Tea Sets
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Tea Sets
Coconut
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1850s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century English George II Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s English George II Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 1900s German Art Deco Antique Tea Sets
Bronze
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
1760s English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Vermeil, Silver Plate
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Pearlware
1830s English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 18th Century Danish Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century British Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Russian Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s American Tea Sets
Porcelain
1840s British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Other Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Unknown Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1870s American Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
17th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1950s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Finnish Vintage Tea Sets
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
1970s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1990s Italian Other Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1950s North American Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1830s English Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1860s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s British Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic, Plastic
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1990s American Post-Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Russian Baltic Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century American Minimalist Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
18th Century Chinese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
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.





