Welcome to the latest ‘Fresh’ items to enter our stock at Moorabool Antiques.
This week, there’s a good selection of English Sterling Silver, some handy Furniture, a selection of local S.T.Gill prints, plus lots more!
This amazing piece of Georgian Sterling is a rare toast rack, made by Mathew Boulton. He was one of the great minds of the Industrial Revolution, responsible for endless inventions, and the first mass produced steam engine, the Boulton & Watt. As a silversmith, he petitioned Parliament for an assay office to be opened up in Sheffield, which had become a major production centre for silversmiths by the latter 18th century. Previously, they had to travel all the way to London or Chester to have their Sterling goods assayed & marked – but in 1773, the Birmingham assay office opened, with Boulton as the main patron.
This remarkable simple toast rack is a classic design from Boulton – simple in construction, with no unnecessary decoration, it is almost modernistic in design – certainly a good example of ‘form follows function’. And still very usable!
Amongst the silver are a lovely series of jugs. Several are 18th century, several 19th century – but one is a ‘naughty’ piece. While it looks 18th century, it was made 100 years later – but hallmarked for 1797. It’s the product of an interesting group of ‘Silver Frauds’, created by a silversmith and exposed as fraudulently marked with ‘antique’ hallmarks in 1899. This particular jug is a good example of the mistake they made: the day letter for 1797 isn’t compatible with the maker’s mark, which only appears in the 1840’s!
Can you pick which one? (Slide down to see….)
Fresh Sterling Silver
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Georgian Sterling Silver dessert spoon, dog crest, John Harris IV London 1825$125.00 AUD -
Georgian Sterling Silver tablespoon, Thomas Dicks, London 1807Sold -
George III Sterling Silver Table Spoon, Richard Palmer I, London 1820$145.00 AUD -
Victorian Sterling Silver Christening Mug, flower embossed, Birmingham 1868$465.00 AUD -
Georgian style sterling silver trophy, lions head handles, Birmingham 1922$560.00 AUD -
Pair of Sterling Silver pepper pots, Adams style, Sheffield 1907Sold -
Handsome Georgian Sterling Silver milk jug, fine Adams engraving, London 1798Sold -
Sterling Silver helmet shape milk jug, Barnard, London, 1888$395.00 AUD -
Sterling Silver helmet-shape milk jug, Sheffield late 19th c. Fraud!$280.00 AUD -
Late Victorian Sterling Silver creamer, flower embossed, Birmingham 1900$145.00 AUD -
Handsome Old Sheffield Plate jug, Helmut shape on square plinth base, c. 1790$265.00 AUD -
Tall Old Sheffield Plate jug, petal moulded, engraved ‘MW’ c. 1795$245.00 AUD -
Late Victorian Sterling Silver sugar bowl, Birmingham 1900$235.00 AUD -
Sterling Silver dessert spoon,Hayne & Cater, London 1841$135.00 AUD -
Georgian Sterling Silver helmet shape milk jug, London 1777$480.00 AUD -
Fine Victorian fluted & engraved jug, Barnard & Sons Ltd, London 1875Sold -
Rare Sterling Silver toast rack, Mathew Boulton 1820Sold
Fresh Stock
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Set of four Christofle silver handled knives, 19th C$185.00 AUD -
Windsor+Newton’s Artist’s Boxset with original contents, c.1875$580.00 AUD -
Regency mahogany ‘coffee table’, hinging top, mock drawers, converted from commode, Maker’s Mark ‘ ‘ c.1830$565.00 AUD -
French Ebonized and amboyna venner work table with musical trophy and ormolu mounts, c. 1870$850.00 AUD -
Georgian Oak side table with single drawer C.1800$950.00 AUD -
Wächtersbach Majolica plate, fruiting vine green glaze, c. 1880Sold -
Wächtersbach Majolica plate, fruiting vine green glaze, c. 1880$45.00 AUD -
Wächtersbach Majolica plate, fruiting vine green glaze, c. 1880$95.00 AUD -
French porcelain candlestick printed & painted with flowers, c. 1870$65.00 AUD -
George III mahogany washstand, open top, C. 1785$850.00 AUD
Australiana Prints
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Framed engraving ‘Port Darwin, Northern Territory$145.00 AUD -
Coloured print of Geelong, 19th C$145.00 AUD -
Framed hand-coloured engraving Marysville, Victoria$145.00 AUD -
Framed engraving “On the plenty, near Melbourne’ 19th century$145.00 AUD -
Framed hand-coloured print -The University of MelbourneSold -
Coloured print of Geelong, 19th C$145.00 AUD -
Framed hand coloured S.T.Gill engraving, Market Square looking NE from Malop St Geelong 1857: printed 1890$145.00 AUD -
Framed hand coloured S.T.Gill engraving, Yarra Street looking South to the Bay of Geelong 1857: printed 1890$145.00 AUD -
Framed hand coloured S.T.Gill engraving,Railway terminus St Paul’s church etc Geelong 1857: printed 1890$145.00 AUD -
Framed hand coloured S.T.Gill engraving,Moorabool St from Myers St Geelong 1857: printed 1890$145.00 AUD -
Framed hand coloured S.T.Gill engraving, Approach to Geelong, from the bay 1856: printed 1890$65.00 AUD -
Framed hand coloured S.T.Gill engraving, Steam Packet Wharf, Macks Hotel Geelong, 1856: printed 1890$125.00 AUD -
Framed print ‘Corio Bay’, maple frame, late 19th century$145.00 AUD