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Tea Sets For Sale
Triple Silver Plated Tea Urn from Chas. W. Hamill
Co, Baltimore, MD, 1876-1884
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique silver plated tea urn, with ornate arms and lid, from the late 1800's, manufactured in Baltimore, MD, by Chas. Hamill & Co. Lovely vessel to stash all kinds of goodies, thoug...
Category
Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Lovely antique Victorian Royal Davenport three piece tea set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely antique Victorian Royal Davenport three piece tea set, consisting of a lovely teapot with the original stand, a hot water jug and a sugar bowl in wonderful coloured decoration...
Category
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Seletti "Kintsugin-N
1" 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
Straight Handled Tea Kettle
Located in NYC, NY
A straight handled tea kettle with good tarnish to the silver with a mahogany handle.
Category
19th Century American Primitive Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Bing and Grondahl, “Milky Way”. Six teacups with saucers. Approx. 1930s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bing and Grondahl, “Milky Way”.
Six teacups with saucers. Gold decoration.
Ca. 1930s.
Perfect condition.
Marked.
First factory quality.
Cup: Diameter 10,4 cm. without handle x Heigh...
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain "George Brander Murder" Milk Jug Chine De Commande, 18th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Qianlong, 18th century, circa 1785. Famille Rose
Family enamels decoration, of a murder scene with two men in a landscape, in a gold oval reserve, the rim with purple ribbon and garl...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$3,198 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Porcelain Creamer for Tea Serving Chine de Commande, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Qianlong, 18th century,Famille Rose. Very fine painting. Cover associated, not original.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Tea/Coffee Drinking: Bowls, Cups...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$398 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Tea Tray Oriental Flower and chicken Hand Painting Wooden Serving Tray
Located in Wembley, GB
Satinwood Tea Tray Oriental Flower and Chicken Hand Painting Serving Tray with Handle.
Decorative objects for your home decor.
Impressive Flame Brow...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Paste, Fruitwood, Oak, Paint
$399 Sale Price
47% Off
Antique Japanese Porcelain Edo Period Tea Bowl Floral Imari
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Porcelain decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze red. Tea Bowl
Edo , c. 1700
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Tea/Coffee Drinking: Bowls, Cups ...
Category
17th Century Edo Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$286 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Tiffany Edwardian Classical Sterling Silver Hot Water Kettle on Stand
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Classical sterling silver hot water kettle on stand. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1908. Ovoid with flutes and ornamental border at rim comprising stylized flowers ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Tea Service 80A
By Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Georg Jensen sterling silver tea service, design #80 by Georg Jensen from circa 1915. Simple elegant design, the only decora...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
$3,403 / set
Cobre Y Laton Mexican Brass Coffee Service with Tray, Sugar, Creamer, Taxco
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed Mexican brass coffee service set including matching tray, sugar pot and creamer. This is an artist original by artisan J.R.R. of the Taxco area, as marked on base of all piece...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
1927 Queen Anne Style Sterling Silver Teapot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver teapot in the Queen Anne style, an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This fine antique George V sterling silver teapot has a plain panelled octagonal form onto a spreading stepped octagonal collet style foot, all in the Queen Anne style.
The surface of the Queen Anne teapot is plain and unembellished.
This antique teapot retains the original hinged hallmarked domed panelled cover surmounted with an impressive sterling silver urn style finial.
This fine Queen Anne sterling silver teapot is fitted with the original shaped carved painted wood handle with a carved scroll style thumbpiece, scrolling lower terminal and plain sterling silver sockets.
The teapot has a panelled swan necked spout, ornamented with a chased decorated scrolling design to the lip.
This impressive example of antique silverware bears the retailer's mark / icon of James Dixon to the underside.
Condition
This antique Queen Anne teapot is an exceptional gauge of silver, fine quality and in exceptional condition. This fine example of antique teaware...
Category
1920s English Queen Anne Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Chinese Porcelain Lampion Rouge de Fer Butter Tureen Qianlong, 18th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Qianlong, 18th century, Rouge de fer 1750-1770
Unusual and very delicate decoration.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: China
Period: 18th centu...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$958 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1950
s Yellow Vernon Kilns Califonia Ceramic Large Tea Pot
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A yellow vintage Vernon Kilns ceramic large teapot is a charming and nostalgic piece that evokes a sense of classic American pottery craftsmanship. Vernon...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$210 Sale Price
40% Off
Set of 8 Anchor and hocking fire king Peach Lustre Laurel cups and plates
Located in Delft, NL
Dimensions: 5cm Heigth cup , 7cm Diameter cup 9cm Width cup , 12cm diameter plate , 1,5cm Height plate
Category
1970s Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Glass
Unusual antique Edwardian glazed brown and gold teapot
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual antique Edwardian glazed brown & gold teapot having a quality brown glazed and gold teapot with a shaped handle and spout with the original lid.
D...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Jens H. Quistgaard for Bing
Grøndahl, Rune Teapot, 1960s/70s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Jens H. Quistgaard (1919-2008) for Bing & Grøndahl.
Rune teapot with a wicker handle, sugar bowl and cream jug in glazed stoneware. 1960s / 70s.
The teapot measures: 22 x 21 cm (i...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Stoneware
English Porcelain Part Set Tea Service, Worcester, circa 1770
Located in New York, NY
Delicately enameled with turquoise garlands draped through hanging gilt rings beneath a royal blue and gilt border. Each piece with a neoclassical vase painted in grisaille and light...
Category
1770s English Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Edith Sonne for Bing
Grøndahl, Glazed Stoneware Teapot, 1970
s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Edith Sonne for Bing & Grøndahl. Glazed stoneware teapot. 1970's.
Model number 654.
Measures: 24.5 x 12 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Stoneware
Danish Silversmith, Antique Silver Tea Strainer, Dated 1852
Located in København, Copenhagen
Danish silversmith. Antique silver 830 tea strainer.
Dated 1852.
Length: 19 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Large private collection of ...
Category
1850s Danish Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Large unusual antique Bargeware tea pot
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large unusual antique bargeware tea pot with 'GOD BLESS OUR HOME' inscribed on a brown bargeware teapot decorated with wonderful bunches of flowers ...
Category
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Brass Kettle
Located in Burton, TX
This 19th Century Kettle was crafted from brass by artisans in the late 1800's. The piece features an intricately detailed handle that leads to an...
Category
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
Seletti ‘Hybrid-Zenobia’ Teacup 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
Stunning quality antique Edwardian silver plated three piece tea set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Stunning quality antique Edwardian silver plated three piece tea set having a quality silver plated tea set comprising of a tea pot, sugar bowl and milk jug with shaped handles and r...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Seletti "Hybrid-Tamara" 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
Antique Edwardian quality silver plated four piece tea set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian quality silver plated four piece tea set having a quality antique Edwardian silver plated tea set consisting of a coffee and tea pot, sugar bowl and a milk jug with...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Accolay, France, complete ceramic tea service for six people.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Accolay, France, complete ceramic tea service for six people.
Hand-decorated in green glaze with gold decoration.
A total of 15 pieces.
Mid-20th ce...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Group of Six 19th Century French Copper Kettles
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Group of six continental copper spouted and handled kettles. One marked "Carlstom Yarberg" and another "SKS Wasa."
Period: 19th century
Origin: Continent...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Copper
800 Silver Swirl 4 PC Tea/Coffee Set, Italy Mid-20th Century
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A hand made Italian 4 PC solid 800 silver tea-coffer set. The set consisting of a bulbous Coffee pot, tea pot, with creamer and covered sugar. The swirl patter with beautifully cast handles and spouts. Marked on bottom "Cesellato A Mano...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Antique Minton Victorian Porcelain Part Dessert Service
By Minton
Located in Worcester, GB
Antique Minton Victorian Porcelain Part Dessert Service – 6 Plates, 1 Comport, 1 Large Compote – Minton Colourway
This elegant part dessert service consists of 6 plates, 1 comport, ...
Category
19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$765 Sale Price
20% Off
1910
s Italian Ivory and Gold Sugar Holders/ Bowls with Lid
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A Pair of antique Made in Italy sugar holders with gold details. One comes with lid. One of the bowls has a chip on the bottom, does not catch attention....
Category
1950s American Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$150 Sale Price
73% Off
Teacaddy Mandarin Porcelain Garden Floral Scene China, 1736-1795
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
An antique Chinese porcelain tea caddy, made during the Qianlong period. Amazing.
A fine ine antique Chinese porcelain plate, made...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
$478 Sale Price
20% Off
George Jones Blossom Teapot And Cover
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica teapot which features apple leaves and blossom. Colouration: turquoise, brown, green, are predominant. English diamo...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Majolica
Meissen, Rich Court Dragon, Five-Person Purple Tea Service with Gold Decoration
Located in København, Copenhagen
Meissen, Rich Court Dragon, a five-person purple tea service with gold decoration. Consisting of five pairs of teacups and a cream jug.
Hand-painted.
Approx. 1920.
In perfect cond...
Category
1920s German Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
KPM, Berlin, Tea Service for 12 People in Hand Painted Porcelain with Flowers
Located in København, Copenhagen
KPM, Berlin. Tea service for 12 people in hand painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration, circa 1930.
Consisting of 12 teacups with saucer...
Category
1930s German Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique American "Whartenby
Bumm" Coin Silver 5 Piece Tea
Coffee Set Ca 1817
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rare antique American (.900) coin silver 5-piece tea and coffee service hallmarked "Whartenby & Bumm" of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Circa 1816-1818.
Thomas Whartenby and Peter Bumm...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Octagonal Stylish Art Deco Sterling Silver Tea Set by Roberts
Belk, 1928
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Sheffield in 1928 by Roberts
Belk this sophisticated George V sterling silver four-piece tea set is of a fine Art Deco design. Each piece is of an octagonal form ...
Category
1920s English Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Bing
Grøndahl. Four sets of
Tema
tea cups with saucers in stoneware.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bing & Grøndahl, "Tema". Four sets of tea cups with saucers in stoneware.
From the 1970s.
Model: 475.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
First factory quality.
Cup: H 6.4 cm x D 8.5 cm (w...
Category
1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Stoneware
Gemma Large Carafe 1.5 Lt
By Rudi
Located in Milan, IT
The Gemma Large Carafe with a 1.5 litre capacity features a removable stainless steel structure for easy and practical cleaning and an original yet contem...
Category
2010s Italian Tea Sets
Materials
Stainless Steel
Louis pattern sterling silve coffee pot by Barnards in 1856
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1856 by Barnard Brothers, this attractive, Antique, Victorian, Sterling Silver Coffee Pot, is in the Louis pattern style, featuring chased decoration througho...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
A Very Rare Glass Teapot
Located in Steyning, West sussex
A very rare diamond cut, glass teapot on pedestal foot.
Category
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Glass
$1,723
tea/coffee service, "Les grottes Dieulefit", France, 50
s
By Dieulefit
Located in Marinha Grande, PT
tea/coffee service by "Les grottes Dieulefit", France, 50's
It is composed of 2 teapots with lid (h: 26 cm; d: 19 cm)
1 sugar bowl (h: 9.5; d: 16...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
$569 Sale Price
40% Off
Charles Thomas Fox Sterling Silver Three Piece Tea Service
By Charles Thomas Fox
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine antique George IV English sterling silver three piece tea service / set made by Charles Thomas Fox; part of our silver teaware collection
This exceptional antique sterling silver three piece tea service consists of a teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl.
Each piece has an oval rounded compressed form on to a collet base and four bracket style feet.
The body of each piece is embellished with chased flower and foliate decoration incorporating a shaped cartouche to either side, each displaying a contemporary bright cut engraved crest of a mower with his scythe proper habited*.
The upper rim of each piece is encompassed with a gadroon decorated border.
The swept shoulders and the swan necked spout of the teapot are further ornamented with chased floral and scrolling leaf decoration.
The original hinged hallmarked cover of the teapot is surmounted with a silver flower and leaf decorated finial.
The teapot is fitted with a C scroll sterling silver handle ornamented with an impressive leaf design incorporated into a scrolling thumbpiece.
The cream jug and sugar bowl have leaf decorated sterling silver C scroll handles and retain the original gilt interiors.
Each piece is supported by four impressive bracket style feet accented with floral and paw ornamentation in the classic Regency style.
The components of this exceptional antique teaware set were crafted by the renowned London silversmith Charles Thomas Fox.
* The crest pertains to the Pilkington family, who are found in the Counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire, although other families bearing the name are found further afield and a similar crest. Whether these families are genealogically connected is not known. The Pilkingtons, of Rivington in the County of Lancashire are probably the more ancient and senior line. Legend has it that a member of the family (which was said to be one of repute prior to the Norman Conquest of 1066) disguised himself when sought by Norman soldiers as a mower and escaped. A similar legend adheres to another Lancashire family, the De Traffords or Traffords in which a member of that family avoided capture by the Parliamentarians during the Civil War of the 17th Century by disguising himself as simple-minded thresher wielding a frail rather than the Pilkington's scythe.
There is certainly a possibility that this tea service was in the possession the baronetcy family of Pilkington, of Stanley in the County of Yorkshire who descended from Sir Alexander de Pilkington who held lands at Rivington during the reign of King Henry III. The baronet at the time of the manufacture of this tea service was Sir William Pilkington, the 8th Baronet (baptised 14th November 1775 died 30th 1850).
Condition
The pieces of this antique tea service...
Category
1820s English George IV Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Silver Plated Tipping Teapot or Kettle with Helmut Top and Stand
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plated tipping kettle or teapot originates from England and dating from circa 1900 and done in the period Edwardian style. The teapot or...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
Hand Carved Wood Teapot by Terry Evans
Located in Fort Washington, MD
This is a stunning hand-carved wooden teapot by Terry Evans. The craftsmanship is quite detailed, with intricate patterns and a smooth finish that highl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Wood
Heide Warlamis for Vienna Collection, Funkis Porcelain Teapot, Austria, 1980s
Located in København, Copenhagen
Heide Warlamis for Vienna Collection. Funkis porcelain teapot. Austria, 1980s.
Measures: 28 x 27 cm.
Stamped.
In excellent condition.
Category
1980s Austrian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Rosenthal, Germany, Set of Three Large Teacups and Matching Porcelain Saucers
Located in København, Copenhagen
Rosenthal, Germany, a set of three large teacups and matching porcelain saucers. Thin white porcelain with gold decoration.
1903.
In excellent condition...
Category
Early 1900s German Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Danish silversmith. Antique silver tea strainer. Dated 1873
Located in København, Copenhagen
Danish silversmith. Antique silver 830 tea strainer.
Dated 1873.
Length: 19 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Large private collection of Europ...
Category
1870s Danish Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
1980s Thatcher-Era Return-to-Tradition English Georgian Coffee Set
By Richard Comyns, S.J. Shrubsole
Located in New York, NY
English Georgian sterling silver coffee set, 1988-89. This set comprises 3 pieces: Coffeepot, creamer, and sugar.
Coffeepot: Truncated cone with hinged and domed cover; s-scroll spo...
Category
1980s British Georgian Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rorstrand Carl-Harry Stålhane , Sweden 1960
Located in Bronx, NY
Carl-Harry Stålhane Rörstrand tea pot Sweden, 1960.
Simple beauty that shows its colors in the glaze depending on the light almost matte dusty ash black with rust red pattern.
Category
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Victorian Sterling Silver Spirit Kettle by Barnard
Sons Ltd
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An magnificent, fine and impressive, large antique Victorian English sterling silver spirit kettle made by Barnard & Sons Ltd, an addition to our antique silver teaware collection.
This magnificent antique Victorian sterling silver spirit kettle has a six paneled urn shaped form onto a hexagonal paneled spreading pedestal foot.
The surface to this large spirit kettle is embellished with exceptional bright cut engraved foliate festoons incorporating quatrefoil leaf motifs and suspended from rosette designs to each edge.
The decoration to the body incorporates two oval cartouches, one of which remains vacant.
The cartouche to the anterior surface is embellished with a contemporary bright cut engraved crest of an antelope's head couped, charged on the neck with four mullets in cross, and holding in the mouth a rose, slipped and leaved, displayed below the motto 'Nil extra numerum'- Nothing is beyond reckoning up*.
The upper portion of the kettle is embellished with bands of bright cut engraved undulating borders paralleling the shape of the shoulders.
This antique silver kettle...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage Georg Jensen “Cosmos” Tea
Coffee Set 45
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage sterling silver Georg Jensen tea and coffee set with ebony handles, design #45 by Johan Rohde from circa 1915. This design is often referred to as the “Cosmos” design. An a...
Category
20th Century Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
$4,679 / set
Pretty Antique Brass Tea Kettle
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very pretty brass antique tea kettle having beaded decoration around the periphery, elegant narrow straight spout, and big carved wood handle.
Category
19th Century North American Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Brass
“Struttin Down 5th Avenue” Ceramic Tea Set
Located in Houston, TX
“Struttin Down 5th Avenue"
Signed three piece tea set with lidded teapot & sugar and open creamer. This is the large set, the teapot being 11-1/4" high, in Lambert's signature black...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Cup
Saucer, circa 1840
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Chinese cup & saucer, circa 1840.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
European silversmith. Antique silver tea strainer. 19th C.
Located in København, Copenhagen
European silversmith. Antique silver tea strainer. 1800s.
Length: 17 cm.
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Large private collection of Euro...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Set of five KP, Karlskrona tea cups with saucers and a creamer
Located in København, Copenhagen
A set of five KP, Karlskrona tea cups with saucers and a creamer in cream-colored porcaelain with gold decoration.
Classic style.
1930s/1940s.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Cup: D 9....
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Tiffany Art Nouveau Sterling Silver 3-Piece Turkish Coffee Set on Tray
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau sterling silver Turkish 3-piece coffee set on tray. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Coffeepot: Baluster body on raised foot; hinged and domed cover with bead finial. H...
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Teapot and Cover, 20th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese cloisonné enamel teapot and cover, 20th century
gilt-decorated and enamelled with shuangxi characters and lotus flowers wreathed by dense foli...
Category
20th Century Tea Sets
Materials
Enamel
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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