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 […]
Tag Archives: English vintage china
Happy Mother’s Day! My mum’s favourite vintage china
As some of you already know, my mum and I work together on Nancy’s Tea Shop. My mum came on board when I realised that I didn’t have enough time […]
Going back to the beginning with Royal Standard china
Having had a slight hiatus in my blog writing (apologies about that!), I thought I’d get back into the swing of things with going back to the reason why I […]
Vintage simplicity: The charm of plain tea sets
As beautiful as some of the intricate patterns on vintage china are, sometimes I appreciate the simplicity of tea sets that have minimal decoration. So much beauty can be conveyed […]
Nancy’s china around the world: Vintage jewellery stands in Texas
Last week, I had a lovely message from a customer from Texas who had sent me some pictures of the items that she’d bought from our shop earlier this year. […]
Inspiration from across the pond: Midwinter potteries classic ’50s designs
I had always thought of Midwinter potteries as a mid-twentieth century company because of the china that they are best known for. However, the Midwinter Pottery was started way back […]
