Here’s How to Stock Your Butler’s Pantry Like a Downton Abbey Heiress

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Mon, September 2, 2019 at 11:00 AM UTC

Here’s How to Stock Your Butler’s Pantry Like a Downton Abbey Heiress — Indeed, there remains a dress code for dinner. In the style of the aristocratic Crawleys, and *Bright Young Things* and *Brideshead* before, the innate formality calls for Stoke-on-Trent china, ancestral silver, and linen finery. But 21st-century versions replace the butler’s stick with decidedly more bravado: Mismatched export china is arranged atop vibrantly patterned tablecloths, and heirloom cut crystal pairs with casual colored glassware for a relaxed adaptation of evening entertaining that everyone (save Carson) might readily embrace.

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Indeed, there remains a dress code for dinner. In the style of the aristocratic Crawleys, and Bright Young Things and Brideshead before, the innate formality calls for Stoke-on-Trent china, ancestral silver, and linen finery. But 21st-century versions replace the butler’s stick with decidedly more bravado: Mismatched export china is arranged atop vibrantly patterned tablecloths, and heirloom cut crystal pairs with casual colored glassware for a relaxed adaptation of evening entertaining that everyone (save Carson) might readily embrace.

Dine like a Crawley with these posh plates and charming crystal stemware.

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Imari Accent Plate

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Camilla Small Wine Glass

Renaissance Gold Gravy Boat

Fluted Decanter

Lion Wine Coaster

June Salt Dish with Spoon

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