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Glorious Glassware

13/6/2012

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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.
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1940s Etched Glass Jug - £10
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Pair of Rose Tumblers - £5
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Schweppes Soda Syphon with Etched Logo and Original Label - £15
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Pressed Glass Trifle Set - £16
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Oval Glass Jelly Mould - £6
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Frosted Jug and Pair of Highball Glasses - £15
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Le Parfait Storage Jars - £6 to £12
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!
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Having Fun with Photography

10/6/2012

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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:
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Samuel Radford c.1891-1928 - in the wildflower meadow.
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Grosvenor China 'Bristol Festoon' - at the table with the 1973 Dictionary of Garden Plants.
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Aynsley Trio c.1891-1905 or c.1926-34 - on some vintage floral upholstery fabric.
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Duchess 'Gillian' Bone China Trio - in the bay window with the Penguin Book of Elizabethan Verse.
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Broadhurst commemorative Silver Jubilee cup and saucer featuring Balmoral Castle
- on the dry stone wall.
I'd love to know which combination of background and vintage cup and saucer you think works best!


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Willow Pattern

9/6/2012

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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.
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The most unusual vintage item we've found in the pattern so far is this Willow knife.

I am now on what will probably be a lifelong mission to find it a matching fork!

People often comment on the nostalgia the design evokes when they see it at our market stall.

Does Willow Pattern conjure up any memories for you?
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A Vintage Jubilee Tea Party

4/6/2012

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Today we celebrated the Jubilee with a profusion of vintage style.

Classic cakes and summer puddings were in abundance - Eton Mess, a Victoria Sandwich and plenty of Scones with jam and cream.

Jubilee Cupcakes, Fresh Berries and a rather spectacular Red Velvet Cake completed our Red, White and Blue theme.

Our celebration was made even more lovely with the vintage china we used - gorgeous gold and green Coalport, cake stands made from Royal Grafton and Colclough plates and striking Crown Staffordshire.
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I think we'll be eating cake all week! Hope everyone has had a lovely long  weekend too.
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