An instant hit: vintage coffee time with E Hughes & Co
Sometimes vintage china can be challenging to photograph. Pale patterns, in particular, can looked washed out in photographs yet be beautiful in person. As much as I like a challenge, […]
Sometimes vintage china can be challenging to photograph. Pale patterns, in particular, can looked washed out in photographs yet be beautiful in person. As much as I like a challenge, […]
I’ve been looking back at some of the photographs that I took when I first started Nancy’s Tea Shop. I love looking at photos. Before the digital era, I used […]
On a sunny weekend in May I visited Carmarthen, a market town in West Wales. It’s sited on the lovely River Towy and lays claim to being the oldest town in […]
I wasn’t planning on writing another post about Shelley china but last weekend I stumbled upon a gorgeous tea set that I wanted to share with you. The tea set […]
In contrast to my previous post about the many forms of Tuscan china, today’s post is about another Staffordshire company that produced china where much of it is distinctive enough […]
After over a year of collecting and selling tea china, I’m getting better at recognising china makers such as Royal Vale, Colclough and Paragon but others still surprise me. I’ve […]
When I started buying Colclough china the first sets that I bought were from the Ballet and Harlequin ranges. These simple and elegant tea sets were the first examples of […]
Last time I told you how my passion for Colclough and Vale china began and promised to tell you a bit about the man who started the Colclough company. Herbert […]
Wow, the days are flying by and it’s time for another blog post. I’ve been enjoying preparing my next few posts because they’re about some of my favourite china: Colclough […]
After a few months of only being able to find relatively common pieces of Royal Albert, I struck on two designs that I hadn’t seen before… One is this gorgeous […]