……the 1st and the 2nd to exist in Europe……
A Yellow Sévres new discovery, 1788
A colourful Sévres coffee can & saucer has a fascinating tale to tell, and is an as-yet unpublished clue that helps to identify a under-appreciated Sévres artist. The cup & saucer – a ‘gobelet litron’, third size – is a stunning yellow colour, with a finely painted blue continuous landscape in blue that seems…
It’s a funny thing….
Imagine… pre-TV, pre- internet, the family gathering around the piano to sing a jolly funny song about a friar that liked to drink a lot. What fun we miss out on these days!
A Valentines Curio from the South Seas….
…a tale that leads to one of the remarkable stories of exploration in the mid-18th century…..
A Remarkable Discovery
Once in a lifetime, the rarest objects suprise us by turning up in our own back yard. There’s ‘rare’ and then there’s ‘supremely rare’. The bottles here belong to the ‘Supremely Rare’ catagory. Brought in to Moorabool Antiques by a local gent, they were family pieces, handed down through several generations with origins in Holland, and the Dutch…
A Tournai Bacchus group, c.1765
A Large Tournai figure of Bacchus & his merry band, Circa 1765. Measuring almost 40cm high, this is a very large piece of 18th century porcelain. Modelled in the round, it was intended as a table-piece, to be placed in the center of the table. Bacchus sits astride a barrel raising his cup, accompanied by several…
Exhibition Action
Exhibition Action! Moorabool is getting ready for an amazing 2015, begining with our ‘Recent Acquisitions’ Exhibition. With over 500 fresh items, this is an event not to miss. Over the next few weeks, we will post a number of ‘previews’ of special items on this page – starting with the enamel snuff box shown above.…
Back in Geelong…..
We’re back from the Sydney fair, and gradually returning to normal. The 2014 Sydney AAADA Fair was a super-busy time, with terrific crowds. We had satisfying sales, with many fine pieces finding new homes. Mars & a Maiden….. Mars & a Maiden….. both circa 1770, the Maiden is Hoscht (Germany), while Mars is Derby (England).…
