Tea Sets
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s German Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1830s English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
Early 1900s British Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1930s Great Britain (UK) Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Unknown Edwardian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Tea Sets
Ceramic
1930s Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Ceramic
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1780s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1990s Italian Baroque Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century Chinese Other Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Tea Sets
Gold
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Faience
2010s American Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Stoneware
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1740s German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century English George I Tea Sets
Silver Plate
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Tea Sets
1870s American Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 1900s English Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Metal
Mid-20th Century Japanese Edo Tea Sets
Porcelain
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Leather, Plastic
19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Pearlware
1890s Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century North American Hollywood Regency Tea Sets
Brass
Early 1900s German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stoneware
1940s Hungarian Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s American Hollywood Regency Vintage 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.





