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Antique Aesthetic Movement 7 Piece Silver Plated Tea Set with Floral Decoration
By Meriden Silver Plate Co.
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique silver plated tea set was made by the Meridian Company of the United States in
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Antique Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Sheffield and Silv...

Materials

Silver Plate

Silver Plate Five Piece Tea / Coffee Service
By Reed & Barton
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Silver plated five pieces tea and coffee service with exterior floral design details. Each piece is
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Mid-20th Century North American Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique Four-Piece Silver Plated Tea Set by Christofle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Antique 4-Piece Silver Plated Tea Set by Christofle Period: Post 1900 Origin: France
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20th Century French Tea Sets

Antique English Silver Plate Four Piece Tea Set with Tray 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
AN antique English tea set offers silver plate melon form tea pot, coffee pot, creamer, sugar and
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Antique 19th Century English Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

Rare American Aesthetic Movement Six-Piece Silver-Plated Coffee and Tea Service
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An Impressive and Rare American Aesthetic Movement Six-Piece Silver-Plated Coffee and Tea Service
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Antique Early 1900s American Aesthetic Movement Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

Haughwout & Co. Silver Helmet Medallion 5-Piece 19th Century Tea Coffee Set
Located in New York, NY
E. V. Haughwout & Co. silver soldered, mid-19th century 5-piece tea and coffee set in the Helmet
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Tea Sets

Materials

Silver, Silver Plate

A Mid-Century 5-Piece Christofle Electroplated Silver Tea and Coffee Service Set
By Christofle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Charming Mid-Century Five-Piece Christofle Electroplated Silver Tea and Coffee Set. The elegant
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Mid-20th Century Argentine Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique Simpson Hall Miller 2076 Bird Engraved Silver Plated 4 Pc Tea Set
By Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Victorian Simpson Hall Miller Co. 2076 Bird Engraved Silver Plated Tea Set. Listing
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Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

Hallmark English George I Style Silver Plated 3 Pieces Tea Set Bakelite Handles
By Sheffield
Located in Miami, FL
Circa 1930s, this silver service was made in England. All piece are signed with hallmarks. Features
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Mid-20th Century English George I Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

A French Art Deco silver plated coffee and tea set, by Argental, circa 1930
By Argental
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
An Art Deco tea service by Argental of Austria. This Charming set is comprised of a teapot, coffee
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

33 Piece Japanese Hand Painted Porcelain Tea Set Signed
Located in San Francisco, CA
33 Piece Japanese Hand Painted Porcelain Tea Set Signed 3 - 8.5" plates 7 - 7.5" plates 5 - 7
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20th Century Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Tea Service, English, Silver Plate, Hand Chased, Teapot, Jug, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique tea service. An English, silver plated, hand chased teapot and jug set by John
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Antique Late 19th Century British Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

Flo-Blue Collection of 9 Piece Matching "Formosa" Tea Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine "FORMOSA" Pattern flo-blue tea set is in very good condition and includes a large tea pot
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Antique Late 19th Century English American Colonial Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Otto Wolter, German Sterling Silver Tea set, Mid 20th Century
By Otto Wolter
Located in Delft, NL
Otto Wolter, German Sterling Silver Tea set, Mid 20th Century A 3 piece German Sterling Silver
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Mid-20th Century German Tea Sets

Materials

Silver

Keller - 8pc. Louis XVI 19th Century 950 Sterling Silver Tea Set, Museum Quality
By Gustave Keller Freres
Located in Wilmington, DE
Sterling Silver Tea / Coffee Set by one of France's Premier Silversmiths, Gustave Keller, Includes a Large
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Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Tea Sets

Materials

Sterling Silver

Roux-Marquiand French Art Deco Tea-Coffee Set, 1920
By Roux-Marquiand
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Paris, a tea and coffee set that gets a gold medal. It will therefore provide regular Parisian
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

Fine Gorham Sterling Silver Tea and Coffee Service
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Gorham Sterling Silver Six-Piece Tea & Coffee Service w/ Christofle Plated Tray Gorham
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20th Century Tea Sets

Materials

Silver

Christian Dior 20th century - tea service on its sterling silver and l
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
CHRISTIAN DIOR DECORATION Three-piece tea service in solid silver and lapis lazuli composed of a
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20th Century Tea Sets

Materials

Sterling Silver

Royal Copenhagen Coffee/Tea Set with Hand Painted Saxony Flowers 1930s
By Royal Copenhagen
Located in Benalmadena, ES
This exquisite Royal Copenhagen tea/coffee set, Saxon Flower collection, is an exceptional example
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Vintage 1930s Danish Art Nouveau Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

22-Piece Colorful Ceramic Breakfast Set by Italo Casini, Sesto Fiorentino
By Italo Casini
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
; - 2 Milk jugs 15 x 8 h 13 cm ; - 3 coffee cups with plates 9 x 7 h 8 cm ; - 4 tea cups with plates 12
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

9-Piece White Ceramic Breakfast Set by Franco Bucci for Laboratorio Pesaro
By Laboratorio Pesaro
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1950s. This set was designed byFranco Bucci for Laboratorio Pesare. It's made in
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Vintage 1970s Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Copeland Spode for Tiffany Dessert & Tea Set for 12 Floral Japonesque Service
By Copeland Spode
Located in Great Barrington, MA
practical, with the dessert plates measuring 7 3/4" in diameter. All in excellent condition, this set
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Mid-20th Century English Japonisme Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

26-Piece Breakfast Set "La Bella Tavola" by Ettore Sottsass for Alessi, 1993
By Ettore Sottsass, Alessi, Alighiero Boetti 1
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
also designed by Alighiero Boetti. In this set there are - 12 coffee cups with 12 plates; - 11 tea
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1990s Italian Post-Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Gilt Gold Russian Lomonosov Porcelain Coffee & Tea Service / by A. Vorobievsky
Located in Tarry Town, NY
, Designed by A. Vorobievsky (1990s) This stunning 34-piece Russian Lomonosov porcelain coffee and tea
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1990s Russian Tea Sets

Materials

Gold

Midcentury Porcelain Navy Blue Tea Coffee Service Jug and Cups, Poland, 1960
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Diameter: 12 cm Height: 25 cm Plate Diameter: 15 cm Height: 2 cm Cup Diameter: 7 cm Height: 8 cm All
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Mid-20th Century Polish Tea Sets

Materials

Enamel

Rosenthal Kronach Viktoria German Porcelain Floral Design Coffee Set, 27 Pieces
By Rosenthal
Located in Plainview, NY
8" H) 1 - Small Pitcher (7" W x 3.5" D x 7.25" H) 6 - Tea Cups (3.75" W x 3" D x 1.5" H) 6
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20th Century German Victorian Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Six Piece Antique Victorian Silver Plate Tea Set C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Six Piece Antique Victorian Silver Plate Tea Set C1890 Tray - 23 1/2" x 14 1/2" x 2 1/4" Bucket
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Antique Late 19th Century Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Silver Plate

Six-Piece Antique Silver Plated Floral Repousse Tea Set C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Six-Piece Antique Silver Plated Floral Repousse Tea Set C1890 Waste Bowl - 5 1/4" x 5 7/8" x 5
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Antique Late 19th Century Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Silver Plate

Mid Century Modern 125 Piece Dinner Set by Raymond Loewy for Rosenthal Germany
By Raymond Loewy
Located in Port Jervis, NY
consists of: 13 dinner plates 10.5, 13 soups 7 5/8, 15 salad plates 7.5, 12 fruit cups 4 3/4, 14 bread
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Complete English Porcelain Dinner Service For 12 People With Coffee/Tea Service
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Tarry Town, NY
English Coalport Cobalt Ground Porcelain Dinner Service with tea and coffee service for Twelve
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Mid-20th Century English Dinner Plates

Materials

Gold

Adie Brothers English Sterling Silver Tea Set 7-Piece with Tray George II Style
By Adie Brothers
Located in Big Bend, WI
Adie Brothers Outstanding Adie Brothers sterling silver 7-piece tea set with silver plate tray
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20th Century Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Wedgwood Runnymede Turquoise Pink Shells, Floral Center 71 Pcs Dinner Set
By Wedgwood
Located in Germantown, MD
condition with few signs of use. Set includes: 12 Dinner Plates 10 7/8" 12 Tea Cups 12 Saucers 12 Soup
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Late 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates

Materials

Bone, Porcelain

Reed & Barton Winthrop Vintage Silver Plate Tea Set - 5 Pieces
By Reed & Barton
Located in Birmingham, AL
The image shows a vintage Reed & Barton 1795 Winthrop 5-piece tea set in silver plate. This set
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Early 20th Century Baroque Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Silver Plate

Wood & Hughes Sterling Silver 6-Piece Repousse 19th Century Tea Set with Tray
By Wood & Hughes
Located in New York, NY
Wood & Hughes, sterling silver 6-piece tea set from the late 19th century, in exquisite repousse
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Antique Late 19th Century American Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver

13-Piece Vintage Japanese Tea Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
tea pot, width 7 inches, height 4 inches, depth 6 inches 4 plates, diameter 6.75 inches 4 teacups
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20th Century Japanese Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

French Art Deco Silver Plated Tea Service 3 Pieces
Located in Miami, FL
Very good quality 3-piece Art Deco silver plated teapot, sugar bowl and creamer in the style of
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Platters and Serveware

Materials

Silver Plate

Vintage Rosenthal Madeleine 87 Piece Dinner and Tea Set
By Rosenthal
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This is a vintage 87 piece set of Rosenthal Madeline dinnerware and tea set from 1931 in Germany
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Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Tableware

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage 33 Piece Chinese Republic Porcelain Tea Set C1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
Vintage 33 Piece Chinese Republic Porcelain Tea Set C1930. Large Cups - 20" x 4 3/8" x 3 3/4
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Early 20th Century Asian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Wedgwood by Int Sterling Silver Flatware Set 12 Dinner and Hollowware Collection
By International Silver
Located in Big Bend, WI
Hollowware including four-piece sterling silver tea set and tray, serving bowl, dessert plates, and salt and
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20th Century Tableware

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Limoges 28 Piece Hand Painted & Gilt Pink Rose Porcelain Tea Set C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Limoges 28 Piece Hand Painted & Gilt Pink Rose Porcelain Tea Set C1900. Plates - 8 5/8" x
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Early 20th Century Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Chateau Rose by Alvin Sterling Silver Flatware Set for 12 Service 153 Pcs Dinner
By Alvin Silver Manufacturing Company
Located in Big Bend, WI
Carving Set, 2-pc, 10 1/2" & 8 7/8" 1 Angel Food Cake Breaker w/plated tines, 10 7/8" 1 Sugar Tong, 3 7/8
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Late 20th Century Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Nanking Blue and White Porcelain Vintage 23 Piece Tea and Meal Service
Located in Lomita, CA
circular pedestal plate ( 9 inches wide), a set of 8 cups and 8 saucers ( cups 2 inches tall by 4 inches
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Hand Painted Gilt Porcelain Tea, Coffee Cup with Desert Plate
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fine gilt original porcelain coffee or tea cup with saucer and desert plate. Enjoy the start to
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Late 20th Century French Bohemian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Victorian Silver Plated Fruit Basket James Dixon 19th Century
By James Dixon & Sons
Located in London, GB
names in silver plate and sterling tableware including silver tea services and hollowware pieces. They
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Antique 1880s English Victorian Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Silver Plate

Royal Vienna Style Coffee Tea Set Dessert Service for 16, circa 1930
By Royal Vienna Porcelain
Located in Austin, TX
 diameter 5.5 inch Plates diameter 7 inch.
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Early 20th Century Czech Neoclassical Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Mid Century 20 Piece Dinnerware Set of California Ivy Poppy Trail by Metlox
By Metlox Manufacturing Company
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A 20-piece ceramic dinnerware set by Metlox. This twenty-piece set includes seven dinner plates
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Tableware

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Capodimonte Porcelain 215 Piece Dinner Service Napoleon "Au Roi de Rome"
By Capodimonte
Located in Portland, OR
An incredible & important antique 19th century Naples porcelain/Capodimonte 215 piece dinner & tea
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Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

120 Piece Vintage Franciscan Apple Pattern Dinnerware Hand Painted USA England
By Franciscan China 1
Located in Dayton, OH
This vintage china set in the apple pattern by Franciscan has doubles of many pieces suitable for
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Late 20th Century American Country Tableware

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Dutch 36-piece Blue Onion tableware by Louis Regout Maastricht
By Louis Regout
Located in Delft, NL
. The set consists of 2 teapots with a tea strainer. An oval dish ( tiny brown spots, happend during the
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Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Tableware

Materials

Porcelain

Circa 1968 "Louis XVI" Pattern Silverplated Flatware Set by Mappin & Webb
By Mappin & Webb
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
"), gumbo/round soup spoons (7"), dessert spoons (7.25"), small tea or 5 o'clock spoons (4 5/8"). Also
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Vintage 1960s British Louis XVI Sheffield and Silverplate

Materials

Silver Plate

New Hall Hybrid Hard Paste Porcelain Tea Service, Palm Tree patt. 484, ca 1810
By New Hall
Located in London, GB
This is a spectacular 17-piece tea service serving four, made by New Hall around the year 1810. The
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Antique 1810s English Georgian Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage 12 Place Kings Pattern Sterling Silver Cutlery by Harrods 20th Century
By Gee & Holmes
Located in London, GB
fish forks with silver tines, twelve table forks, twelve dessert knives six table spoons three piece
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20th Century English Elizabethan Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Richard Ginori Brown & Gold Trimmed Dinnerware Service Of 93 Pieces
By Richard Ginori
Located in North Hollywood, CA
on white porcelain. Rare refined and visually stunning 93 piece set of service ware, fine porcelain
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Porcelain

Materials

Gold

China Service for 12 Wedgewood Gold Grecian Circa 1964
By Wedgewood
Located in Southbury, CT
: 12 Dinner Plates (10 ⅝") 12 Lunch/Salad plates (7 ¾") 12 Bread plates (5 ¾") 12 Soup Bowls with
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Mid-20th Century English Classical Greek Tableware

Materials

Gold Leaf

Rare Mid-Century 7-Piece Insulated Tea Set in Chrome, Ceramic & Lucite.
By Kozy Kraft, Perry, Bevan & Co.
Located in Port Hope, ON
This rare and iconic "Full English", Mid-Century, seven-piece, insulated breakfast set is comprised
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Vintage 1940s English Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Chrome

Lino Sabattini "Stairs" a Silver Plate, Five-Piece Tea and Coffee Service, 1971
By Lino Sabattini
Located in New York, NY
A modernist tea and coffee service of stylized individual pieces conforming to one another at
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Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

Five-Piece French Art Deco Silver Plated Tea and Coffee Service, 20th Century
Located in Oakland, CA
French Art Deco silver plated tea and coffee service, five pieces in total, early 20th century with
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

Restored Coffee Tea Set and Tray Art Deco
Located in Oakland, CA
Coffee tea set and tray Art Deco newly restored fresh silver plate. An unusual design with a rope
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Vintage 1930s Argentine Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

Christofle "Boule" Tea and Coffee Set Designed by Lino Sabattini, circa 1960
Located in New York, NY
Lino Sabattini "Boule" tea and coffee service, silver plated brass, circa 1960. Tray 13.25" Dia x
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Vintage 1960s Tea Sets

Materials

Brass

Part tea set by John Ridgway c 1850
By John Ridgways
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This very attractive twenty-two piece porcelain part tea set by John Ridgway consists of two bread
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Antique 1840s English Victorian Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

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7 Piece Silver Plated Tea Set For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the 7 piece silver plated tea set you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A 7 piece silver plated tea set — often made from metal, silver and silver plate — can elevate any home. Find 55 options for an antique or vintage 7 piece silver plated tea set now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect 7 piece silver plated tea set — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A 7 piece silver plated tea set, designed in the Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern or Victorian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one 7 piece silver plated tea set that is appealing in its simplicity, but Christofle, Gorham Manufacturing Company and Gorham produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a 7 Piece Silver Plated Tea Set?

A 7 piece silver plated tea set can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,575, while the lowest priced sells for $275 and the highest can go for as much as $25,482.

Finding the Right Serveware, Ceramics, Silver And Glass for You

Your dining room table is a place where stories are shared and personalities shine — why not treat yourself and your guests to the finest antique and vintage glass, silver, ceramics and serveware for your meals?

Just like the people who sit around your table, your serveware has its own stories and will help you create new memories with your friends and loved ones. From ceramic pottery to glass vases, set your table with serving pieces that add even more personality, color and texture to your dining experience.

Invite serveware from around the world to join your table settings. For special occasions, dress up your plates with a striking Imari charger from 19th-century Japan or incorporate Richard Ginori’s Italian porcelain plates into your dining experience. Celebrate the English ritual of afternoon tea with a Japanese tea set and an antique Victorian kettle. No matter how big or small your dining area is, there is room for the stories of many cultures and varied histories, and there are plenty of ways to add pizzazz to your meals.

Add different textures and colors to your table with dinner plates and pitchers of ceramic and silver or a porcelain lidded tureen, a serving dish with side handles that is often used for soups. Although porcelain and ceramic are both made in a kiln, porcelain is made with more refined clay and is more durable than ceramic because it is denser. The latter is ideal for statement pieces — your tall mid-century modern ceramic vase is a guaranteed conversation starter. And while your earthenware or stoneware is maybe better suited to everyday lunches as opposed to the fine bone china you’ve reserved for a holiday meal, handcrafted studio pottery coffee mugs can still be a rich expression of your personal style.

“My motto is ‘Have fun with it,’” says author and celebrated hostess Stephanie Booth Shafran. “It’s yin and yang, high and low, Crate & Barrel with Christofle silver. I like to mix it up — sometimes in the dining room, sometimes on the kitchen banquette, sometimes in the loggia. It transports your guests and makes them feel more comfortable and relaxed.”

Introduce elegance at supper with silver, such as a platter from celebrated Massachusetts silversmith manufacturer Reed and Barton or a regal copper-finish flatware set designed by International Silver Company, another New England company that was incorporated in Meriden, Connecticut, in 1898. By then, Meriden had already earned the nickname “Silver City” for its position as a major hub of silver manufacturing.

At the bar, try a vintage wine cooler to keep bottles cool before serving or an Art Deco decanter and whiskey set for after-dinner drinks — there are many possibilities and no wrong answers for tableware, barware and serveware. Explore an expansive collection of antique and vintage glass, ceramics, silver and serveware today on 1stDibs.

Questions About 7 Piece Silver Plated Tea Set
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The pieces in a silver tea set vary. Most sets include at least four pieces: a spirit burner, a teapot, a cream pitcher and a sugar bowl. Some sets also contain a matching coffee pot or a small serving spoon for the sugar bowl. Find a range of antique and vintage silver tea sets on 1stDibs.

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