What counts as a trio?

A cup, its saucer and a matching side plate, sold together as one place setting. Nine titles in the archive use the word. A "true trio" goes further and adds a second cup for coffee, so one saucer serves both. Cabinet trios are the display version, usually finely painted or gilded.

How big are these sets?

They run from a single cup and saucer, or a tea bowl with its saucer, up to services of twenty, thirty-two, thirty-eight and forty-two pieces. Counts get stated in the title often enough to be normal rather than notable. The largest thing counted in the archive is a hundred-piece hand-painted dinner service. Among tea wares proper, forty-two is the biggest stated count.

Why are so many dated just 19th Century?

A quarter of the listings carry that broad label, and Victorian, Regency and Edwardian stack on top of it. Together the soft labels outnumber any single decade. Where firm years do appear, they cluster in the early twentieth century, with the 1900s, 1920s and 1930s all well represented. The 1960s tail is almost entirely later Royal Worcester painted-fruit work.

Are child's and miniature tea sets common?

Ten titles use "miniature", and doll's-house scale, nursery and child's toy sets appear alongside them. It's a steady thread through the category. They sit at both ends of the range: the cheapest material in the archive and, in signed Royal Worcester form, near the top.

Which non-European sets turn up?

Japanese Satsuma is the most frequent, appearing six times, including a "Thousand Faces" and a "Thousand Flowers" set. Chinese export porcelain of the Qianlong period appears three times. Continental entries include Limoges, Old Paris, Bohemian, German, Hungarian and French faience. One-offs surface too, among them a French cloisonné faience set in Japanese taste and a Qajar Bohemian set.

Do pattern numbers mean anything?

They show up in titles more than you might expect, with 2/739, 11617, 6948, 8190 and D5685 all recorded. A number ties a set to a factory's own records rather than a descriptive name someone applied later. Sets carrying a named factory and a recorded pattern number sit higher in the range than those described by decoration alone.

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A matched group of tea wares - teapot, sugar, milk jug, cups and saucers - sold together as one service for the table.

Antique Japanese Satsuma Ware "Thousand Flowers" Gilt Enameled Bowls & Saucers

19th century

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Antique Japanese Satsuma Ware "Thousand Flowers" Gilt Enameled Bowls & Saucers

From Bushells Antiques

£1,250

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Lovely Antique Victorian Royal Davenport Three Piece Tea Set

19th century

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Lovely Antique Victorian Royal Davenport Three Piece Tea Set

From Rebecca Sarah Antiques

£325

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Antique Old Paris Tea Service in the Petit Style, C.1840

19th century

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Antique Old Paris Tea Service in the Petit Style, C.1840

From Ritas Bazaar

£1,200

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19th century

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Unusual Coalport Coffee Service

From Carlton House Antiques

£285

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1920 - 1940

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Clarice Cliff "Gayday" Tea for Two Set

From Bushells Antiques

£2,750

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1932 Rare Shelley Tea/coffee Set in Yellow "Star Flower" or "Harlequin" Pattern.

1920 - 1940

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1932 Rare Shelley Tea/coffee Set in Yellow "Star Flower" or "Harlequin" Pattern.

From Bushells Antiques

£4,500

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19th century

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Spode Trio

From Scottow Antiques

£225

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Russian Imperial Porcelain Manufactory Catherine II Tête-à-tête Coffee Service, St. Petersburg, C. 1762-1796

18th century

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Russian Imperial Porcelain Manufactory Catherine II Tête-à-tête Coffee Service, St. Petersburg, C. 1762-1796

From Gillers Antiques Ltd

£25,000

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Set of 8 Early 19th Tea Bowls & Saucers by Sewell

19th century

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Set of 8 Early 19th Tea Bowls & Saucers by Sewell

From Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares

£675

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William Moorcroft for Macintyre ‘Florian Ware’ Poppy Tea Service, 1902

1900 - 1920

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William Moorcroft for Macintyre ‘Florian Ware’ Poppy Tea Service, 1902

From Gillers Antiques Ltd

£1,000

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The largest count in a title on Sellingantiques is a hundred-piece hand-painted dinner service. Among tea wares proper, forty-two pieces is the biggest.

Antique Bohemian Tea Set by Moser, Hand-gilded and Enamelled, Circa 1890

19th century

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Antique Bohemian Tea Set by Moser, Hand-gilded and Enamelled, Circa 1890

From Gillers Antiques Ltd

£500

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A Superb English Porcelain Davenport Early 19th C Cabinet Trio

19th century

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A Superb English Porcelain Davenport Early 19th C Cabinet Trio

From Robert Belcher Antiques

£225

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19th century

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Early 19th Century Spode Cabinet Trio, Rare, Circa 1825

From Robert Belcher Antiques

£595

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An Early 20th Century Ten Piece Japanese Tea Service

1920 - 1940

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An Early 20th Century Ten Piece Japanese Tea Service

From William Cook Antiques

£695

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Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Cups and Saucer. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period. 1736 - 1795.

18th century

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Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Cups and Saucer. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period. 1736 - 1795.

From Dragoncharger Antiques

£575

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Royal Worcester Blush Ivory Tea Trio with Gilded Detail, Dated 1902

1900 - 1920

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Royal Worcester Blush Ivory Tea Trio with Gilded Detail, Dated 1902

From Touch of Time Antiques

£175

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Antique Tea Sets

Antique Japanese Satsuma Ware "Thousand Flowers" Gilt Enameled Bowls & Saucers

Lovely Antique Victorian Royal Davenport Three Piece Tea Set

Antique Old Paris Tea Service in the Petit Style, C.1840

Unusual Coalport Coffee Service

Clarice Cliff "Gayday" Tea for Two Set

1932 Rare Shelley Tea/coffee Set in Yellow "Star Flower" or "Harlequin" Pattern.

Spode Trio

Russian Imperial Porcelain Manufactory Catherine II Tête-à-tête Coffee Service, St. Petersburg, C. 1762-1796

Set of 8 Early 19th Tea Bowls & Saucers by Sewell

William Moorcroft for Macintyre ‘Florian Ware’ Poppy Tea Service, 1902

Antique Bohemian Tea Set by Moser, Hand-gilded and Enamelled, Circa 1890

A Superb English Porcelain Davenport Early 19th C Cabinet Trio

Early 19th Century Spode Cabinet Trio, Rare, Circa 1825

An Early 20th Century Ten Piece Japanese Tea Service

Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Cups and Saucer. Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period. 1736 - 1795.

Royal Worcester Blush Ivory Tea Trio with Gilded Detail, Dated 1902

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