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Tea Sets For Sale
William IVth C J Mason’s Porcelain Milk Jug or Pitcher Pattern 223, circa 1830
By C.J. Mason 1
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early English porcelain Milk Jug or Pitcher, made by C. J. Mason (The same factory who produced Mason's Ironstone) during the period of William IVth, circa 1830-1835.
The...
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Danish Tableware by J. H. Quistgaard, 1960s
Located in Asaa, DK
Vintage Danish tableware by J. H. Quistgaard, 1960s
Danish ceramic tea set model Relief, designed by Jens Harald Quistgaard (IHQ) in 1959/1960. Primarily from Kronjyden, the first manufacturer, but also from Nissen and Bing...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Teak
William IVth PAIR-(B) of C J Mason’s Cups & Saucers Porcelain Ptn 223, Ca 1830
By C.J. Mason 1
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early English, PAIR of porcelain Tea Cups and Saucers, made by C. J. Mason (The same factory who produced Mason's Ironstone) during the period of William IVth, circa 1830-...
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Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Kosometsuke Antique Chinese Ming Dynasty Waterpot China Porcelain Blue and White
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice water pot/jar for the Japanese market, Late Ming dynasty Kosometsuke. Mountain landscape scene.
With matching storage box.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain &...
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17th Century Chinese Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
H&R Daniel Teacup Trio, Green with Flowers Patt. 4479, 2nd Gadroon, ca 1829
By H&R Daniel
Located in London, GB
This is a rare and beautiful true trio made by H&R Daniel in about 1829. The set is potted in the "second gadroon" shape and bears pattern 4479 with a green ground, gilt vines and be...
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1820s English Rococo Revival Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
William IVth Mason’s Porcelain Desert Tureen or Sucrier Pattern 223, circa 1830
By C.J. Mason 1
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early English porcelain Sauce Tureen or Sucrier, made by C. J. Mason (The same factory who produced Mason's Ironstone) during the period of William IVth, circa 1830-1835.
...
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Tea Caddy Qianjiang Republic Marked Artist Base
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely Chinese Porcelain dish Very gorgeous qianjiang decoration.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Color: Qianjiang
Region of Origin: China
Period: 20th century...
Category
20th Century Chinese Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
William IVth PAIR-(A) of C J Masons Cups & Saucers Porcelain Ptn 223, Ca 1830
By C.J. Mason 1
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an early English, PAIR of porcelain Tea Cups and Saucers, made by C. J. Mason (The same factory who produced Mason's Ironstone) during the period of William IVth, circa 1830-...
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Seletti 'Hybrid-Leonia' 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
Seletti "Hybrid-Procopia" Mug 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
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
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
Seletti "Kintsugi-N'2" Mug 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
Seletti "Hybrid-Smeraldina" Porcelain Teapot
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
Seletti "Hybrid-Anastasia" Mug 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
Seletti "Hybrid-Eufemia" 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 Sterling Silver Teapot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive 19th Century antique George IV English sterling silver teapot; an addition to our silver teaware collection
This ex...
Category
1820s British George IV Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Liberty and Co. An Arts and Crafts six piece pewter tudric tea set
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co. An Arts and Crafts six piece pewter tudric tea set, consisting of a teapot, water jug, milk, sugar and a tea strainer with base. Stamped to the base, '6, Tudric, Engl...
Category
1910s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Pewter
Tiffany & Co. 1912 Sterling Silver 6-Piece Tea & Coffee Set Hampton Art Deco
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. sterling silver tea and coffee service in the celebrated Hampton pattern number 18389 from 1912 and in Art Deco style, with an elegant, geometric design, consisting of:...
Category
1910s American Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
14-Piece Japanese Gilt and Painted Tea and Dessert Serving Set with Peacock
Located in Norwood, NJ
14-piece Kutani Japanese gilt and painted tea and dessert serving set with Peacock. Hand painted gilt and painted Peacock tea and serving set. Features floral and peacock design.
Lidded tea and coffee pots, lidded creamer, sugar bowl, and five snack sets...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Tea Sets
Materials
Gold
Japonism tea service in silver-plated metal, style C. Dresser
Located in Paris, FR
Exquisite 3-piece tea service set, featuring a teapot, a milk pot, and a sugar bowl. Each piece is meticulously crafted from high-quality silver-plated metal, ensuring both durabilit...
Category
19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique English Neoclassical Figural Silver Plated Samovar w/Rams & Elephants
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique English Neoclassical/Egyptian Revival Figural Silver Plated Samovar Coffee Urn with Rams, Sphinx, Bear and Elephants. Item features engraving to...
Category
19th Century Unknown Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver Plate
Le Tallec Set of 4 Demitasse Cups and Matching Tray with Profuse Raised Gilding
Located in Boston, MA
This is an exquisite Le Tallec set that includes four demitasse cups and saucers with a tray with a matching pattern. All the cups and saucers and the tray are embellished in raised profuse gilding with curves and scrolls in a rococo style. The tray is 13.5 inches in diameter. This demitasse set is very rare and would be a wonderful addition to any coffee lover or demitasse collector. Price of Le Tallec set-$1500.00.
Camille Le Tallec was born in Paris in 1906. In 1929, he graduated from the Ecole du Louvre. In 1930, he opened his studio in Belleville, Paris, which became the Atelier Le Tallec. At his studio, his goal was to paint his porcelain pieces beautifully like Vincennes or Sevres porcelains. Most of the Le Tallec boxes...
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1950s French Rococo Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Six Russian Imperial Lomonosov Gilt Porcelain Covered Tea Set Cups 1930s
By Lomonosov
Located in Portland, OR
Vintage set of six Imperial Lomonosov Handpainted Gilt Porcelain tea cups & saucers with covers, comprising 18 pieces.
The set is in perfect condition, each cup and saucer is hand d...
Category
1930s Russian Baltic Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Ardmore Ceramic Elephant Teapot, hand made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
In the heart of South Africa, Ardmore Ceramics unveils a marvel: the Elephant Teapot. Crafted by Agnes Ndlovu Ntshalintshali and painted by Ottilia Nxumalo, it stands 7 inches tall, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Midcentury Tea Set by Luc Vallauris Provencal Studio Art Pottery Faience Ceramic
By Luc Vallauris
Located in Labrit, Landes
Vallauris tea set by Luc French Studio Pottery France, circa 1950-1960
Stylish 1950s-1960s Art Pottery tea service
4 cups and saucers
Tea and sug...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Galatix Hand Made Burma Teak Tea Service Set 6 & Tray
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Mid-Century Modern Galatix hand-made Burma teak tea service set of 6 glass inserts, 6 Burma teak cup vessels, and a Burma teak serving tray....
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Glass, Teak
Jacqueline and Jean Lerat 20th century design ceramic tea pot La Borne 1960
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Jacqueline and Jean Lerat
Realised in La Borne circa 1960
Original stoneware ceramic tea pot
original perfect condition
signed at the base
height 23 cm
Large 23 cm
Width 13 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese teapot, Meiji period
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Japanese teapot in bronze with decorations in silver.
Meiji period (1868 -1912), circa 1880.
H: 12cm. W: 15,5 cm. D: 12cm.
Category
1880s Japanese Japonisme Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Orfèvre Boin Taburet - Tea / Coffee 4 Pieces In Sterling Silver Plus Samovar In
By Boin-Taburet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
4-piece tea / coffee service in solid silver plus Samovar in silver metal XIXth LOUIS XV style model with twisted ribs highlighted with waves. each piece is decorated with a cartouch...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Victorian can-shaped silver teapot
Located in London, GB
Late Victorian silver teapot of panelled, can-shaped form and decorated with fine hand engraving around the entire body and cover. The cover is fitted with a flush-mounted jeweller's...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Ceramic Zebra Teapot , hand made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
Love Art Ceramic's zebra teapot, sculpted by Sbusiso Ndaba and painted by Sli Mazibuko, this is a unique piece of art these artist only make one never repeat the same piece, embodie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century English Child's Teapot
Located in Sheffield, MA
The early 20th Century English petite child's teapot is decorated around the opening with fluting as is the rim of the lid. Both pieces of the white teapot are marked "Spode Copeland...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Tea Sets
Materials
Pottery
William IV period Sterling Silver Batchelor Teapot - London 1835
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1835 by George Burrows II & Richard Pearce, this handsome, William IV, Antique Sterling Silver Teapot, is round in shape, plain in style, and features shell a...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Georgian Sterling Silver Kettle on Stand
Located in New York, NY
English Georgian sterling silver hot water kettle, 18th century. Globular with s-scroll spout and rattan-wrapped swing handle with scroll supports and mounts. Hinged and flush cover ...
Category
18th Century British Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
3-piece trapezoid Art Deco silver tea set
Located in London, GB
Stylish three-piece Art Deco style silver tea set comprising teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl. The set's trapezoid form and simplicity of style is typical of the Art Deco era with jus...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Ceramic Tiger Teapot , hand made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
It seems there might be a misunderstanding here. South Africa doesn't have native tiger populations. Tigers are typically found in parts of Asia, like India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and B...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Goldsmith Jean E. Puiforcat - Coffee Tea Service In Sterling Silver Period 1930
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Tea / coffee service consisting of a teapot, coffee maker, sugar bowl and milk jug, DEAUVILLE model, round shape, the plain body is threaded at the base and at the neck. the handles ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Belleek Cabaret Tea Set, Cream Cob Lustre, Erne, Victorian, 1890s
Located in London, GB
This is an extremely rare Belleek cabaret set for two, or "tête-à-tête", made in the Erne series brought out in the 1890s. The items carry the 2nd Black Mark, used between 1891 and 1926. The set consists of a teapot, a milk jug, a sugar bowl, two teacups and saucers, and a large matching tray.
This set is very fine and with its restrained cream-white colour it would make a wonderful wedding gift!
If you ever thought Belleek fine china looks, sounds and feels unique, you are right. There is a back story to this extraordinarily fine Irish eggshell porcelain, which has an unusually high amount of "frit" and therefore is thinner and finer than any other china.
Pottery in Belleek (in the now Northern-Irish area of Fermanagh) had started in 1849 with John Caldwell Bloomfield, who was a wealthy land owner. During the Irish famine he realised that unless he would find a way for his tenants to make a profit off the land, they would starve. Agriculture had become impossible due to the agricultural diseases. This caused millions to starve and more millions to leave. As an amateur mineralogist, John Caldwell Bloomfield realised that his land had exactly the right mineral deposits to be used as clay for porcelain. He involved several investors and scientists and after many years of research, trial, error, the building of a railway line to import coal from England, and building a factory, the Belleek pottery resulted, employing the local people and soon producing the finest china made with clay from the Belleek area.
What had started as a way to fend off famine among the local tenants had became a story of incredible success by the 1880s as Queen Victoria fell in love with the fine white china and the many homely, slightly bizarre but nature-loving designs; this was different from English tradition, yet it was very much to the taste of the British who had developed a real love for home-made fine china since it was introduced in the late 18th Century. Belleek not only brought out many tea services, but started a new tradition of intricately woven porcelain baskets. Soon the English nobility started to place big orders and the pottery is still flourishing today and selling its wares the world over, while in England most potteries have long disappeared.
Belleek made many cabaret services, often called breakfast services or "tête-à-tête" services; these were used to carry breakfast tea up to the bedroom. Queen Victoria bought one in the Echinus style during a visit to the factory in the 1860s, and ever since Belleek's cabaret services have been in great demand. Nowadays there are very few of these left and it is rare to find a full service like this.
The Erne series was named after the river right besides the Belleek factory. This river forms the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, with the factory on the Northern Irish end of the bridge at Belleek. The pattern seems to be a play on the baskets and nets of the fishermen who once fished the abundant trout and salmon on the river Erne and the lake that belongs to it.
The items carry the second Black Mark, which was used between 1891 and 1926, however the very fine quality of the porcelain indicates that most pieces of the set are more likely to be from the 1890s than from the 20th Century. You will see that the shade of cob lustre is different on each item; this is normal for Belleek tea sets...
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Late 19th Century Northern Irish Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Set of six KP, Karlskrona (Sweden) tea cups with saucers.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
A set of six KP, Karlskrona (Sweden) tea cups with saucers in cream-colored porcelain with gold decoration.
Classic style.
1930s/1940s.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Cup: D 9.6 cm. w...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Miniature Turquoise-Ground Botanical Teapot and Cover
Located in Downingtown, PA
Meissen miniature Turquoise-ground teapot and cover,
1735-40
The Meissen porcelain miniature teapot has a turquoise ground with a shaped cartouche ...
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1730s German Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Set of five KP, Karlskrona tea cups with saucers and a creamer
Located in Copenhagen, DK
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....
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1930s Swedish Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Stylised Art Nouveau silver coffee pot
By Charles Edward Nixon
Located in London, GB
A highly stylised antique silver coffee pot in the Art Nouveau style. Made at the beginning of the 20th century, this lovely handmade and hand chased silver coffee pot, with its natu...
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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Neoclassical 18th Century Sterling Silver Teapot On Stand - John Denziloe 1787/8
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1787 and 1788 by John Denziloe, this handsome, George III period, Antique Sterling Silver Teapot on Stand, is in the Neoclassical style, with brightcut engrav...
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1780s English Neoclassical Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
10 Dutch Silver Pastry Forks by Th. & P. Moerkerk, ca 1930
Located in Delft, NL
10 Dutch silver pastry forks by Th. & P. Moerkerk, ca 1930
10 Dutch silver pastry forks with floral pattern.
10 different flowers on the handle of the fork, made by Th. & P. Moe...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau 3 Piece Silver Tea Set in Presentation Box - London 1902
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1902 by Wakely & Wheeler, this charming, Antique Sterling Silver Tea Set, is presented in its original box, and comprises a teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl, ...
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Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Boin Taburet - Set Tea/Coffee In Silver Xixe
By Boin-Taburet
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Set TEA / COFFEE 4 pieces silver Regency style, in its original box, consisting of a teapot, a coffee maker, a milk jug,
and a sugar bowl, the handles are wooden.
Dimensions: box :...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Kettle/Pot, Creamer and Sugar Bowl by Frantz Hingelberg, Denmark
Located in North Miami, FL
1930s Jugendstil sterling silver 3-pieces coffee and tea set: kettle/pot, creamer and sugar bowl designed by Svend Weihrauch for Frantz Hingelberg, Denmark
By: Frantz Hingelberg, Sv...
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Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Sterling Silver, Silver
Silversmith Georges Lecomte - Tea-Coffee Set In Silver Art Déco 1925
By Georges Leconte
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
SERVICE THE CAFE 4 PIECES MARTELE in silver 1st grade. Flat-bottomed model, the body is slightly ribbed. The covers of the teapot and the coffee maker are provided with a shell-shape...
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20th Century French Art Deco Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Victorian English Sterling Silver Bachelor Teapot
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver bachelor teapot; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian teapot...
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Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Large Ceramic Elephant teapot, hand made in South Africa
Located in North Miami, FL
Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of African culture with Wiseman Ceramics' Elephant Teapot, a masterpiece handcrafted in South Africa. Sculpted by the talented George-Thabo and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary South African Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Tiffany Edwardian Classical Sterling Silver Coffee Set on Tray
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Classical sterling silver coffee set on tray. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York, ca 1921. This set comprises coffeepot, creamer, and sugar on tray. Each: Fluted ovoid body ...
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Goldsmith G. Keller - Teapot In Sterling Silver Nineteenth
By Georges Keller
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Ovoid-shaped solid silver teapot decorated with palm leaves, zoomorphic spout, cover taken represented by a swan with outstretched wings, blackened pear handle. empire style.
Dimensi...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
A. Aucoc - Tea/coffee Service 6 Pieces In Silver And Its Tray - Nineteenth
By A. Aucoc
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Important TEA/COFFEE service in solid silver, model with a flat bottom, with pinched ribs, each piece is chiseled with a berain decoration, interlacing on amati background and gadroo...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Silver Tea Set Birmingham 1896 John Millwood Banks
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique English Silver three-piece Tea Set Birmingham 1896-7 John Millwood Banks retailed by Thornhill London. Comprising teapot, milk and sugar, oval part fluted, carved ebony wood ...
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Nippon Hand Painted Floral Tea/Coffee Pot with 6 Demitasse Cups&Saucers
Located in Naples, FL
This vintage Nippon tea/coffee pot set is a stunning addition to any collection. The hand-painted floral design showcases the intricate detail and skilled ...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Victorian Tea Sets
Materials
Porcelain
Tiffany Sterling Silver Double Tea Caddy, circa 1870
Located in New York, NY
With upright beaded and key fret handle, the body and lids finely engraved with classical anthemion decoration, with key fret borders, one side lightly engraved with monogram.
Category
1870s Antique Tea Sets
Materials
Sterling Silver
Memphis Design Silver Plate and Lucite Tea and Coffee Set by Guildart France
Located in Atlanta, GA
A sophisticated French modernist Memphis-style coffee or tea serving set. The set features a coffee pot, teapot, creamer, and sugar pot with a sculptural polished silver plate metal ...
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1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tea Sets
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
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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