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Tea Sets For Sale
20th C./Shōwa Era Japanese Glazed Porcelain Teapot of Black Cat with Mouse Lid
Located in North Miami, FL
20th century/Shōwa era japanese glazed porcelain teapot of black cat with mouse Lid
By: unknown
Material: porcelain, paint, wood, ceramic
Technique: pressed, molded, carved, painted...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain, Wood, Paint, Ceramic
Antique Whiting 5 Piece "Repousse" Sterling Silver Tea Set with Floral Decor
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique five piece tea set was made by Whiting & Co. of the United States and dates to approximately 1900 and done in a period Victorian style. The set is composed of sterling s...
Category
Early 20th Century American Late Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Art Deco Silverplate Creamer
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Art Deco silverplate creamer
In the manner of Tiffany & Co.
By Wilcox Silver Plate Co.
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 6.5"W x 3.5"D x 4.25"H.
Good original...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Art Deco Coffee Set made in bakelite and pewter
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960, we offer this Art Deco Coffee Set made in bakelite and pewter, fantastic patina.
Category
1940s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
Pacific Thermal Carafe
By Giobagnara
Located in Milan, IT
This exquisite insulated stainless steel carafe is suitable for both hot and cold beverages, thanks to a double-walled, vacuum-sealed glass liner that maintains the perfect serving t...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Leather
$1,040 / item
Fred Hirsch Sterling Silver Tea Set 5-Piece 3-D Ebony 1900s Modernism 0844
By Fred Hirsch
Located in Big Bend, WI
Modernism sterling silver five-piece tea set marked #600 made by M. Fred Hirsch Co. of New Jersey, circa 1920-1945. The tea set features 3-D cast ball and leaf elements on the finial...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Copper Kettle with Unique Handle
Located in Ross, CA
Antique copper kettle made in the 1800s. The lid has a brass handle and the seams on the bottom of the kettle are dovetailed. The kettle itself has an unusual shaped flat top handle.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown French Provincial Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
$148 Sale Price
55% Off
Berndt Friberg, Blue 3-piece Stoneware Tea Set, Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1955
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful 3-piece stoneware tea set stoneware with amazing hare’s fur glaze. Tea pot, cream jug and sugar bowl.
Made by master thrower Berndt Friberg, in the artist's studio at Gu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Swansea Welsh Porcelain Kingfisher Pattern Cabinet Trio
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Welsh porcelain cabinet trio decorated in the Kingfisher pattern by sought after maker Swansea and dating from around 1820. The trio comprises of a teacup, a coffee cu...
Category
1820s Welsh George III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Derby Coffee Cup, Monochrome Sepia Landscapes Zachariah Boreman, ca 1785
By Crown Derby, Derby
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare and stunning coffee cup and saucer made by Derby in about 1785. The set has a white ground with graceful gilding, and two stunning little landscapes painted by Za...
Category
1780s English Romantic Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vereco, France. Six-person tea set in amber glass. Modernist design.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Vereco, France. Six-person tea set in amber glass. Modernist design.
From the 1970s.
Marked.
In good condition with minimal signs of use.
Cup: D 10.8 cm without handle x H 6.0 cm.
Sa...
Category
1970s French Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Glass
Las Palmas, Tea Set with Six Contemporary Porcelains with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Las Palmas Porcelain Collection owes its name to the city of Palmas, in Brazil. It is a true tribute to palm trees, whether it is their leaves, the whole plant, or even the lands...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$201 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Anna Weatherley Designs Three Piece Tea Set Hand-Painted with Butterflies
Located in Toronto, ON
A gorgeous three piece Coffee/Tea set, hand painted with butterflies by Anna Weatherley Designs. Anna Weatherley has been designing and producing Fine Botanical Hand Painted Porcelai...
Category
2010s American Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Caneware tea set in the Egyptian taste by Schiller
Gerbing, c. 1835
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Bisque caneware creamer and covered sugar bowl in the Egyptian taste, highlighted by applied pseudo hieroglyphics and a crocodile finial on the sugar bowl. Produced in the Tetschen s...
Category
1830s Czech Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Cubist square Tea Set by James W. Tufts, Aesthetic Movement Silver Plated
Located in Paris, FR
The teapot, part of a set including a creamer and sugar bowl, features a truncated pyramid shape with a square base and a flat hinged lid. The design includ...
Category
19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Set of Four Blue and Gilt Painted English Scenes Coffee Cups
Located in New York, NY
Set of four blue and gilt painted English scenes coffee cups. Set of four pale blue and gilt painted coffee cups and saucers, biscuit bowl and plate, each...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Las Palmas, Coffee Set with Six Contemporary Porcelains with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Las Palmas Porcelain Collection owes its name to the city of Palmas, in Brazil. It is a true tribute to palm trees, whether it is their leaves, the whole plant, or even the lands...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$187 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Chinese Etched Pewter Teapot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
For one short decade, from circa 1910-1920, pewter was all the rage in China’s bustling commercial centers of Shanghai and Canton. Drawn to pewter’s soft, silvery glow, artists took ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
$218 Sale Price
42% Off
Dutch Silver Cream Set by D.J. Aubert, Aubert
Zn
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver cream set by D.J. Aubert, Aubert
Zn.
A Dutch silver cream set, exists of 3 pieces
An oval small serving tray wit a small jug for cream and a small bowl for the...
Category
20th Century Dutch Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
1940 Fouquet Lapar Art Deco Tea Coffee Set Hammered Sterling Silver Rosewood
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Art Deco tea and coffee set made in hammered sterling silver and rosewood by Georges Fouquet Lapar created in 1940s.
Service including:
- a coffee pot
- a tea pot
- a milkpot
- a ...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Victorian Sterling Silver Spirit Kettle
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
This magnificent antique Victorian sterling silver spirit kettle has a baluster shaped form.
The surface of the kettle is embellished with except...
Category
1860s British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rolf Sinnemark / "CUBE" TEA POT 400 / Rorstrand / 1985
Located in Shibuya-Ku, JP
ROLF SINNEMARK is a Swedish designer and glass artist.
He studied industrial design at KONSTFACK in Stockholm. After working in the USA, he was with BODA (merged with KOSTA BODA) fro...
Category
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Japanese Arita/Chinese Jingdezhen Saucer Dish and Cup Kakiemon
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very combination of two porcelain pieces;
Edo period, kakiemon figural garden scene
Qing period, Kangxi, Couple with a parasol in garden.
Additional information:
Material: Porcela...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$117 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Corrispondenze, Six Contemporary Decorated Tea Cups with Plates
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Vito Nesta Grand Tour's "Corrispondenze" collection is a portrait of what we carry with us after every journey we make in the world. Images, colo...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$201 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Black Dragon, Tea Set with Six Contemporary Porcelains with Decorative Design
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Mediterraneo collection is the result of Vito Nesta’s reflection on the line between reality and fantasy. The architectures of the doors depicted on the plates arise from technical drawings of monuments never realized but that inspired those that are present today in many Italian cities, from Milan to Rome. The same contrast is present in the setting, the doors portrayed at sunset are in fact surrounded by scenes inspired by colors and scents of North Africa.
Tea set with 6 Tea cups and plates.
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$201 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-Century Copper
Brass Milk Creamer and Sugar Bowl with Lid, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful set of a milk creamer and a sugar bowl, made of copper and brass with nice wicker handles. Executed in the 1950s by Erich Kolbenheyer, Vi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Japanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Tea Set Monkeys Figures, Early 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Rare and detailed set of pieces. Sumida Gawa pottery tea set. This colorful ware was made for export to the West and is usually heavy and covered with figures in relief.
This distin...
Category
20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$2,238 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Minton Tea cup attributed to Christopher Dresser, 1871
Located in Paris, FR
Wonderful aesthetic movement tea cup in hand-painted and hand-gilt porcelain by the English manufactory Minton. Blue background with stylized red flowers imitating the cloisonné technique, very common in the Japonisme ware.
Attributed to Christopher Dresser, a famous designer that was working for Minton in 1867. He made very decorative designs, using very often this special shade of blue. A very small quantity of his work was signed, but the quality of some designs allows to make further -attribution to him, such as this tea cup.
Signed with Minton hallmarks beneath, "Minton", number of the model G596 (China ware...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Enameled Yixing Teapot, 19th Century
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and unusual antique Chinese Yixing teapot of squat rounded form with loop handle and short spout with the top formed like a plate ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
19th Century Toby Tea Pot
Located in High Point, NC
19th century Toby tea pot from the Staffordshire region of England. The top is in a scalloped shape and is a brilliant cobalt color with copper lustre embellishment. It is topped w...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Porcelain Small Tea Pot, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A lovely Mid-Century Modern white porcelain pot from the 1960s.
Original vintage good condition. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain, Glass
Pompei, Six Contemporary Decorated Tea Cups with Plates
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The porcelain collection Pompei by Grand Tour By Vito Nesta brings the Grottesche wall decoration back to life in a contemporary key. Ancient designs are taken and declined on the di...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$201 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Italian Tea Service Guido Andlovitz Italy 1940s with Venice and Gondolas Laveno
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Saucers diameter 14.5 cm
Cups diameter 12 cm, height 4 cm
Teapot height 20 cm, width 25 cm, depth 10 cm
Sugar bowl 13 cm high, 14 cm wide, 7 cm deep.
Spout 11 cm high, 14 cm wide...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,261 Sale Price
30% Off
White and Gilt Neoclassical Cupid Arrow Cup
Saucer
Located in New York, NY
White and gilt neoclassical cupid arrow cup & saucer. Empire period designed white and gilt porcelain Valentine cupid's arrows and floral sprays. Under-glaze marks for Vienna. Aust...
Category
Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Porcelain Tea Cup Bowl
Saucer Imari Edo Period, 18C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely set from the edo period.
Additional information:
Primary Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 18th century
Japan Dynasty Period: Edo Period (1603–186...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$180 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Danish tea set Cohr, Denmark
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Cohr Danish Tea Set, Denmark
Elegant silver-plated tea set featuring a modern Scandinavian design, consisting of an oval tray, coffee pot, teapot, sugar bowl, and creamer. The pieces...
Category
20th Century Danish Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Shelley Complete Tea Set for 4 +
Located in Great Barrington, MA
Set your table with this rare and complete teaset with bold Art Deco decoration, made by Shelley. The rare shape of the porcelain screams Art Deco, the colors and pattern complete th...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Paste, Porcelain
$2,400 / set
Dutch Silver Cream Set by D.J. Aubert, Aubert
Zn
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver cream set by D.J. Aubert, Aubert & Zn.
A Dutch silver cream set, exists of 3 pieces
Dutch silver cream set in Art Deco style design.
8 Sided tray with a sugar and ...
Category
20th Century Dutch Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
$1,074 / set
Set of 6 Lenox Art Nouveau Silver Overlay Cup
Saucers
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 6 rare shaped hexagonal cups and saucers are made by the Ceramic Art Company, ca. 1887-1900 which later became Lenox. They are profusely decorated with elegant Art Nouveau sterling silver overlay with geometrically placed flowers which provides a lovely contrast to the rich cobalt blue ground. The rare shape adds to the beauty and uniqueness of design. The saucers measure 4.75" x 4.75".
This set of 6 Ceramic Art Company/Lenox cobalt...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Porcelain White Mini Vase with Roses, Hand Painted, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A lovely Mid-Century Modern white porcelain vase from the 1960s.
Original vintage good condition. Only one unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Materials
Glass
Porcelain Samovar, Tea or Coffee Urn Handmade in Italy
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Porcelain lidded samovar, tea or coffee urn, handmade in Italy.
Great decorative piece with handles and brass metal sprout.
Great to use for serving hot tea or any beverage.
Beautiful colorful hot water urn samovar in the Russian style.
Gilt fine porcelain tea pot hand...
Category
1960s Italian Renaissance Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
CERRO Sugar
Cream Set, Brown Horn
Alpaca Silver
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Not everything is organic in northern Argentinean hills. As we cast our eyes on the landscapes, we also find geometry that makes us travel with our imagination. Mini square, rectangu...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
CERRO Sugar
Cream Set, Bone
Alpaca Silver
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Not everything is organic in northern Argentinean hills. As we cast our eyes on the landscapes, we also find geometry that makes us travel with our imagination. Mini square, rectangu...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
10 Dutch Silver Pastry Forks by Th.
P. Moerkerk, ca 1930
Located in Delft, NL
10 Dutch silver pastry forks by Th. & P. Moerkerk, ca 1930
10 Dutch silver pastry forks with floral pattern.
10 different flowers on the handle of the fork, made by Th. & P. Moe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Vintage "The Windermere Hotel" London Silver Plated Coffee Tea Pot by Gorham
By Gorham
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage "The Windermere Hotel" London Silver Plated Coffee Tea Pot by Gorham. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 8" H x 10" W x 6" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
New Hall Porcelain Tea Service, Japanese Tobacco Pattern, Georgian, circa 1795
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning tea service made by New Hall in circa 1795. The service is made of hybrid hard paste porcelain and decorated in a bold Chinoiserie pattern of large flower sprays. The service consists of a teapot with cover, a milk jug, a slop bowl, and six tea bowls with saucers.
This service has provenance; it came from the collection of David Redstone, the well known porcelain expert who wrote leading books on Bow and Chelsea porcelain.
The New Hall factory started as a cooperative of several Staffordshire potters making use of the porcelain license of Bristol Porcelain...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
21st Century Steel Thermal Carafe Diana with Taupe Cover Handcrafed in Italy
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
A new style with a brand new laser cut pattern that beautifully finishes the elegant leather cover.
Diana is the new Pinetti steel thermal carafe wit...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Stainless Steel
Il Duomo Che Non C
è, Six Contemporary Decorated Tea Cups with Plates
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
From the encounter between the historical archives of the Duomo di Milano and the imagery of Grand Tour by Vito Nesta, this unique collections of porcelains and fabrics were born. “Il Duomo...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$201 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1980s Vintage Alessi Tea Kettle Stainless and White Italy
By Alessi
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1980s Alessi 9093 Modernist Kettle Stainless Steel White
maker stamped
9.5 h x 8.75 diameter x 9.75 d
Not new, preowned unrestored vintage condition.
Comes...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Stainless Steel
19th Century American Silver Plate Tea and Coffee Set Mark Reed
Barton
By Reed
Barton
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful late 19th century silver plate tea and coffee set. Refined finely chiseled decorations. Mark Reed & Barton. Perfect for embe...
Category
1860s American Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,441 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Michael Lambert Modernist Tea Set
Located in New York, NY
1980's modernist tea set by California ceramist Michael Lambert, in vintage original condition with minor wear and patina due to age and use.
Sugar holder...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Clay
$1,200 / set
Late 19th century French Copper Kettle, 1890s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful decorative copper kettle dating from the late 19th century (1890s). The lid no longer opens, probably due to limescale. Capacity: 4.5 liters. Written on the top. In its ori...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
Royal Doulton, England, Twelve Fairfax Teacups with Saucers and a Cream Jug
Located in København, Copenhagen
Royal Doulton, England. Twelve Fairfax teacups with saucers and a cream jug in porcelain with hand-painted flowers in gold.
Mid-20th century.
The cup measures: 10 x 6.7 cm.
Sauce...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Two Sets of Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain Tea Cups and Saucers
Located in København, Copenhagen
Two sets of Royal Copenhagen Blue Fluted Plain tea cups and saucers in hand painted porcelain.
Model 1/76
Approx. 1920/30s.
In excellent condition.
Marked.
Second factory quali...
Category
1920s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Edmond Bellefroid Tea Set by Petrus Regout Maastricht, Bauhaus, Dutch Art Deco
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful Art Deco, Bauhaus set designed by Edmond Bellefroid 1929, execution Petrus Regout Maastricht.The set is in very good condition.Included table ware set.
Dimensions:Height 9...
Category
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$720 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Rare Mid-century Double Teapot, Stig Lindberg Gustavsbergs Studio, Faience
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare double teapot in faience designed by Stig Lindberg at Gustavsberg Studio. The smaller pot is 10 cm high and the larger one is 13 cm high (33 cm including the handle). They are...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Faience
$608 Sale Price
43% Off
Service à thé en porcelaine de Sologne décor or fin Francais style Empire 20ième
Located in London, England
Ce service à thé de style Empire, provenant de Sologne, est un véritable bijou du 20ème siècle. Composé de 15 pièces en porcelaine fine, chaque élément est délicatement décoré à l'or...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Empire Tea Sets
Materials
Gold Leaf
$228 Sale Price / set
72% Off
Antique Chinese Export Sterling Silver Tea Set with Dragon
Bamboo Decoration
By Luen Hing
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique handcrafted sterling silver tea set was made in China in circa 1880 in the period Chinese export style. The set is composed of a teapot, creamer and lidded sugar bowl an...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mary Rich Studio Pottery Miniature Teapot, 20th Century
By Mary Rich
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning vintage studio pottery miniature teapot by Mary Rich decorated in mottled pink glazes on a light grey stone ground. The tall bulbous porcel...
Category
20th Century English Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
Antique CJ
Co English Edwardian Silver Plated Tea Serving Set - 3 Pc Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique CJ & Co English Edwardian Silver Plated Tea Serving Set - 3 Pc Set. Listing includes (1) twin handle sugar bowl, (1) creamer, and (1) single handle smaller creamer. Circa Ear...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
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.
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