Early 19th Century Staffordshire Pealware Tea Set with Strawberry & Vine Pattern
By Staffordshire
Located in Middleburg, VA
19th century Staffordshire Pealware tea set with strawberry pattern with vines and green leaves.
Pearlware
10 Pc English Hammersley & Co Rose Point Strawberry Basket Tea Serving Set
By Hammersley, Shelley Pottery
Located in Dayton, OH
#38183 Vintage 10 piece serving set by Hammersley & Company. White bone china with gilded details. Set includes handled serving tray with creamer and sugar bowl in the Rose Point pa...
Porcelain
Unavailable
H 5.12 in W 3.94 in D 7.09 in
1910s Edwardian Porcelain Strawberry Shaped Teapot Made in England
Located in Milan, IT
Edwardian porcelain strawberry shaped teapot, made in England with a small strawberry on top of the lid.
Porcelain
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H 4.34 in W 7.49 in D 3.94 in
Antique Novelty China Strawberry Tea Set By Royal Bayreuth, 1920s Vintage
By Royal Bayreuth
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE TEA SET The most charming little tea set for one, consisting of a teapot and cover, milk jug, sugar bowl and a cup and saucer.
Ceramic, Porcelain
1920s Tea Set Royal Bayreuth Strawberry-Shape, Germany
By Royal Bayreuth
Located in Praha, CZ
Porcelain tea set in strawberry shaped By Royal Bayreuth Germany, Set of 4 Measures: Plate: Wide: 25cm x 21cm - one leaf on the edge Teapot: Hight including cap: 9cm, wide: 13cm -...
Porcelain
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H 0.07 in W 17 in D 28 in
Mid-Century Blue Cornflower & Strawberry Silkscreened Linen Tea Towels, Set of 2
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of two pure linen towels from the Mid-Century Modern Era, brightly colored, with the original labels – never used. Printed in a style typical of the era with a rolled hem on al...
Linen
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H 1 in W 1 in L 1 in
Flight Barr & Barr Teacup Trio, Peach Gilt Strawberries, Regency, circa 1815
By Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester
Located in London, GB
It has a peach ground with a very charming gilt strawberry pattern. In the late 18th and early 19th century cups and saucers were sold as a "true trio" consisting of a teacup, a coff...
Porcelain
Flight Barr & Barr Porcelain Plate, Peach, Gilt Strawberries, Regency ca 1825
By Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful plate made by Flight, Barr & Barr between 1813 and 1840 - but most probably circa 1825. It has a pale peach ground with a very charming gilt strawberry pattern an...
Porcelain
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H 2.75 in Dm 2.5 in
Flight Barr & Barr Orphaned Coffee Can, Peach, Gilt Strawberries, Regency ca1815
By Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful orphaned coffee can made by Flight, Barr & Barr between 1813 and 1840 - but most probably around 1815. It has a peach ground with a very charming gilt strawberry ...
Porcelain
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
John Rose Coalport Orphaned Teacup, Pink Strawberries Pattern, Regency ca 1815
By John Rose, Coalport Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming orphaned teacup made by John Rose / Coalport in about 1815. Originally it would have had a companion coffee cup and a saucer, which is how cups and saucers we...
Porcelain
Coalport John Rose Orphaned Porcelain Coffee Cup, Pink Strawberries, ca 1815
By John Rose, Coalport Porcelain
Located in London, GB
This is a very charming orphaned coffee cup made by John Rose / Coalport in about 1815. Originally it would have had a companion teacup and a saucer, which is how cups and saucers we...
Porcelain
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Flight Barr & Barr Teacup Trio, Peach Gilt Strawberries, Regency, circa 1815
By Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester
Located in London, GB
It has a peach ground with a very charming gilt strawberry pattern. In the late 18th and early 19th century cups and saucers were sold as a "true trio" consisting of a teacup, a coff...
Porcelain
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H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
John Rose Coalport Porcelain Teacup Trio, Pink Strawberries, Regency, circa 1815
By Coalport Porcelain, John Rose
Located in London, GB
The set is unmarked as was common in those days.
Porcelain
Library of Antique Leatherbound Books
Located in Brønshøj, DK
This collection consists of 400 antique decorative books, mainly dating from 1850–1950, with most published before 1920. The books are bound in leather, many with fine gold leaf embo...
Gold Leaf
$116,093
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
Wrought Iron
$11,665 / set
H 1.19 in Dm 9.69 in
Italy Richard Ginori Mid-18th Century Porcelain Set 8 Dishes Floral Design
By Richard Ginori
Located in Brescia, IT
The set of eight hand-painted flower design porcelain dishes was manufactured by Richard Ginori in the historical headquarter of Doccia (Tuscany, Italy), one of the most important an...
Porcelain
$3,800Sale Price / set|40% Off
H 10.63 in Dm 12.6 in
19th Century Sèvres Porcelain Dinner Set with Comital Coronet
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite 52-piece porcelain dinner service, crafted by Sèvres in the 19th century, exemplifies the refined artistry and heritage of French porcelain. Each piece features a hand...
Porcelain
Haviland Limoges Gilt Porcelain Coffee / Tea Service for 12
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Late 20th century Haviland, Limoges France gilt porcelain tea / coffee service for twelve people. Each piece is great condition. Marks (Tower) Haviland Limoges, France undersigned. A...
Gold
$1,920Sale Price / set|32% Off
H 0.79 in W 15.16 in D 12.01 in
Limoges Bernardaud 62 Pieces Fine Faience Dinner Service
By Bernardaud
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Exquisite fine cream faience tableware set adorned with scattered roses and gold trim. The set consists of 62 pieces and would be ideal for casual dining, or would make an eyecatchin...
Faience, Paint
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Glass, Mahogany
Antique Meissen 68-Piece Floral Dinner Service
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Antique Meissen 68-piece floral dinner service German, c. 1900 Largest serving dish: Height 6cm, width 52.5cm, depth 37.5cm Square salad bowl: Height 9.5cm, width 22cm, depth 22cm...
Porcelain
$120,000
H 1 in Dm 9 in
Large English Porcelain Imari Pattern Dessert and Tea Service, Spode, circa 1815
Located in New York, NY
Iron-red uppercase Spode mark and pattern 2213. Richly painted in the Imari palette and enriched in pale-blue, green and gold with flowering shrubs and a tree, the border with altern...
Porcelain
$11,432
H 1.58 in W 14.97 in D 18.9 in
Unusual Set of 18th Century Blue and White Plates, Platers and Lidded Plates
Located in Epfach, DE
Decorative Set of Blue and White Porcelain Plates, China, 18th Century This striking and unusual set of 19 blue and white porcelain pieces includes plates, platters, and lidded pla...
Porcelain
$2,327Sale Price / set|25% Off
H 1.19 in Dm 12.6 in
Villeroy & Boch Petite Fleur Comprehensive Dinner, Tea and Coffee Service
By Villeroy & Boch
Located in Sofia, BG
Villeroy & Boch 'Petite Fleur' comprehensive dinner, tea and coffee service for six persons, plus extras in white porcelain. Base Plate 30 cm. 4 pcs. Plate 27 cm. 5 pcs. Plate 21 cm....
Porcelain
19th C. Spode 44 Pc. Porcelain Tea Set
By Spode
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This Classic 19th century Spode Dessert and tea and coffee service encompasses the beauty of the period as well as the elegant floral decoration. The complete service for 8, plus ext...
Porcelain
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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