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Tea Sets For Sale
Japanese Contemporary Porcelain Red Gold Cup, 6
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Striking Japanese Ko-Imari (old Imari) porcelain long stem cup, in bright red, blue and green colors and generous gold application that are charact...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
Antique Afternoon Tea Service, English, Pearline, Party, Davidson, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique afternoon tea service. An English, glass Pearline tea party set by Davidson, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1900.
Ra...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Glass
Top Quality Aesthetic Movement Silver Plated Teapot and Tray
Located in London, GB
A top quality Aesthetic Movement silver plated teapot and tray.
Measures: Teapot height 8 1/2", length including spout 8 1/2".
Tray...
Category
19th Century Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Chad Teapot, by Matteo Thun from Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Chad teapot was originally designed by Matteo Thun for Memphis, in 1982. The decorated white porcelain pot's shape is more interested in its fo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,060 / item
Antique Teapot, Exclusive Silver Rococo English Mid-century Coffee Pot
Located in Wembley, GB
An antique Art Deco tea set and silver-plated teapot beautifully designed and created suit elegant serving. With lid pressed, cast and chased vaulted lid.
Coffee pot, Height 27 cm. S...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver, Sheet Metal
$444 Sale Price
40% Off
Seletti
Hybrid-Leonia
Coffee Cup with Saucer in Porcelain
By Seletti
Located in Doral, FL
From its very first year in 1964, Seletti in Cicognara, Mantova, has followed its principle of professionality service and constant research to strive for betterness innovation and o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Midcentury Ceramic Plate with Bird by Richard Ginori, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Midcentury Ceramic Plate realized by Richard Ginori manufacture in Italy in the mid-20th Century.
Marked on rear.
Very good condition.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$173 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 2 Ceramic Ikat Coffee Cup
Saucer - Red / Blue
By Les Ottomans
Located in ROCCAVIVARA CB, IT
Enjoy your coffee moments in style with this Set of 2 Ikat Espresso Cups with Saucers, beautifully made in Italy. Each cup and saucer features a distinctive ikat-inspired pattern, ca...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Danish Silversmith, Antique Silver Tea Strainer, Dated 1874
Located in København, Copenhagen
Danish silversmith. Antique silver 830 tea strainer.
Dated 1874.
Length: 18 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Large private collection of ...
Category
1870s Danish Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Solimene Vietri,
Decoro Campagna
Hand Painted Italian Pottery Tea Set for 12
By Vietri
Located in Morristown, NJ
21st c., Vietri Campagna Italy, (27) pieces, each stamped "Ceramica, Solimene, Vietri, Made in Italy", incl. (12) cups, (12) saucers, (1) teapot, (1) c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Country Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery, Paint
Mid-Century Studio Pottery Tea Pot with Blue Lava Glaze
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid-century studio pottery tea pot with blue lava glaze, circa 1970s. The pot is in very good vintage with no chips or cracks and measures 11" W x 8.7...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Imperial Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, Soviet Unionm Large Tea Service
Located in København, Copenhagen
The Imperial Lomonosov Porcelain Factory, Soviet Union. Large tea service in hand-painted porcelain for six people. Mid-20th centu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Russian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Spode Porcelain Teacup Trio, Red Imari Dollar Pattern, Regency, ca 1810
By Spode
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful orphaned teacup made by Spode in about 1810. It bears a lavish Japanese-inspired Imari pattern.
Spode was the great pioneer among the Georgian potters in England. Around the year 1800 he perfected the bone china recipe that has been used by British potters ever since, and he was also the leading potter behind the technique of transferware, making it possible for English potters to replace the Chinese export china, which had come to an end around that time, with their own designs. This was fundamental to a thriving industry that would last for about 150 years and provide half the world with their tableware. Spode porcelain is regarded as one of the highest quality porcelains around; for a soft-paste porcelain it is surprisingly hard and fine, and has a wonderful bright white colour.
The pattern on this can is called "Dollar" pattern, a very famous pattern that was used by English potters in the 18th and early 19th Century. It is obvious why it is called “dollar” - but its origin is less obvious! It is thought that this pattern was derived from a very old Chinese pattern depicting a tree with elaborate foliage that hides a Chinese character representing longevity or happiness. Traditionally, this went with a an image called “Taotie”, which was used on very ancient bronze vases...
Category
Early 1800s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Italian baroque coffee pot in 800 silver
Located in VALENZA, IT
Italian Baroque style coffee pot in 800 solid silver, perfect copy of a coffee pot made by Domenico Tiomi in the first half of the 1700s.
The exceptionality of the original piece, as...
Category
1980s Italian Baroque Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
$4,714 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Set of Sterling Silver Coffee or Tea Pot and Milk Jug
Located in Sofia, BG
French silver set of small coffee pot and milk jug standing on three legs ending in delicate claws with wooden hand curved handle. Very good condition.
19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 19th c Chinese Porcelain Cantonese Figural Plate Figures Qing Daoguang
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice and Beautifully painted Cantonese dish with lots of highly detailed figures, flowers and animals.
Early Canton ware Daoguang period.
There is some text at the base, probably inv...
Category
19th Century Asian Qing Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Porcelain Tea Cup
Beaker 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
$271 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Grann
Laglye Danish Sterling Silver Tea Set of Four Pieces SKU 0407
By Grann
Laglye
Located in Big Bend, WI
Grann & Laglye.
This lovely sterling silver four-piece tea set was made by Grann & Laglye of Denmark. The pieces have a three-D flower motif with beads on the finials, handles, and ...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Modernist Pewter Tea Pot Cane Wrapped Handle
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Antique Modernist Pewter Tea Pot Cane Wrapped Handle
4.25 h x 7.5 w x 11 d
maker Stamped Tinn 104
Original unrestored vintage
See all Images for condition
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
Antique Japanese Porcelain Cup
Saucer Imari
Flowers", 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Japanese Porcelain Cup & Saucer Imari 'Flowers"", 18th Century.
Very delicate and nicely painted set.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Tea Bowls ...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$310 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Silver-Plated Teapot with Tray Water or Wine Jug With Graving
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage Silver-Plated Teapot on a Tray.
A jug with a narrow neck and spout is most suitable for serving strong drinks. In a silver vessel of this form, the drink will retain its qualities and properties well, will not expire and it is convenient to pour it.
Can also be used to serve coffee or tea.
Thanks to the engraving, the jug turned into a work of art. Floral patterns made by hand make it unique.
Such a product will not only fit into any interior, but will also decorate your apartment and please the eye for many years. It is also a great gift for a loved one, which he will definitely remember.
Silver-plated decorative jug...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Eva Stæhr-nielsen for Saxbo, Glazed Stoneware Teapot with Wicker Handle
Located in København, Copenhagen
Eva Stæhr-Nielsen for Saxbo. Glazed stoneware teapot with wicker handle. Beautiful glaze in red-brown shades. Mid-20th century.
Measures: 16.5 x 15 cm (incl. handle).
In excellent ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Stoneware
Teapot Timo Sarpaneva Rosenthal Suomi
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product description:
This teapot, desinged by the renowned Timo Sarpaneva in 1974 shows exactly what functional design is all about. The whole Suomi series, inspired in form by smoo...
Category
1970s Finnish Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Kazuko Matthews Stoneware Post Modern California Studio Zig Zag Teapot with Lid
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Flattened stoneware Post Modernist vase by California studio artist Kazuko Matthews. Teapot measures 16.5" by 9.5" by 3" and is signed Kazuko Matthews on the bottom. In very good vin...
Category
1990s American Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Stoneware
Antique Chinese Porcelain Qianlong Period Creamer Sauce Boat Flowers, 18th C.
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A wonderfull and high quality painted creamer. Qianlong.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Decoration Type / Colour: Imari
Region of Origin: China
Emperor: Kangx...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$263 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Kangxi Chinese Famille Verte Tea Set Top, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Kangxi period, Famille Verte. Stunning scene Rare set with floral and bird scene.
The cup with an unusual Hare Mark.
Chinese café au lait porcelain is a type of Chinese porcelain t...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,826 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Cinderella Milk Jug, Porcelain Handmade in Italy, Handcrafted Design 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in Cinderella's fairytail.
This ceramic piece is completely hand-crafted and painted with love and care.
A set is consisting of a mi...
Category
2010s Italian Belle Époque Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$661 Sale Price / set
26% Off
Georg Jensen Six Piece Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service Denmark 1915
Located in New York, NY
A Georg Jensen designed sterling silver tea and coffee service from Copenhagen, Denmark 1915. All six pieces are hallmarked Sterling Silver and three pieces are fitted with Ebony han...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Danish 1930s Johannes Siggaard Three-Piece Silver Coffee Set with Ebony Handle
Located in Atlanta, GA
A three-piece Danish silver coffee set from the mid 20th century, with ebony handle by Johannes Siggaard. Born in Denmark during the third decade of the 20th century, this exquisite ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
London 18th Century Sterling Silver Teapot
Located in Brescia, IT
18th Century sterling silver natural ferns branches decor teapot, London
This magnificent teapot is finely hand-engraved with detailed natural ferns and branches. These fine engravi...
Category
18th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
John R Wendt for Ball Black
Co Seven-Piece Medallion Sterling Tea
Coffee Set
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This neoclassical sterling silver tea and coffee set was designed by renowned 19th century silversmith, John R. Wendt (1826-1907). Recognized as "one of the best designers and chasers in the art", Wendt formed a highly successful partnership with Boston silversmith Augustus Rogers before moving to New York in 1860 to work as principal silversmith to important jewelry and silver retailer Ball, Black & Co. Wendt is known for his distinctive designs and examples of his work are held in the permanent collections of museums including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Boston's Museum of Fine Art.
This Wendt sterling tea and coffee set...
Category
1860s American Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
H&R Daniel Coffee Cup Duo, Plain Shape, White with Landscape, 1825-1830
By H&R Daniel
Located in London, GB
This is an extremely rare and beautiful coffee cup and saucer made by H&R Daniel some time between 1825 and 1830. The set is potted in the "plain" shape and bears pattern no. 4652 wi...
Category
1820s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Amélie Tableware and Serveware, Coffee Cups, Handmade in Italy 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
This wonderful collection encourages to participate in the process of combining small pleasures into a significant whole by regarding details as both minute and essential. Our artist...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$118 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Cinderella Sugar Bowl, Porcelain Handmade in Italy, Handcrafted Design 2021
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in Cinderella's fairytail.
This ceramic piece is completely hand-crafted and painted with love and care.
A set is consisting of a mi...
Category
2010s Italian Belle Époque Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$661 Sale Price / set
26% Off
S. Blanckensee
Sons Ltd 1917 English Sterling Silver Teapot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver teapot; an addition to our silver teaware collection
This fine antique George V sterling silver teapot has a rectangular rounded form onto four bun style feet.
The plain surface of the body is embellished with stepped decoration to the upper portion.
The rim of the teapot is encompassed with an applied reed decorated border.
This fine teapot is fitted with a plain domed hinged hallmarked cover which retains the original sterling silver finial, securing to the interior with a wing nut.
The teapot is fitted with an angular sterling silver handle with a plain scrolling thumbpiece.
This antique teapot...
Category
1910s British Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Copper Coffee Kettle
Located in South Salem, NY
Vintage copper coffee kettle with original wooden handle. Early 20th century. Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
Mid Century Gold Lustre Fine Porcelain Tea Pot British Royal Worcester
Located in London, by appointment only
Imbued with a radiant opulence characteristic of the discerning tastes of the 1970s, this exquisite Royal Worcester teapot commands attention with its captivating gold lustre finish....
Category
1960s British Empire Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 6 Vintage EPIAG Czech Porcelain Demitasse Cups and Saucers
By Royal Epiag
Located in Praha, CZ
A refined set of 6 vintage porcelain demitasse cups and matching saucers, made by EPIAG in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. Each piece features a Rococo-style romantic scene and decorati...
Category
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Set Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Imari Tea Cup
Saucer, ca 1700
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely set of Japanese porcelain Imari.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 18th century Edo Period (1603–1867)
Condition: Perfect
Dimension...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$718 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French studio ceramicist. Miniature teapot and sugar bowl.
Located in København, Copenhagen
French studio ceramicist.
Miniature teapot and sugar bowl.
Abstract futuristic style.
Late 20th century.
Marked.
Perfect condition.
Teapot: W 17.0 cm x H 14.0 cm.
Sugar bowl: W 19.0 ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
William IV period sterling silver Melon pattern coffee pot by Barnards - 1834
By Barnards
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1834 by Edward, Edward Junior, John & William Barnard, this handsome, Antique, William IV period, Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, is in the 'Melon' design, and is...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Edwardian Quality Silver Plated Tea Set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian quality silver plated tea set . A quality silver plated tea set consisting of a tea pot, milk jug and sugar bowl with ornate decoration
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Silver Hand Wrought Tea / Coffee Service
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautiful American coin silver 3 -piece tea and coffee service in the manner of Thomas Whartenby Pennsylvania, Circa 1816-1818.
Thomas Whartenby and Peter Bumm were independently su...
Category
1820s North American Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Set of 2 Antique Japanese Porcelain Tea Bowl Polychrome, 18/19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely and unusual sets of Teabowls and Dishes. Overglaze polychrome enamels of flowers.
Edo/Meiji, 18/19th Century.
Tea Bowls and dishes.
Additional informa...
Category
18th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$729 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Limoges Porcelain Tea Set with Landscape Scenes, circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
This refined Limoges porcelain tea set features a full service for eight, including eight cups with matching saucers, a teapot, a lidded sugar bowl, and a creamer. Each piece is craf...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Aesthetic Movement 7 Piece Silver Plated Tea Set with Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plated tea set was made by the Meridian Company of the United States in approximately 1890 in the period Aesthetic Mo...
Category
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique John Burger New York Federal Classical Silver Teapot
Located in New York, NY
Federal Classical coin silver teapot. Made by John Burger in New York, ca 1790. Straight and oval with long diagonal spout; silver-mounted high-looping and leaf-capped stained-wood h...
Category
Late 18th Century American Federal Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Gunnar Nylund - Rörstrand - Teapot
Located in MAASTRICHT, LI
Product Description:
Gunnar Nylund, one of Sweden's leading ceramic artists, lived and worked all over Scandinavia being involved with Bing & Gröndahl in Denmark, Rörstrand in Swede...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Japanese Bowl/Cup for Tea Japan Rare Scene Creamware UK, 18th/19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very unsual tea cup. Decorated after british creamware style. late 18th or 1st half 19th century.
Very unsual tea set. Decorated after british creamware style. Early 19th century.
Sc...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$840 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Japanese Set of Cup or Tea Bowl Meiji Period Porcelain Eggshell
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice and delicate gaiwan set, Japanese 19th century. Very nicely decorated. They are marked on the base.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origi...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$186 Sale Price / set
45% Off
Japanese tea set tea pot strainer cups set of 6 hand painted celadon
Located in Roma, IT
Pretty Japanese tea set with teapot, lid, metal strainer with bamboo handle and 5 cups.
Soft celadon is accented by bright blue and hand-painted irise...
Category
1970s European Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$962 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Undressed Woman Tea Set
Located in Greenwich, CT
The undressed tea set was designed and handcrafted in the Netherlands by Esther Hörchner. Each cup features a line illustration of a nude woman in different positions as if bathing i...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$213 / set
Eva Stæhr-nielsen for Saxbo, Teapot in Glazed Stoneware, Mid-20th C
Located in København, Copenhagen
Eva Stæhr-Nielsen for Saxbo. Teapot in glazed stoneware.
Mid-20th century.
Measures: 19.5 x 12 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Pavel Janak x Modernista Cubist Coffee Service, 3
By Pavel Janák
Located in Astoria, NY
Pavel Janak (Czech, 1882-1956) for Modernista Cubist Porcelain Coffee Service, comprising: coffee pot, impressed number "123-006" to underside, creamer with lid and handle, impressed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Edo Period Japanese Porcelain Teapot Imari Red Gold, 1690-1720
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely shaped teapot in round and moulded shape. With flower scene.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Japanese Style: Imari
Decoration Ty...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$1,560 Sale Price
45% Off
Set of 5 Antique Qianlong Period Chinese Porcelain Floral Tea Bowls with Dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Chinese Qianlong period set of cups and saucers. Fine potting and handpainting.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Decoration Type / Colour: Blue & White
...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Tea and Coffee Silver Set, Silver 800 by Enrico Messulam for Bolli Milan
Located in Roma, IT
Set composed by teapot, coffee pot, milk jug and sugar bowl with wooden handle and hinged lids with cornucopia knobs.
Produced by Bolli, Milan, by the famous silversmith Enrico Mess...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
English Georgian Sterling Silver Coffee Pot from Late 18th/ Early 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
English, sterling silver coffee pot from the Georgian era (late 18th/early 19th century) with a wood handle. It measures 8 1/8'' in height by 6 3/4'' from handle to spout, weighs 14....
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
China Teapot and Two Jugs Probably by Brown
Located in London, GB
China teapot and two jugs probably by Brown.
Large jug height 8 3/4", width including handle 7".
Smaller jug height 7 1/4", width including handle...
Category
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Quality Antique Porcelain Coffee Set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique porcelain coffee set consisting of an oval tray, four coffee cups and saucers, a coffee pot, cream jug and sugar bowl in ...
Category
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$653 / set
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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