Vintage charm: Romantic and humorous vintage postcards
While out shopping on the weekend for a house-warming gift for a friend, I spotted a sign on an old bicycle advertising an antiques and vintage shop. Intrigued, I eagerly […]
Bringing colour into dark winter days: Vibrant vintage pieces
When I was growing up, I thought that vintage and antique china was dark, sombre and lacking in colour. I was a child of the 80s where fluorescent cycling shorts […]
Fun in Flanders: Ghent vintage shopping
Last weekend I was lucky to visit Ghent and had such a great time that I didn’t want to come home! We stayed in a small studio apartment in a central part of […]
Imperfect treasures: finding beauty in damaged china
It’s always disappointing arriving home from a vintage shopping trip to find that a piece of china is damaged. Although there are obvious areas of damage to look out for […]
Vintage outings: A trip to Thorpeness Emporium and café
I love visiting new places particularly when they’re as quirky as Thorpeness, a small seaside village in Suffolk. The place was once a small fishing village but in the early […]
Paragon’s Fortune Telling tea set: Looking back at the future
This tea set has got to be one of the most beautiful and intriguing pieces of vintage tea china that I’ve owned. So much so that I still have it […]
Top tips for assembling your vintage china cake stand
Whenever we pack one of our vintage china cake stands for a customer, we always include instructions on how to assemble it. However, even with instructions, we realise that it […]
A (very) short story of a Staffordshire pottery: Roslyn China
These days, it’s a rare occasion when I can’t find information that I need on the internet. So much so, that when this happens, I continue searching with the steadfast […]
Collecting vintage china: Tips on identifying and dating your vintage finds
As a self-confessed china geek, one of the first things I do when I pick up a teacup is turn it over to look underneath. I do this mainly when […]
Nancy’s Vintage China around the world: our updated map
One of the things that we love about running Nancy’s Vintage China is the opportunity to have contact with customers all over the world. As part of our website and […]
A change of season and shop name: Welcome to Nancy’s Vintage China
Summer is finally over in my part of the world and although I’m missing long sunny days, part of me is looking forward to fresh mornings and cozy evenings. It’s […]
