Tea Sets
Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Brass, Copper
20th Century Italian Modern Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1830s English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century North American Tea Sets
Ceramic
1880s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Brass
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1970s Finnish Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1970s German American Classical Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Tea Sets
Silver
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century American Modern Tea Sets
Enamel, Sterling Silver
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1930s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Faience, Earthenware
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 1800s English George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1910s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century British Tea Sets
Metal
20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1880s English Antique Tea Sets
Majolica
1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century Asian Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 18th Century English Queen Anne Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1910s English Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Tea Sets
Silver
1870s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
2010s French Tea Sets
Earthenware
18th Century French Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1860s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1910s British Edwardian Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
2010s Spanish Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s English Neoclassical Revival Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1970s Danish Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century English Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1920s Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s Chinese Vintage Tea Sets
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Bronze
19th Century Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century French Regency Tea Sets
Ceramic
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.





