Tea Sets
19th Century Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Copper
Late 19th Century British Hepplewhite Antique Tea Sets
Pewter
Late 19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Belle Époque Tea Sets
Porcelain
1990s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Blown Glass
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s American American Classical Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Other
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Earthenware, Cane
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 1900s European Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1820s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Glass
1770s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Pewter
1820s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Gold
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Tea Sets
Pottery
20th Century German Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century American Antique Tea Sets
Granite, Pewter
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Crystal, Silver
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Copper
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Tea Sets
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s Vintage Tea Sets
Wood, Parchment Paper
Late 20th Century Swedish Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1940s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
1990s Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Steel
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century European Antique Tea Sets
Pewter
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century British Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1880s German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage 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.





