European Ceramic Tea Set with Cake Stand, 21-Piece

Twenty-one pieces of ceramic for six people — a teapot, six cups, six saucers, six spoons, a tea holder, and a three-tier cupcake stand.

The cake stand is what makes this an afternoon tea rather than a pot of tea. A tea service without one leaves the food flat on the table while the tea has height and ceremony; the stand puts both at the same level of attention, which is the whole convention of afternoon tea.

Six places is the right size for the format. Afternoon tea is a seated, slow occasion — a service for twelve becomes an event to be catered rather than a thing you can do on a Sunday.

Ceramic throughout rather than bone china, which makes it more robust and more usable: this is a set for actually serving from, not one kept in a cabinet. Hand wash to protect the decoration.

• 21 pieces: service for six, complete
• Three-tier cake stand: what makes it afternoon tea, not just tea
• Six places: the size the format actually works at
• Tea holder included: a piece most sets leave out
• Ceramic: robust enough to use, not display
• Hand wash: protects the decoration

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