Tea Sets
1940s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1940s Mexican Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century English Victorian Tea Sets
Majolica
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century American Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Silver
1980s English Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s North American Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Gold
20th Century American Modern Tea Sets
Other
19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Gold
20th Century American Modern Tea Sets
Other
20th Century American Modern Tea Sets
Other
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Tea Sets
Porcelain
1890s French Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Mexican Tea Sets
Ceramic, Clay
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Russian Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Chrome
19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Portuguese Chinoiserie Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Pottery
Early 1900s Great Britain (UK) Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1750s Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
1950s German Vintage Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
Early 1900s British Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s English Vintage Tea Sets
Paste, Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
1970s Luxembourgish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s European Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1910s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century English Classical Roman Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
1960s Austrian Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1970s Russian Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Enamel
20th Century German Tea Sets
Metal
Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Folk Art Tea Sets
Brass, Copper, Pewter
Late 20th Century French Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1890s English Arts and Crafts Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Metal, Silver Plate
1890s Belgian Regency Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s American Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century American Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1800s English Neoclassical Antique 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.





