Elegance Arranged

The table you set
is a record of
what you kept.

Tablesse is where collectors of fine china, crystal and silver catalogue what they own, design the tables they set, and find the one piece that finishes the service.

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A laid table of antique crystal stemware, a cut-glass cruet set, a silver candlestick and gilt-rimmed crimson china on a damask runner.

What we care about

Four materials, endlessly particular.

A pattern is not a product code. It is a glaze, a rim, a weight in the hand, and a factory that may have closed a century ago. Tablesse is built for people who can tell the difference.

  • A Meissen porcelain plate with a pierced rim, pink and gilt border and hand-painted floral sprays.

    Porcelain

    Meissen, 1780/1800

  • A Sèvres porcelain vase covered in burnished gold with a painted garland of flowers and medallion handles.

    Gilding

    Sèvres, 1813

  • A chased silver centerpiece formed as a scallop shell raised on sea-horses and coral.

    Silver

    John Bridge, London, 1824

  • A green glass decanter with a hammered silver collar, lid and looping silver handle.

    Glass

    C. R. Ashbee, 1901

  • Catalogue what you own

    Photograph each piece once. Tablesse lifts it from its background, reads its palette, and files it against a canonical maker and pattern — so a service is a record, not a shelf you half remember.

  • Design before you set

    Build a place setting or a whole table from pieces you actually have. Try the Wedgwood against the linen, see it, change your mind — before anything leaves the cabinet.

  • Complete the set

    Six dinner plates and four salads is a gap with a name. Follow a pattern and hear the moment a matching piece is listed by another collector.

A long dinner table set with wine glasses, candles and low greenery in warm evening light.

The marketplace

Sold by people who know what it is.

Every listing carries its maker, pattern and piece type, its condition with photographic evidence, and a seller you can look up. Buy, trade, or rent a service for one evening.

Buying with confidence

What happens if it goes wrong.

Sending several hundred dollars to a stranger for something fragile is a reasonable thing to hesitate over. Here is exactly what protects you — all of it enforced, none of it goodwill.

  • Sellers are identity-verified before they can be paid

    Payouts run through Stripe Connect, so a seller completes Stripe’s identity and bank verification before a single payment can reach them. Listings from verified sellers carry a badge.

    Read the Seller Agreement

  • Every listing must show its backstamp and its flaws

    A piece cannot be published without an overall photograph and a photograph of its backstamp or maker’s mark — and any defect the seller declares needs its own close-up. The database rejects the listing otherwise.

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  • Covered if it never arrives, arrives damaged, or isn’t what was described

    Open a case from your order, attach photographs, and request a full or partial refund up to what you paid. Approved refunds return to your original payment method, including a pro-rata share of the processing fee.

    Read Buyer Protection

  • Rental deposits are held, not charged

    A security deposit on a rental is authorised and released when the piece comes back in acceptable condition. It is only captured against documented damage.

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A hand holding a small gilt-decorated porcelain teacup painted with white blossoms.

Provenance

Most collections start as an inheritance nobody can identify — a box of gilded cups and a name half remembered.

Photograph a backstamp and Tablesse will tell you what you are holding, what belongs beside it, and what it is worth insuring for. What was a cupboard becomes a documented collection.

Identify your first piece