Vintage China Rental FAQs

Please reach out as you're planning your menu. The dinnerware and serving items must support your courses while giving a guest presentation that suits your occasion.

We have over 1000 dinner plates available and about 300 in each of the floral collections.

Keep in mind that many of our vintage plates are over 70 years old and not easily found on the used market. We prefer to purchase beautiful and vivid patterns that are not often seen to deliver exceptionally lovely table settings.

We specialize in the greater Houston area and nearby cities: Huntsville to Galveston, College Station to Livingston, Brenham to Kingwood and Katy to Clear Lake City. But we have supported clients in other cities across Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

Depending on the size of your event and the time of year, we will absolutely consider your requests for specific patterns. We are constrained by inventory capacity and turnaround time if dishes or glassware have been reserved previously for another event.

No.  We do, however include a refundable cleaning deposit in your order and will reimburse it if you rinse food debris from the dishes and silverware before returning.

Yes we'll deliver to addresses in the greater Houston area, plus nearby cities like Huntsville, Navasota, Brenham, Bryan, Cypress, Clear Lake City and Livingston. 

And we'd be happy to set and style your tables too so you can focus on the other aspects of event preparation.

Our philosophy is that it is much worse to never use your china than to use it and break a piece or two along the way.  We include a reasonable security deposit in the rental agreement to cover accidents, but is otherwise fully refundable.

Read more in our blog post  - cli here. would love to talk to you about your planning! Here's a quick list of frequently rented tea party items:

1. Teacups and saucers

2. Teapots

3. Tiered serving plates

4. Pedestal plates

5. Silver trays

6. Dining plates and silverware utensils

7. Serving utensils

8. Sugar bowls and cream pitchers.

Read more in our blog article  - link below.

While nothing can rival the beauty of fresh flowers, if you are trying to economize on table decorations, we have a few strategies:

1. Clusters of crystal decanters and small perfume bottles as bud vases. 

2. Clusters of candles using vintage brass or crystal taper candle holders.

3. Porcelain bird and animal figurines mixed in with the table decor.

4. Napkins gathered with a ribbon and a vintage rhinestone brooch at each plate.

Read more in our blog article - link below.

We recommend 6 months in advance for any event in March, April or May. However, we have hundreds and hundreds of dishes and will try to accommodate everyone, even last minute requests!

We do not have table linens in our inventory, but have bundled table cloths and napkins in with our rental orders for some previous clients as a convenience. We will place the order for your linens with another rental company in our professional network, pick up your order and have it ready when you pick up your rental order of dishes from us. Just ask if you need coordination with any other rentals and we'll be happy to help in any way we can.

Yes absolutely. Service providers in the events industry have an opportunity to meet each other at the events we support, at industry functions, and at styled photo shoots. If you are looking for an event planner, florist, balloon backdrop, caterer, bartender, photographer, furniture or tent rentals, or any other event professional, please ask.