Tea Sets
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1760s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Glass
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century Danish Art Deco Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1930s Scandinavian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century American Other Tea Sets
Metal
Mid-20th Century European Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1790s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Danish Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Tea Sets
Pewter
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Meiji Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1990s Italian Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Tea Sets
Iron
1850s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
Late 20th Century Jacobean Tea Sets
Pewter
18th Century English George II Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 18th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Silver
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Unknown Regency Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Tea Sets
Coconut
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s British Georgian Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets
Gold
1760s English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1830s English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1910s American Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1920s English George II Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s German Art Deco Antique Tea Sets
Bronze
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1870s American Antique Tea Sets
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.





