Welcome to our Fresh Stock Directory.
Everyone’s looking for something different – so we have divided it up into areas of interest: choose a ‘Gallery’ below to browse the latest items of that type to be uploaded.
Latest Fresh Stock Release Blogs
- Fresh stock October 7th
Fresh Stock uploaded to moorabool.com . You’ll find a fine and varied selection, from Georgian Furniture to fine 18th century Porcelain, Australian Pottery, a host of Candlesticks, and interesting Artworks - Premium Fresh Stock
Welcome to our selection of ‘the Best’ for the end of 2024. Some stunning rarities have come to us recently, with many local high-quality collections being dispersed. Enjoy your browse through the following Premium items – with more items being prepared for the near future. Quaker Pegg – “Balm-leaved Archangel” c. 1796 From the English Derby factory comes a piece… Read more: Premium Fresh Stock - Derby ‘Adolescent Seasons’
Moorabool has a fascinating group of Derby ‘Seasons’, modelled as children with their respective attributes. They make for an interesting study, and show the development of the classic rococo-based Derby figures of the latter 18th century. - Arts & Crafts Collection
A fine selection of ‘Arts & Crafts’ has just been posted on Moorabool.com . It’s an interesting survey of the late 19th- early 20th century designs that were a reaction against the overly ornate – and predictable – designs of Victorian England. Often borrowing & intermingled, the French Art Nouveau aesthetic blended with the German/Austrian Jugendstil (youthful-style) and even had a major impact on Australian products – although it did take some time to reach us ‘down-under’ ! - A Staffordshire Fresh Stock
Welcome to our latest Fresh Stock. This one is a ‘Staffordshire Special’, with some early figures dating to the late 18th – early 19th century – as well as a good selection of classic Victorian pieces. There’s a couple of Highwaymen, one titled ‘Dick Turpin’, the other facing horseman traditionally being his companion Gentleman-Robber, ‘Tom King’ (actually Mathew, not Tom….)… Read more: A Staffordshire Fresh Stock - Bookends
Always handy, and don’t they dress up a bookshelf? - 18th Century English Earthenwares
Creamware Creamware is the term for an English earthenware body with a definite ‘cream’ tone, popular in the latter half of the 18th century and replicated across Europe. It emerged from the experimentation of Staffordshire potters seeking a local alternative to expensive Chinese porcelain around 1750. Their innovation yielded a refined cream to white earthenware with a lustrous clear lead… Read more: 18th Century English Earthenwares - English Enamels & Derby figures
Welcome to our latest Fresh Stock release at Moorabool. This week we have a fine selection of English Porcelain figures, and a collection of English Enamel patch & snuff boxes. Fresh to Stock – 18th century Enamel Boxes SPOT THE FAKE One of these lovely enamel boxes isn’t what it seems: can you tell which? Derby Figures Derby figures, originating… Read more: English Enamels & Derby figures - Fresh Stock- Jewellery, Pottery & Porcelain, including Masons, Worcester, – a fine mix of quality items
Welcome to Moorabool’s latest Fresh Stock release – a fine selection of items, fresh to the market. We’re also beginning to stock more jewellery, with an interesting selection of reasonably priced estate jewellery. Mother’s Day is coming! Why not spoil your mother with a lovely antique piece? we’ve put together a gallery of ideas, have a browse here > Fine… Read more: Fresh Stock- Jewellery, Pottery & Porcelain, including Masons, Worcester, – a fine mix of quality items - Fresh Stock – Torquay Art Pottery + more…
Welcome to another Moorabool ‘Fresh Stock’. This one features a collection of English ‘Art Pottery’ from the distinct Devon potters of Torquay. They’re always nicely made pieces, with a rich terracotta-toned body slipped in colours, often scratched-through or finely painted with stylish scenes, but most notable for their inscriptions. This gives rise to a popular nick-name, ‘Mottoware’. We have some… Read more: Fresh Stock – Torquay Art Pottery + more…
