"tea-service" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1876, Mrs. G[eorge] Linnæus Banks [i.e., Isabella Banks], “Wounded”, in The Manchester Man, volume II, London: Hurst and Blackett, […], page 79",
          "text": "[…] James brought in the tea-board, with its genuine China tea-service, plates with cake and bread-and-butter, and, whilst he went back to Kezia for the tea-urn, in walked Mr. Ashton, and with him the Rev. Joshua Brookes.",
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          "ref": "1867, Henry R[eed] Stiles, A History of the City of Brooklyn. Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh., volume I, Brooklyn, N.Y.: […] [B]y subscription, page 308",
          "text": "He seems to have been a man of great wealth, even for that day, as he brought with him 60,000 guineas, an immense amount of silver-plate for daily family use, including two complete tea-services, two large urns, one for coffee and the other for chocolate, tureens, mugs, tumblers, goblets, porringers, chafing-dish, ladles, forks and knives with solid silver handles; […]",
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          "ref": "1904, The Studio, page 164, columns 1–2",
          "text": "Courteix displayed motifs for embroideries and lacework which ladies will welcome with enthusiasm, while Abel Landry showed an ensemble of work at once varied and homogeneous: a sofa, chairs, a desk, a tea-service, and a bonbonnière—a whole set of what we may call “woman’s furniture,” which, by its simplicity and its fine and elegant appearance, is quite refreshing after the abracadabrant experiments wherewith we are, alas! only too familiar.",
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