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Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 13 11:22 am Post subject: vintage cups and saucers.
Does anyone have and lurking in lofts of cupboards? I've had a look at ebay and they seem to seem them in lots. I'm going to scour the charity shops soon too. Just thought I'd ask here though

NorthernMonkeyGirl

Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4593
Location: Peeping over your shoulder

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 13 11:29 am Post subject:
Define "vintage"? We (as a family) have a gazillion tea sets.... I don't know if they're vintage-and-ready-to-be-upcycled or good-God-they-belong-on-the-antiques-roadshow though No harm me asking though!

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 13 11:35 am Post subject:
Charity shops/car boot sales often have odds and ends of old china.

MornieG

Joined: 17 Jan 2013
Posts: 933
Location: Bromham, Wiltshire

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 13 11:37 am Post subject:
Our vintage style cups and saucers go really quickly in the charity shop I work in everyone wants to put candles in them Maybe you can get odd china at car boots sales. Mo.XX

Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 13 11:41 am Post subject:
I plan on looking around but thought there was no harm in asking here too. I'm thinking gift sets of tea cup, little sachet of bath salts and wee little body butter. All you need for a lovely soak I may do similar around christmas/valentines with a champagne glass.

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 13 10:00 pm Post subject:
Champagne glasses are really hard to drink out of lying down in the bath. Just sayin'

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45578
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 13 11:57 pm Post subject:
boot sales ,crty shops etc ,a mixed lot of ceramics in a box at auction can have useful pottery and should work out at 20p a kilo ish nice artisan glass bottles can be had for a few quid at many flea markets etc for posh splosh etc

Luath

Joined: 03 Dec 2009
Posts: 761

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 13 7:45 pm Post subject:
Lots always turn up at our tip/recycling centre for pennies - just need a good wash usually.

paul1963

Joined: 15 Nov 2010
Posts: 2161
Location: No longer active on the forum

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 13 5:57 pm Post subject:
We've got stacks of it in the warehouse at work - what exactly do you need? Let me know and I'll take a look

Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 13 6:04 pm Post subject:

paul1963 wrote:

We've got stacks of it in the warehouse at work - what exactly do you need? Let me know and I'll take a look

Any design of pretty cups and saucers without chips. Nothing overly specific

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 13 7:16 pm Post subject:

Chez wrote:

Champagne glasses are really hard to drink out of lying down in the bath. Just sayin'

I bet those lovely martini- style old fashioned ones are loads better. I think we had some for a wedding present. Must thnk up a suitable special occasion to splash out on some fizz and try it.

Nell Merionwen

Joined: 02 Jun 2008
Posts: 16300
Location: Beautiful Derbyshire

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 13 9:01 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Chez wrote:

Champagne glasses are really hard to drink out of lying down in the bath. Just sayin'

I bet those lovely martini- style old fashioned ones are loads better. I think we had some for a wedding present. Must think up a suitable special occasion to splash out on some fizz and try it.

A champagne coupe, I love them. So much prettier. However, apparently you end up drinking your fizz faster as it loses it's bubbles quickly.
The would look fab with a little massage bar and a couple of bath treats in them.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 13 9:16 pm Post subject:
Marie Antoinette glasses. Supposedly called that because they were modelled on the shape of Marie Antoinette's boob.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42207
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 13 9:18 pm Post subject:
Generally known as tit glasses in the trade.

jamanda
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 13 9:21 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

Generally known as tit glasses in the trade.

Not in any shop I ran they weren't!

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