB
Silver and silver plate tea and coffee set by Cardeilhac
French, Early 20th Century
Tray: Height 7cm, width 73cm, depth 45cm
Pot on st...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
George II Rococo Design Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, London 1741 Gabriel Sleath
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1741 by Gabriel Sleath, this striking, George II, Antique Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, features flat chased decoration below the rim, an engraved armorial to o...
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1740s English Antique Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Four Pieces Hand-Painted Rockingham Set, Two Cups and Two Saucers
Located in Larkspur, CA
Four pieces Rockingham set, featuring hand-painted cups and saucers with gilt details. Based on the backstamps, the set belongs to 1931-1942 Pusk-Mark period.
The Rockingham pottery...
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1930s English Vintage Rococo Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
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Painted by James Giles, the decoration features fruit and several flying insects within a gilt-edged cartouche framed by an apple-green ground.
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Dimensions: Saucer diameter 5.15″, Teacup 1.75″ tall x 3.25″ diameter, coffee cup 2.75″ tall 2.25″ diameter
Condition: Excellent, with two insignificant spots under the original glaze on the top edge of the teacup (see images).
Marks: Underglaze Worcester mock Meissen blue mark, with “6” above a set of crossed swords.
This mark was in use at Worcester from 1760 to 1770.
Price: $780
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Rococo tea sets for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Rococo tea sets for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage tea sets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, silver and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Rococo tea sets made in a specific country, there are Europe, England, and United Kingdom pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tea sets, popular names associated with this style include Bow Porcelain, Chelsea Porcelain, Chelsea-Derby, and Christofle. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for tea sets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $140 and tops out at $54,589 while the average work can sell for $2,380.