Chinese Ceramics, fresh to the website, including notable Ming Dynasty porcelain – and some excellent Chinese Hardwood cabinets to display them in!
Asian Special – Chinese Ceramics
Tag: porcelain
Fresh for Spring!
Welcome to our Fresh stock – on the First Day of Spring (for us Southerners!). What better way to welcome Spring than with some Derby children with flowers…. and the Regency lacquer tray they are displayed on is simply sensational, converted into a ‘coffee table’ by mounting it on a bamboo base. See all the…
Fresh Stock – Fine Continental and English Ceramics
A selection of Vienna, Meissen, Sevres and other finely decorated ceramics for your perusal! Mainly 18th century, you’ll find Bow, Worcester & Caughley, plus some French & German – but in particular, a fine selection of early Vienna porcelain.
Fresh @ Moorabool
Vincennes covered jug 1753-4
Every so often, we discover a piece of supreme beauty and rarity. This piece certainly qualifies, belonging to the very earliest years of the French Royal factory of Sevres. What makes this doubly special is that it has come back to us again after many years. It came out of an Australian collection late last century, and…
The Hope Service Plate, Flight Worcester c. 1790-2
Lavish is the word that best describes this Flight Worcester plate. It’s from the ‘Hope’ service, ordered in 1789 by William Henry, the Duke of Clarence, who was the third son of King George III and eventual inheritor of the British throne at the age of 64 after both brothers died without heirs. William IV…
Stunning Sèvres discovery, by Antoine-Joseph Chappuis (l’âiné), 1765
A SEVRES CUP AND SOCKETED SAUCER (GOBELET ET SOUCOUPE ‘ENFONCE,’ 1ERE GRANDEUR) The Royal French porcelain manufactory at Sèvres was well patronized by the French court, and the pieces they created were meant to be the most flamboyant and impressive luxuries imaginable. This pink ground cup & saucer certainly qualifies. Important Sèvres cup and saucer,…
The Sulkowski Charger -purchased by the NGV
We have found a number of outstanding items over the years, and many of these have left Australia for distant shores. It’s with great pleasure that we can announce the acquisition of our latest ‘Great Find’, the Sulkowski Charger, by our very local National Gallery of Victoria. Sulkowski Service – Meissen Charger c. 1735-8 This…
A First-Fleet connected Worcester Porcelain Discovery
For Australians, the First Fleet is the beginning of western culture and the foundation of our present society. Items connected with this remarkable period in Australia’s history are understandably scarce. Moorabool is very excited to have a fresh discovery with direct connections to Australia’s founding. One of the most fascinating tales that can be told about Australia is…
An Important Swansea plate with Welsh subject, newly discovered….
An Important fresh discovery: Swansea Porcelain plate painted by Thomas Baxter with a Welsh subject, circa 1818 ‘The Bard’, after de Loutherbourg ‘s lost work, depicted as an engraving in Gray’s ‘Relicks of the Welsh Bards’ – painted by Thomas Baxter on Swansea Porcelain! Produced for just a few short years in the early 19th century, Welsh porcelain…
