We're getting in the mood for summer with our vintage glassware.

From retro barware and jugs for refreshing drinks, to jelly moulds and trifle dishes for delicious puddings, we've got plenty of lovely items to make these long (and hopefully warm!) summer evenings even more enjoyable.

It poured with rain this Monday so we're having a bonus stall at Cambridge Market today. We've got warmth and blue skies, so you can come and see some of this glorious glassware at its best in the sunshine!

I love to take photographs of our vintage items and to keep a record of them, before they find a new home.

I often search for places and things around the house and garden to complement their design.

Here are some of our new teacups in locations I chose to match them:

Grosvenor China 'Bristol Festoon' - at the table with the 1973 Dictionary of Garden Plants.

I'd love to know which combination of background and vintage cup and saucer you think works best!

This famous china design has a significance here at Retrovert. Our first ever sale was a willow pattern plate (and our first exchange too...). A willow coffee pot also has the honour of being our most spectacular breakage!

Jane has long loved the pattern and has many items herself, but I have only come to admire it recently. I like the simplicity of blue and white and the contrast in tone, the intricacies of the geometric border and the evocative story contained within.

The boat, the birds, the willow tree, the bridge, the pagoda all combine into an eloquent design that tells the tragic legend.

I think we'll be eating cake all week! Hope everyone has had a lovely long  weekend too.