Tea Sets
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
Mid-20th Century English Tea Sets
Ceramic, Pottery
Mid-19th Century German Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Earthenware
20th Century Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century Spanish Rococo Tea Sets
Silver
Late 20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Tea Sets
Copper
1960s British Vintage Tea Sets
Bone
20th Century Swedish Post-Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Pottery
Early 1900s Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century German Tea Sets
Silver
1810s English Regency Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
20th Century Edo Tea Sets
Stoneware, Rattan
2010s Italian Modern Tea Sets
Stone, Silver, Silver Plate, Brass
1940s Finnish Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Copper, Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Stainless Steel
20th Century Italian Tea Sets
Ceramic
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Early 20th Century European Tea Sets
Gold
Mid-20th Century American Scandinavian Modern Tea Sets
Silver Plate
18th Century English George I Antique Tea Sets
Silver
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Alpaca
Early 1900s French Rustic Antique Tea Sets
Faience
Early 18th Century German Rococo Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Tea Sets
Silver, Silver Plate
Early 19th Century English Country Antique Tea Sets
Stoneware
1870s English Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Tea Sets
Copper, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Ceramic
Late 19th Century French Regency Antique Tea Sets
Vermeil, Silver
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Other Tea Sets
Gold, Enamel
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Ceramic
1830s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Japanese Tea Sets
Silver
Early 19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Tea Sets
Brass, Silver
Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets
Glass, Porcelain
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Silver
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets
Silver Plate
Late 20th Century English British Colonial Tea Sets
Ceramic, Pottery
1940s Italian Baroque Revival Vintage Tea Sets
Silver
1880s English Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
1910s British Belle Époque Vintage Tea Sets
Gold, Enamel
Late 19th Century British Antique Tea Sets
Silver Plate
20th Century Persian Tea Sets
Silver
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Porcelain
19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Silver
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Pottery
20th Century German Art Deco Tea Sets
Metal
19th Century Dutch Antique Tea Sets
Sterling Silver
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Tea Sets
Porcelain
Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) George III Antique 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.





