George Jones Rooster Teapot
By George Jones
Located in New York, NY
Rare George Jones majolica teapot shaped like a crowing cockerel.
20th Century English Tea Sets
Majolica
George Jones Rooster Teapot
By George Jones
Located in New York, NY
Rare George Jones majolica teapot shaped like a crowing cockerel.
Majolica
A George Jones Majolica Rooster Teapot, English, ca. 1872
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A George Jones Majolica Rooster (Cockerel) teapot, English, ca. 1872, naturalistically modeled as a running cockerel, the tail feathers forming the handle, the open beak forming the ...
Majolica
George Jones Majolica 'Apple Blossom' Teapot Basketweave on Turquoise, ca. 1873
By George Jones & Sons
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica 'Apple Blossom' Teapot, the pear-shaped teapot and lid molded with blooming apple tree limbs, with a mossy branch handle and spout, with basketweave banding, th...
Majolica
George Jones Blossom Teapot And Cover
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica teapot which features apple leaves and blossom.
Majolica
George Jones Majolica Rooster/Cockerel Teapot, English, Dated 1872
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Rooster (Cockerel) teapot, English, dated 1872, naturalistically modeled as a running cockerel, the tail feathers forming a handle and the open beak, the spout.
Majolica
Midcentury Bitossi Aldo Londi Rimini Blue Glazed Ceramic Vase
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in Barcelona, ES
'Rimini blu' glazed ceramic vase designed by Aldo Londi for by Bitossi. Italy, 1960s. This eye-catching vase is made of blue glazed ceramic with engraved patterns surrounding the cen...
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
Wedgwood Majolica Dish with Strawberries on a Cobalt Ground, 1870, 12 Available
By Wedgwood
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Wedgwood Majolica Strawberry dish, naturalistically relief-modeled with strawberries, leaves, and blossoms, the lip with strawberry leaves and tendrils, with a yellow-glazed rim, on ...
Majolica
$2,985
H 6 in W 10.5 in D 10 in
George Jones Majolica Strawberry Server Mounted by a Bird, English, circa 1870
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Strawberry Server, ca. 1870, the trefoil dish naturalistically moldelled with blossoming strawberry plants and ferns on a turquoise and rustic ground, surmounte...
Majolica
Vase Le Verre Francais Art Deco
By Le Verre Francais
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Vase Le verre francais Art Deco Origin France Circa 1925 Artist Charles Schneider Candy enamel mark on its base perfect condition. Charles Schneider was an Art Deco glass artist, bo...
Art Glass
$12,600
H 6.5 in Dm 16 in
Chinese Export Rose Medallion Canton Porcelain Punch Bowl w/ Multiple Cartooges
Located in New York, NY
A Chinese Export Rose Medallion Famille Rose canton porcelain punch bowl with multiple cartooge panels. The exterior of this gorgeous bowl is decorated with multiple panels which inc...
Porcelain
$3,200
H 10.5 in W 13.75 in D 13.75 in
A French late 19th century Louis XV st. Lunéville Faience Porcelain serving set
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and most decorative French late 19th century Louis XV st. Lunéville Faience Porcelain serving set. This most attractive fifty-four piece dining is painted on over glaze co...
Porcelain
Fabergé Silver Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...
Silver
Charles Schneider, Art Deco Glass Vase, France, C. 1930
By Charles Schneider
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco acid-etched smoked glass vase by Charles Schneider. Signed "Schneider, France". Daum was founded in Nancy, France, by Jean Daum in 1878. After his death in 1885, his sons ...
Glass
$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 12 in W 14 in D 8 in
Meissen Lidded Tureen, Hand Painted with Birds, Hard Paste Porcelain, circa 1934
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful and in pristine condition. Very fine quality with a figure of a putto On the crest holding a cornucopia filled with raised flowers and fruits spilling Forward on the top ...
Porcelain
Set of porcelain de Paris coffee & tea service
Located in Washington, DC
Set of porcelain de Paris coffee & tea service - eighteen (18) pieces. Made famous during the Napoleon Period 1795 - 1830
Coffee pot - W - 8"; H - 10"
Te...
Porcelain
French Majolica Brown Hen Tureen Caugant
By Michel Caugant
Located in Austin, TX
Rustic French Majolica Brown Hen Tureen circa 1950 signed Caugant.
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$28,850
H 8.13 in W 14.13 in D 9.25 in
A George Jones Majolica Game Tureen with a Quail and Her Chicks, English, 1874
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A George Jones Majolica Game Tureen, the base with relief molded rabbits among ferns and grasses on both sides, with oak leaves, acorns, and ivy encircling all around the mossy branc...
Majolica
$6,485
H 11.75 in Dm 12.5 in
Large George Jones Majolica Cow Cheese Dome and Stand, Pink Ground, English 1873
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Full-Size George Jones Majolica Cow Cheese dome and stand (Stilton Dish), 11.75 height x 12.5 diameter inches, on a vivid deep pink glazed ground with strong lavender hues, with styl...
Majolica
A George Jones Majolica Tureen with Recumbent Doe, English, ca. 1875
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
A George Jones Majolica Game Pie Tureen, the cover formed as a domed rustic mound with green glazed ferns and grasses, surmounted by a naturalistically molded and glazed recumbent do...
Majolica
George Jones Majolica Iris Pitcher, England, circa 1875
By George Jones
Located in Banner Elk, NC
George Jones Majolica Iris Pitcher, England, Victorian, ca. 1875 For 30 years we have been among the world’s preeminent specialists in fine antique majolica.
Ceramic
George Jones Majolica Mackerel Tureen
By George Jones
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
George Jones Majolica tureen with cover which features a mackerel fish lying on a bed of fern leaves and reeds. Coloration: yellow, green, grey, are predominant. The piece bears make...
Majolica
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.