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SWAROVSKI:
The China Shop has 22 metres dedicated to Swarovski. At 'Swarovski @ The China Shop' you will find a comprehensive range of giftware, home decor, Swarovski Jewellery and Swarovski Watches. Talk to us about membership to the Swarovski Crystal Society or simply
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for a brochure.
The arrival of the latest Moorcroft stock brings the number of pieces available at the Shop to more than 100. We have Limited Editions and Prestige pieces. We also have some discontinued patterns that soon become sought after once they cease to be produced.
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Pieces spanning the history of Moorcroft pottery
continue to find good homes at good prices.
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The China Shop has sold Moorcroft pottery since it opened 30 years ago and has celebrated a quarter of a century of trading in September 2004.
Moorcroft 'Manuka' Vase
Specially designed for 'The China Shop' from Moorcroft Pottery to celebrate 25 years of trading.
Designed by Philip Gibson who has also designed the popular New Zealand Collection.
A limited edition of 150 on the popular 65/6 shape. Rich shades of soft and dark pink, white and creamy ochre.
If we do not have that special piece you require in stock - we will endeavour to source it for you.
The Takahe
Ancient New Zealand was free of land-based predators,including man himself.As birds arrived over millions of years ago,so safe was the New Zealand habitat that it became unnecessary for them to fly.Precious energy was wasted by doing so,and as a result,many New Zealand birds evoled into flightless birds.With readily available food sources,many birds evoled even further into huge specimens of which the various species of moa are the best known. Among the flightless birds that evolved in this way was the Takahe, a name given to the species by early Maori settlers. For the Maori, flightless birds were an invaluable food source and by the end of the 19th century, North Island Takahe were extinct. The arrival of mammalian predators such as rats, stoats and cats on the South Island only made matters worse, and not just once but twice, was the Takahe thought to have become extinct on the South Island also.
 Fortunately, the New Zealand Government, acting through well-managed conservation agencies and charities, took on the task of protecting the Takahe. Today, there are several hundred breeding adults in the wet and remote mountains of Fiordland. Small numbers have also been translocated to four predator-free offshore islands, Tiritiri Matangi, Kapiti, Maud and Mana, where the public can view them. Captive Takahe can also be viewed at Te Anau and Mt. Bruce wildlife centres. Although the Takahe eats a wide variety of plant food, their favourite meal is of snow grass stalks. Sadly, over several centuries, their food-source habitats were destroyed at the hand of man, relentlessly accelerating the decline of the species.Designed by Emma Bossons FRSA,the Moorcroft Takahe plate provides an opportunity for collectors to help the ongoing process of conservation of the latest of New Zealands flightless birds.
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The shop has continued to cater to the discerning shopper by stocking the original core brands such as Moorcroft, Waterford Crystal, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Aynsley and Limoges as well as both traditional and modern examples of cut crystal. Lladro and Florence figurines are also well represented and a new area dedicated to Swarovski Crystal has been opened. This is the first independently owned Swarovski Store in New Zealand.
