Tea Sets
1950s Vintage Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
1740s English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-19th Century Maghreb Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Copper, Brass
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Quartz, Silver Plate
19th Century German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s French Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Colombian Modern Tea Sets
Gold
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic, Majolica, Pottery
Late 20th Century French Islamic Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century Norwegian Antique Tea Sets
Gold Plate, Silver, Enamel
20th Century German Post-Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Enamel, Copper
19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1880s Italian Empire Antique Tea Sets
Bronze
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Earthenware
20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Ceramic
1770s English Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Other
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century German Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Brass
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Enamel
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1930s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
18th Century European Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Other Tea Sets
Porcelain, Paint
18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Alpaca
1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Earthenware
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1710s French George I Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century French Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
19th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 18th Century German Other Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century Japonisme Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1900s Arts and Crafts Antique Tea Sets
Copper
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Tea Sets
Pottery
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Tea Sets
Gold
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Regency 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.





