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Welcome to the latest ‘Fresh Stock’ release at Moorabool.com .
Today, there’s a selection of Porcelain & Prints to browse,
and an extra-large selection of ‘Tribal’ art & artifacts to explore.
FRESH to STOCK
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Cook’s Voyages original mounted print- ‘A VIEW in the ISLAND of TANNA.’$245.00 AUD
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Handpainted Australian student ewer, by E. Blakey, prob student of Florence Royce, C.1930$85.00 AUD
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Hilditch cup & saucer with pagoda & flowers, C. 1825$180.00 AUD
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Derby saucer, ornate gilt leaf border C.1795$165.00 AUD
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Bloor Derby saucer dish, gilt scroll and bluebell border C.1830$75.00 AUD
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English Stoneware pot, C.1865$65.00 AUD
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Framed hand coloured engraving – ‘Trinity Hall, Front Court’, 19th C$45.00 AUD
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Framed hand coloured engraving – ‘Sessions House, Clerkenwell Green’ 19th CSold
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Newhall cup and saucer, shell pattern c. 1800$140.00 AUD
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Naples figural moulded cup and saucer, c.1880$140.00 AUD
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Davenport London shape cup and saucer with C-scroll moulding and purple lustre flowers, c.1830$95.00 AUD
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Chelsea – Derby cup and saucer with blue swags, C.1775$770.00 AUD
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Derby trio, rich Regency gilding on Mazarin blue ground, C.1830$480.00 AUD
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Rathbone porcelain jug, chinoiserie ‘Parasol’ pattern (U80), c. 1825$285.00 AUD
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Derby coffee can, pattern 600, gold & red ovals & stars, c. 1810$165.00 AUD
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Derby small vase, colourful pattern 44, c.1805$195.00 AUD
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Bloor Derby coffee can, pattern no. 52, c.1825$165.00 AUD
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Derby coffee can Neoclassical gilt on salmon ground c.1810$245.00 AUD
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Derby coffee can, blue leaf & gilt dec, c.1820$195.00 AUD
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Bloor Derby Urn with gilt birds and butterflies, c.1825$940.00 AUD
Exploration & Captain Cook
![Pacific Tribal Canoes](https://moorabool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/34CBB8EF-FC36-4F4C-B608-1D375AE97251-2000x1375.jpeg)
The Pacific Ocean is a large part of the surface of the planet – and it was almost entirely populated by mankind, thanks to the ingenuity of the navigators and ship-builders. Early European explorers were surprised to find flourishing cultures in remote corners of the Pacific, and greatly admired their watercraft. We have some fascinating models of these vessels at Moorabool.
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Samoan large model va’a canoe, 1.4m long, collected mid-20th c.$545.00 AUD
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Large Solomon Islands ‘Tomako’ War Canoe model, pearl inlay, mid 20th c.$645.00 AUD
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Solomon Islands Trobiand carved model canoe, lime details, mid 20th c.$565.00 AUD
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Trobiand Islands – Massim – canoe board, figure & scrolls, red + white, earlier 20th c.$780.00 AUD
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Pacific Islander outrigger model from a canoe, pos. Hawaii, mid 20th c.$265.00 AUD
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Framed engraving- ‘An Explorer’s Camp’, 1874$125.00 AUD
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Cook’s Voyages original mounted print- ‘CHART of the FRIENDLY ISLANDS’ (Tonga) c.1785$295.00 AUD
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Mounted print- ‘Three views of the ADMIRALITY ISLES’
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Mounted print ‘Views on the coaft of Asia’
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Brussels world globe on cast iron stand, by Balieus + Windels, 1920’s$1,450.00 AUD
Tonga
The Friendly Isles
Tonga was explored by Cook in 1774, and named ‘The Friendly Isles’ due to his positive experience there. We have a series of interesting items relating to Tonga, from charts & images produced for the ‘Cook’s Voyages’ volumes printed in the 18th century, to a remarkable cloth map that includes the Captain Cook sites of significance, and the areas where oil was discovered in the 1960’s! For several decades, it looked like an oil rush was about to take place around Tonga, when at least one rich oilfield with millions of barrels potential was found. Today, this is almost forgotten – and Tonga is among the Pacific nations trying to curb the world’s reliance on oil, due to the potentially disastrous affect a rise in sea levels would cause. The ‘Oil Chart’ is a historic irony!
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Cook’s Voyages print ‘ POULAHO, KING of the FRIENDLY ISLANDS, drinking KAVA’ (Tonga) c. 1785$265.00 AUD
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Cook’s Voyages original mounted print- ‘ Portrait of POULAHO, KING of the FRIENDLY ISLANDS’, c. 1785$245.00 AUD
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Cook’s Voyages original mounted print- ‘CHART of the FRIENDLY ISLANDS’ (Tonga) c.1785$295.00 AUD
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Cook’s Voyages original print- ‘BOATS of the FRIENDLY ISLES’ (Tonga) c. 1785$285.00 AUD
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Tonga ‘ngatu’ Tapa cloth with Seal of Tonga, Guide to Landmarks, Locations of Oil Discoveries , 1960’s$395.00 AUD
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