Number of items currently online for sale:
1669
of an estimated total of 7,000 in stock.
More added constantly! Please contact us with any requests.
Site last updated: 5th January
Welcome to the Moorabool Antique Galleries website.
We stock Australia's largest range of genuine Antique Ceramics.
Here you will also find early English & European pottery
& porcelain, glass, silver, artworks, and tribal & antiquities.
a random selection of stock......
We are pleased to present our updated & improved site. Here you will find a good portion of our vast stock listed, and we are working to complete the listings and photographs. There will be over 5,000 items in total..... Please feel free to browse or search, and if you cannot find what you are looking for, drop us an email and we will see if we can help.
While many items do have images, if you find something that has yet to be illustrated, use the 'request image' facility and we will get the images off to you as soon as possible, as well as updating the web page.
Are you looking for a special present for someone? click here for Gift ideas....
WE ARE NOW ON SKYPE!
Call us for free from anywhere in the world. Chat about items, and view them live on your screen via our video link!
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POSTAGE News: we have joined the Fastway Courier network, meaning we can now courier items to you for a very good price! This service is also very quick, with same day possible to Melbourne, and 1 - 2 days to NSW, QLD & SA.
As an example, a cup & saucer packed to our extra-care requirements would cost $10 to Melbourne, $12 to Adelaide, Hobart or Sydney, $18 to Brisbane, or $30 to Perth.
Extra weight adds little, just $3.50 per 5kg.
An Exciting discovery: 16th century Flemish Old Master, just in time for Christmas....
A recently purchased Old Master work with a beautiful Christmas feel, this oil on panel dates to the early 16th century. From the studio of Joos van Cleve (1480-1541), it is a remarkable piece for its sincere, humanizing portrayal of Mary, Joseph, and the Christ child, having a visit with the 'in-laws' - Anne & Joachim, Mary's parents.
This work is apparently unrecorded in recent literature. Read more about it here, or look up the stock entry here.
Very rare Worcester scalloped teabowl & saucer, painted in underglaze blue with the Peony pattern, with flower specimen and large butterfly, within a half flowerhead and pendant border, a combination unrecorded on Worcester porcelain.
Circa 1765
Provenance: John Klinger collection, Australia.
This is an important & apparently unrecorded combination of pattern and shape; in Worcester Blue & White Porcelain, it states:
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the Scalloped Peony (I.E.9.) ..... would seem to be the only underglaze blue pattern which appears on scallaped-edged teawares..............
This scalloped teabowl and saucer, however, has the more common Peony pattern (I.E.7.), which has been missed in publications to date.
There is a scalloped rimed jug to match this piece in the Rosenberg Collection, Geelong.
ref. WBWP I.E.9, painted border 31
#1012624 AUD $840 saucer 12.5cm wide
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Iranian buffware zoomorphic vessel, the round body with beaked spout and flared lip, a platted strap handle over the opening with an animal head terminal, with wild sheep curled horns, a further animal head to the rear of the handle, painted in iron colours with a large hatched kite pattern, with various other geometric designs to the body and spout. |
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Luristan bronze pin figure, of 'master of the animals' type, with a central female figure flanked by arms terminating in bulls heads, the shaft with rings and a fixture hole. 8th century BC |
In Geelong:
Our Library & Reference Collection is now open.
The opening took place on Saturday, July 5th, and was attended by around 200 ceramics enthusiasts.
With 1500 specimens and over 500 books relating to antique ceramics, it's well worth a visit.
Please feel free to drop in & use this exciting new facility anytime during business hours.
See the Library Opening event, 5th June 2008
Visit the Library
In Sydney:
We have just returned from exhibiting at the AAADA fair at Wharf 8, (the P&O passenger terminal) Darling Harbour, Sydney.
The fair was a success, given the uncertain financial times, as customers realize the sure investment power of antique ceramics!
Our unpack is completed, and our shop is back in order.
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We have recently returned from exhibiting the Great Sydney Antiques Fair at Moore Park, in the Royal Hall of Industries. Opening night was busy, and trade brisk.
have a glance at our August 'Fox Studios' fair stand
Moorabool Antique Galleries,
16-18 Ryrie Street, Geelong,
Victoria, Australia 3220
ph (+61) 03 52292970
Our most recent adverts:
Recent 'Art & Antiques' advert
Collectables Trader advert, September 2008
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