Art Deco Tea Service
Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Sterling Silver
Silver
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Platters and Serveware
Pewter
Early 20th Century British Sheffield and Silverplate
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century French Porcelain
Porcelain, Paste
1990s French Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Vintage 1940s English Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century French Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Tea Sets
Metal
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Tea Sets
Metal
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Tea Sets
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
20th Century Tea Sets
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Tea Sets
20th Century Tea Sets
Vintage 1930s English Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Tea Sets
20th Century German Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Vintage 1920s European Art Deco Tea Sets
Metal
Vintage 1940s English Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s English Bauhaus Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Vintage 1920s German Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1990s German Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Metal
Vintage 1950s English Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver, Silver
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Tea Sets
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century French Tea Sets
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Pewter
Vintage 1940s English Art Deco Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate
Vintage 1930s English Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Vintage 1960s French Art Deco Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Porcelain
Porcelain
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1950s English Art Deco Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Serving Pieces
Rosewood
Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Sterling Silver
Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver
Silver, Silver Plate
Vintage 1930s English Art Deco Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate
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Finding the Right Tea-sets for You
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.








