Fresh Stock

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.

New Caledonia Carved Tribal Figures
Death of Cook
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FRESH to STOCK

Cook’s Voyages original mounted print- ‘A VIEW in the ISLAND of TANNA.’

$245.00 AUD
Handpainted Australian student ewer, by E. Blakey, prob student of Florence Royce, C.1930

$85.00 AUD
Hilditch cup & saucer with pagoda & flowers, C. 1825

$180.00 AUD
Derby saucer, ornate gilt leaf border C.1795

$165.00 AUD
Bloor Derby saucer dish, gilt scroll and bluebell border C.1830

$75.00 AUD
English Stoneware pot, C.1865

$65.00 AUD
Framed hand coloured engraving – ‘Trinity Hall, Front Court’, 19th C

$45.00 AUD
Framed hand coloured engraving – ‘Sessions House, Clerkenwell Green’ 19th C

Sold
Newhall cup and saucer, shell pattern c. 1800

$140.00 AUD
Naples figural moulded cup and saucer, c.1880

$140.00 AUD
Davenport London shape cup and saucer with C-scroll moulding and purple lustre flowers, c.1830

$95.00 AUD
Chelsea – Derby cup and saucer with blue swags, C.1775

$770.00 AUD
Derby trio, rich Regency gilding on Mazarin blue ground, C.1830

$480.00 AUD
Rathbone porcelain jug, chinoiserie ‘Parasol’ pattern (U80), c. 1825

$285.00 AUD
Derby coffee can, pattern 600, gold & red ovals & stars, c. 1810

$165.00 AUD
Derby small vase, colourful pattern 44, c.1805

$195.00 AUD
Bloor Derby coffee can, pattern no. 52, c.1825

$165.00 AUD
Derby coffee can Neoclassical gilt on salmon ground c.1810

$245.00 AUD
Derby coffee can, blue leaf & gilt dec, c.1820

$195.00 AUD
Bloor Derby Urn with gilt birds and butterflies, c.1825

$940.00 AUD

Exploration & Captain Cook

Pacific Tribal Canoes — Pacific Islander Canoes at Moorabool Antiques

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.

Samoan large model va’a canoe, 1.4m long, collected mid-20th c.

$545.00 AUD
Large Solomon Islands ‘Tomako’ War Canoe model, pearl inlay, mid 20th c.

$645.00 AUD
Solomon Islands Trobiand carved model canoe, lime details, mid 20th c.

$565.00 AUD
Trobiand Islands – Massim – canoe board, figure & scrolls, red + white, earlier 20th c.

$780.00 AUD
Pacific Islander outrigger model from a canoe, pos. Hawaii, mid 20th c.

$265.00 AUD

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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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