Tea Sets
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1960s French Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Stoneware
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
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19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Nickel
Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Tea Sets
Metal
1890s Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Porcelain, Glass
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century English Tea Sets
Gold
Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Ironstone
20th Century French Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Gold
1960s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Gold
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
18th Century Scottish Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Tea Sets
Faience
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century Italian Antique Tea Sets
Paste, Porcelain
20th Century Persian Tea Sets
Silver
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1860s English Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Metal, Enamel
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Steel
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1880s English Antique Tea Sets
Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1890s Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Copper
1980s Swedish Minimalist Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1760s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Terracotta
1890s French Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
1930s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
1720s Vietnamese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
1910s Austrian Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1990s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1780s British Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1970s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
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.





