Number of items currently online for sale:
3013
of an estimated total of 7,000 + in stock.
More added constantly! Please contact us with any requests.
Site stock last updated:7th Febuary
Welcome to the Moorabool Antique Galleries website.
We stock Australia's largest range of genuine Antique Ceramics,
with early English & European pottery & porcelain alongside
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.
6th Febuary
Moorabool is pleased to announce our 2012 Recent Acquisitions Exhibition.
This will be an exciting event, with a vast variety of early ceramics- over 400 items!
Our 2012 catalogue will be posted online early March. There will also be a printed version- contact us for more info.
Includes: Early Chinese pottery from the Tang and Ming dynasties, Song white wares, Chinese Export from the 18th & 19th centuries.
A collection of Pre-Columbian pottery.
Early Meissen Böttger porcelain, a Meissen butter tub painted in the style of Klinger c.1745, Limbach, Frankenthal, Sevres, Saint Cloud, and Mennecy.
English porcelain from the 18th century includes a pair of rare Bow seasons standing on scallop shell bases, a Worcester reeded coffee cup, Plymouth, Bristol, Chelsea, Derby, Lowestoft, Liverpool, Caughley, and Worcester. There are some stunning James Giles pieces, including a pair of dishes of the Lady Montague service type, a yellow ground cup & saucer, and a blue ground plate.
English 19th century porcelain is exciting, with pieces of Billingsley interest, including Pinxton, Mansfield, and Brampton. Swansea includes a pair of bird plates with a documentary pattern number (extending the highest known factory pattern number by 16!), and some scarce pottery pieces. From Baxter's studio comes a pair of plates with French peasants.
Pottery enthusiasts have some rare Staffordshire, including Zebra and Elephants, and a number of cats and dogs, plus interesting lustre wares and motto printed pieces. There is also a number of English & Irish delft pieces.
Collections include tea canisters (20+), sparrow beak jugs, tankards, stirrup cups, teapot stands, and some stunning English enamels.
This is the most varied & affordable FRESH STOCK exhibition we have ever offered.
As usual, we cater for all budgets, with many inexpensive pieces form the 18th & 19th century.
Come down & enjoy our show, with plenty of free parking next door, and we will be offering refreshments.
John Rosenberg, Paul & Glenys Rosenberg, Lindsay Wilson.
30th January
Catalogue is progressing, with many exciting items. This year will be more varied than ever before..... join our Newsletter List to receive updates & the opening date.
The above detail comes from an 18th century Cantonese enamel covered cup with European subjects, to be offered in our 2012 Exhibition.
10th Janurary
Happy New Year!
Work is well underway to catalogue the 100's of fresh items for our upcoming Exhibition - join our Newsletter email list for more info including dates.
Our stock list is behaving badly - it will not always return the item you want. We are working to fix this, meanwhile, feel free to email us with any details you need.
NEW WEBSITE IS BEING DEVELOPED, and we will re-launch in the near future!
1st December
Stock update, a few fresh items + pics, and many sold items removed.
15th November
Stock updated.
Apologies for the cross-listing of items recently, hopefully now fixed.
Our new website is progressing, and we welcome any ideas or input to make it easier for our viewers.
Current ideas being followed up include:
-visual index, with images rather than descriptions to browse through
-clearer stock listing method
-clean front page - shifting all this chatter to the Blog, so you can get on with browsing the stock!
Any more ideas? drop us an email!
22nd October
It's Fairtime!
Come and see us at Great Sydney Antiques Fair.
Want free tickets? Subscribe to our newsletter and you will get free entry.......See you at the fair!
Featuring our fresh innovation:
Our fair stand will feature a wide range of lovely
Antique pieces that are perfect for the Christmas table!
8th October
Fresh stock added, and multiple items removed as they are no longer in stock. Our stocklist should now be up to date, topping out at just over 3,000 items online. Still another 4,000+ to catalogue and photograph!
Work on the photography continues, with a large number of fresh images just uploaded and about to be uploaded.
Our NEWSLETTER email subscription list is attracting a lot of attention, make sure you are on the list in order to receive our regular updates & special offers..... for example, those on the list will receive free entry tickets to the upcoming Great Sydney Antiques Fair.
24th September
Our website re-vamp is progressing: we now have a mail list setup, replacing the old system, so please sign up for our Newsletter.
It will consist of interesting items, fresh discoveries, and notification of special events to be held at either our shop or our frequent displays at the Antique Fairs of Sydney and Melbourne. Learn More - or
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15th September
Back from the Sydney AAADA fair, and slowly getting our shop back in order.
The Great Sydney Antiques Fair is coming up fast, to be held at the Royal Hall of Industries, next to Fox Studios, Moore Park, SYDNEY - October 26th - 30th.
If you would like to request any particular items to be brought up, please do not hesitate to contact us.
To visit our stand, have a look at the ANTIQUE CERAMICS blog.
30th June
More Photos added - and the begining of a new phase for moorabool.com, due to an exciting recent development: we now have a photographer on staff. Barry will be working his way through the 7,000+ items in stock, making sure everything is fully illustrated.
The secondary result of the photography being done is a complete stocktake, so be prepared for an influx of freshly catalogued items never before seen on moorabool.com
3rd June
Back from the Great Sydney Antiques Fair & all unpacked.
View a slideshow of our stand.
All is quite in our Geelong premises for a good while, until the AAADA Fair in Randwick, Sydney, 7-11 September 2011.
Now would be a great time to visit us in Geelong!
7th May
Melbourne AAADA fair - check out some photos here.
12th April 2011
The Exhibition draws closer.... so much to do! Unfortunately we have had a delay in getting the new stock list online (Harriet was in intensive care for 3 days, all well again now) - we are working on getting it online and searchable over the next few days.
Please remember, items for the 2011 Exhibition cannot be purchased before 11am on the 16th April.
For a Preview, click here
For the full listings page, click here
To download a PDF version of our 2011 Catalogue, click here
For our Blog & up-to-the-moment news, click here
28th May 2010
We are delighted to announce the arrival of a new member of our family.
Harriet Lorraine Rosenberg was born on the 28th May, weighing 4lb4oz, a true living china doll! All are well, with Harriet enjoying the special care nursery for a few weeks until she is large enough to come home.
Any questions, feel free to email us.
NEW to the website:
NEW! we are now Blogging! catch up on our discoveries, share our thoughts, share your thoughts, all on our Blog
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NEW! Youtube Video posted, take a virtual stroll through our shop without leaving your chair!
MOORABOOL MERCHANDISE : from mousepads to mugs, you can now buy an inexpensive, unique gift with a quality antique theme. Choose from antique designs sourced from our stock or reference collection, or contact us with requests for any design taken from anything in stock & we can customize it for you.... the potential is endless! The ties are great, and cost less than $50 ! Click the link below to go to the Moorabool Antique Galleries shop on Zazzle.com
MAP: - a fully 3D interactive look at our premises!
With the opening of the new Ring Road, we are now just 4 sets of traffic lights from Melbourne - 45 minutes!
The simplest & quickest route: take the M1 to Geelong, don't turn off to 'Geelong City' but continue on the new by-pass until the B140, signposted 'Hamilton/Newtown'. Turn left (Newtown) and stay on this road without turning - onto Aberdeen Street, then four sets of lights later you will pass over the old Highway in the center of Geelong, onto Ryrie Street, and we are immediately on the right. Use our Free car park.
Antiques are the most Environmentally Responsible gift possible! They have no carbon footprint, are 100% recycled, and are a solid investment for the future, which rather than depreciate as time goes buy, increase in value.
What more could you ask for in a gift?
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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(Don't have Skype? it's a free download, and free to use!)
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.
Berlin miniature biscuit porcelain figure of an 18th century gentleman, modelled in a long coat by a tree stump, on a square base.
Blue sceptre mark, also 331, date code for 1846-7
1013012 AU$290 5cm high
Ceramic Reference Collection in Geelong:
Our Library & Reference Collection is now open.
The opening took place on Saturday, July 5th, 2008, 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
Moorabool Antique Galleries,
16-18 Ryrie Street, Geelong,
Victoria, Australia 3220
ph (+61) 03 52292970
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