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Fresh Stock – fans, furniture, & potlids.

Staffordshire at Moorabool Antiques, Geelong

Today we have a range of interesting items Fresh to Moorabool.com for you to enjoy.

There’s a very respectable Mahogany display case, and a William IV Mahogany chest-of-draws with excellent colour.

Louis XVI – style Desk, c. 1875

The French ebonized desk is a rather flamboyant example of the latter 19th century interest in Louis XVI furniture – complete with inset hand-painted panels in the Sevres style.

Pratt Potlids at Moorabool Antiques, Geelong, Australia
Pratt Potlids at Moorabool Antiques, Geelong, Australia
English Majolica jardiniere & stand, c. 1870
English Majolica jardiniere & stand, c. 1870

There’s a nice group of Pottery to browse, including Staffordshire Figures of Theatrical characters, a collection of Pratt printed ‘pot lids’ from the 1850’s, including the sought-after Shakespeare images, and some Majolica.

The jardinière & stand shown here is magnificent, with life-size Lillies in the Aesthetic Movement style. While this has an impressed mark to the base ‘JAPAN’ – this is not indicating it was made there – it’s a typical example of English Majolica. Rather, the ‘JAPAN’ mark is indicating the pattern, referring to the source of inspiration for the Aesthetic Movement’s designers.