Tea Sets
Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1960s Japanese Vintage Tea Sets
Iron
Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Gold, Silver Plate
Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Copper
18th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
1870s French Louis XVI Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1960s German Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Deco Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Other
Late 20th Century Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Other Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Sheffield Plate
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Tea Sets
Silver, Sterling Silver
18th Century German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Copper
Mid-20th Century Finnish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Metal, Enamel, Iron
20th Century German Victorian Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
1970s German Vintage Tea Sets
Bone
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Bronze
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
18th Century British George III Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Egyptian Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1810s French Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century German Rococo Revival Tea Sets
Ceramic, Porcelain
1960s French Victorian Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate, Nickel
20th Century English Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Pewter
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 2000s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Metal, Iron
1860s British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1950s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 1900s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Porcelain
1980s Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
19th Century Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Brass, Copper, Tin
Mid-20th Century Industrial Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
Early 19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Stoneware
Early 20th Century Indian Tea Sets
Copper
2010s Portuguese Rustic Tea Sets
Ceramic
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Metal
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.





