Ancient Bronzes & Ceramics from Rome, Egypt, Celtic, & Chinese feature in this Fresh Stock release. You’ll find some fascinating blue & white pieces that have spent 500 years beneath the sea, an ancient Egyptian musical instrument fragment, and a 2,000 year old life-size duck!
Welcome to our June 20th Fresh Stock. Today, there’s a fine selection to browse, mostly pottery but with a few pieces of porcelain, and some Asian Antiques. See all the Latest Stock here >> Blue & White There’s a terrific group of printed English earthenware – at first, we thought it was a single service,…
Another year has turned over- we would like to thank you for the support in 2021, and in 2022 we have so much more to enjoy. It’s an exciting time for Moorabool, with a number of projects all coming together – including a brand-new website. We paused this over Christmas so it would not disrupt…
This remarkable piece of design is Old Sheffield Plate- the laboriously-constructed technique used before silver plating was invented. Roberts, Cadman & Co Old Sheffield Plate coffee pot c.1805 The simple form and lack of fussy details is a style more usually associated with the Art Deco period a century later- but here it is, in…
Rosewood is a stunning exotic timber with a fascinating story. It is best represented in English Antique Furniture of the Regency & William IV period.
We’re used to ‘rip-offs’, where popular brand shoes & sunglasses are copied & sold for a fraction the price. An interesting Medieval drinking mug just in at Moorabool is proof it has been going on forever! This interesting Medieval drinking mug recently came in to stock at Moorabool . It has all the characteristics of…
Having a drink at a public house seems an impossible luxury for any Melbourne people in the present covid-crazy world – we’re hoping it will be a reality by Christmas… Our lineup of early drinking mugs, fresh to moorabool.com (except for the far left example….) Meanwhile, we have a great little illustration of how you…
We’re pleased to announce a new way of browsing our vast stock on moorabool.com: Curated Collections. These small groups of complimentary items will illustrate an idea, such as a maker, period or technique. Or even just a group of pieces that go well together – as we say, they ‘speak the same language’…. Children’s Mugs…
John Rosenberg with his first ‘Antique’ – a Staffordshire spill, purchased around 1950! With sadness we note the passing of John Rosenberg, founder of Moorabool Antiques, after a short illness on Friday 19th June. He went to his first auction aged 7, with his Grandmother. This was at ‘Kerleys Auctions’, Geelong; Aged 80, he was…
