At the British Museum
Hello — I'm Vika!
I travel and live all over the world: Europe, North America, Russia, Australia. Travelling and living abroad lets me look into the root of each culture without carrying unnecessary prejudices along.
In 2019 I started a small business in North America. It works, and it grows. Alongside it I collect vintage and share what I find. In 2022 I opened this group to share what I know, to tell my own story, and to offer refined and elegant things for your own quiet corner — from teacups to rarities out of the depths of the last few centuries.
Here is what you will find here:
Pieces available in Russia
These can be sent straight away. Prices are listed; delivery by arrangement.
A set of four, Aynsley
Pieces to order
I already hold this piece; it has been examined, tested and held up to the light. It will travel to Russia if you order it. Allow up to two months.
Queen Anne, "Dundee Thistle"
Special orders
Whatever it is you are after, I will look for it.
An Aynsley tea duo
Where it all comes from
I don't gather vintage at flea markets. Lately there is too much poor-quality stock there, or prices higher than you would pay online — along with storage nobody can account for, dealers carting things to market and back every day, and a great many other problems, not least that the goods sit outdoors under an open sky.
Genuine vintage porcelain is gathered from the estates of Europe and America. Well-preserved examples of European and Japanese bone china I send all over the world, to collectors of the past as keen as I am.
I am not selling cups and plates. I am selling the skill and experience of makers long gone, so that it survives into the next generation.
You may already have noticed how many exclusive things I have that simply aren't in Russia. That is precisely because I don't do flea markets.
Parcels to Russia are still going out today, difficult though it is. I have long experience of sending porcelain worldwide, and I know how to choose fragile things and pack them safely.
Because logistics are hard at the moment, firm dates are hard to promise, but orders generally arrive within one to two months.
You can order — that is, reserve — porcelain from the feed today, though. Or arrange delivery of whatever is in stock, here or through Avito.