tea things

She turned a little awkwardly to her tea things, and poured needless water from the silver kettle into the teapot.

Slowly the gas expired, and the firelight glowed on the blue and white check tablecloth and the disarray of tea-things upon it.

When the servant went in to remove the tea things and light the candles, both men were sitting silent in the gloaming.

She smiled at the conceit, busying herself with the tea things.

A Brussels carpet from one, a set of tea-things from another—it was like the going to housekeeping of the newly-married.