Tea Sets
1820s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Gold, Silver
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1830s French Empire Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Copper
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Unknown Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
Late 19th Century British Hepplewhite Antique Tea Sets
Pewter
Mid-20th Century French Tea Sets
Ceramic
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
1850s British Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1770s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1970s English Anglo-Japanese Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Brass
1840s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century German Antique Tea Sets
Gold Plate, Silver, Enamel
1880s British Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Enamel
Early 1900s Danish Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Aluminum
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1790s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Porcelain, Glass
Early 20th Century Dutch Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Alabaster, Silver
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Korean Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s Mexican Hollywood Regency Vintage Tea Sets
Brass
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Glass
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Pottery
20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Tea Sets
Ceramic, Stoneware
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Faience
Late 19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s American American Classical Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Country Antique Tea Sets
Copper
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Tea Sets
Sheffield Plate
2010s Italian Belle Époque Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
1880s German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1750s English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
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.





