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Some great pieces of #IndianStone in today’s #FreshStockTuesday - including a handy dated example, presented in 1913 - an interesting date as the restoration of the greatest example of this art form, the #TajMahal, was only finished in 1908, and it was becoming a tourist attraction - it stands to reason that there were plenty of craftsmen around to produce these little souvenirs for the visitors. We call them #Alabaster - but are we correct- the Taj is #Marble..... read the debate & see the pieces on our website Blog. #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #GeelongAntiques #VisitGeelong #VisitGeelongBellarine #IndianAntique #AntiqueStone #PetraDura (at Moorabool Antique Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4eacSBHxuF/?igshid=73dmsdq1q6ek

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Splendid #ViennaPorcelain cup & saucer, circa 1775 - in our current exhibition, see it instore and online..... #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #GeelongAntiques #VisitGeelong #VisitGeelongBellarine #CeramicSleuth #australianceramics #antiqueceramics #antiqueporcelain #antiquepottery #porcelaine #porzellan #18thCentury (at Moorabool Antique Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3O8sCNnD8J/?igshid=q5og7ygf90qe

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A can or two..... while we’ve always had a few #CoffeeCans in stock, a recent acquisition has swelled their ranks to well over 100. Can you find a favourite? There’s #Spode, #Minton, #Worcester #Coalport #Derby #Wedgwood just to name a few..... see them on our website. #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #GeelongAntiques #VisitGeelong #VisitGeelongBellarine #CeramicSleuth #australianceramics #antiqueceramics #antiqueporcelain #antiquepottery #porcelaine #porzellan (at Moorabool Antique Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwHQeEHnsNZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=v1igvplegawa

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Magnificent #TournaiPorcelain figure of #Bacchus & his merry band.... dating to circa 1770, it’s a large group modelled in the round, intended to sit in the center of some grand table setting. They’re sure having a #party, perched on a big barrel with a magnificent dolphin spigot! Part of our 2018 Annual Exhibition, opens 17 November, preview/ lots more on our website or message for details.... #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #VisitGeelong #VisitGeelongBellarine #Moorabool2018Exhibition #EventsGeelong #GeelongAntiqueExhibition2018 #australianceramics #antiqueceramics #antiqueporcelain #antiquepottery #porcelaine #porzellan #18thCentury #18thCenturyBling (at Moorabool Antique Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/moorabool_antiques/p/Bp6gLRSFPnv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=107w3y2zlbbq8

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Ancient Egyptian ‘crouching #Sphinx’ amulet, carved from green feldspar, 3,500-4,000 years old, from the ‘Middle Kingdom’ 12th-13th Dynasty. A gem from today’s #FreshStockTuesday at Moorabool.com Comes from an old Australian collection, brought to Australia between the wars circa 1920's. Said to have been purchased from Flinders Petrie. #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #VisitGeelong #ancientEgyptian #EgyptianAntiquity #Sphinx #ancientegyptianart #ancientEgyptianAmulets #EgyptianSphinx #antiquities #amulet (at Moorabool Antique Galleries)

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Some #SmallPreciousItems at Moorabool - these tiny creations are bronze , some are 400 years old..... Dari g back to #MingDynasty #China. See them at the 2018 #MelbourneAntiqueFair, #MelbourneShowgrounds this weekend - or on our website. #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #VisitGeelong #antiqueFair #MelbourneFair #aaadaMelbourne #AAADAmelbourneAntiqueFair #MelbourneEvents #EventsMelbourne #comeToTheFair #actionfigures #minifigures #mingmodels (at Melbourne Showgrounds)

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Moorabool.com , all-new site now live - over 5,000 items to browse, more added constantly.... #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #NewWebsiteLaunch #Doccia #docciaPorcelain #italianAntique #antiqueceramics #antiqueporcelain #antiquepottery (at Moorabool Antique Galleries)

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Some Qing Dynasty treats for our next ‘premium stock’ release next week..... love these Calligraphy pattern pieces, not sure the revered grandmother ancestor behind approves though! #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #VisitGeelong #australianceramics #antiqueceramics #antiqueporcelain #antiquepottery #porcelaine #chineseporcelain #antiquechinese #qingdynasty #ancestor #calligraphy #blueandwhite #chineseporcelain #19thCentury #reddress (at Moorabool Antique Galleries)

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Happy New Year, world. 🎇 (In Oz, we’re just waiting for the rest of the world to catch up!) May it be a year of discoveries. This great old brass telescope at Moorabool is a good start. #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #VisitGeelong #happynewyear #telescope #discovery (at Moorabool Antique Galleries)

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#18thCentury Dining Elegance... we’re just cataloguing a stash of lovely 18th century cutlery, ready for an upcoming Premium Stock Release..... modelled here alongside some #GoldAnchorChelsea plates..... If you had to take one to a dinner party, which would you choose? #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #GeelongAntiques #VisitGeelong #VisitGeelongBellarine #18thCenturyDining #18thcenturyfashion #18thCenturySilver #GeorgianDining (at Moorabool Antique Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4RDaganQr_/?igshid=7nfofrffqos2

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A rarity for our Exhibition this Saturday, can you guess its function? Porcelain , about palm-sized, beautifully painted with flowers and with a small hole to one side and large opening at the top: It’s a Posy Holder! The holes allowed the posy to be secured with a pin. Probably made for a wedding, it bears the initials ‘KS’ to one side and a tiny date the other - October 13th 1847. Unmarked, probably Minton, and definitely Rare! Preview it on our website ‘Preview’ gallery.... #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #GeelongAntiques #VisitGeelong #VisitGeelongBellarine #CeramicSleuth #australianceramics #antiqueceramics #antiqueporcelain #posyholder (at Moorabool Antique Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3FzPBOHDi6/?igshid=eb505icy4t3b

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An unusual 18th century porcelain sauceboat in our upcoming exhibition..... at first glance , it seems to be English - Bow made similar - but there’s a string of odd features.... turns out to be a Chinese rip-off, the Bow examples circa 1760, this Chinese version circa 1765! An English example must have made its way to China when new, in order for them to copy it so closely...... see it & many other interesting examples of 18th century ceramics in our upcoming Annual Exhibition, preview on our website now. #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #GeelongAntiques #VisitGeelong #VisitGeelongBellarine #CeramicSleuth #australianceramics #antiqueceramics #antiqueporcelain #antiquepottery #porcelaine #porzellan #18thCentury #ChinesePorcelain #chinesecopycat #ChinesePorcelain #BowPorcelain (at Moorabool Antique Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2z0Q6cHA4Y/?igshid=1njnwu3zasj6q

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Some lovely stonewares just catalogued for our upcoming exhibition, these have a complete surprise attribution- based on the mark on one, we can link the other 2 to the same maker: once known as the ‘Chrysanthemum Group’ due to their pretty flower mark on the base, which has recently been identified as Charles Bourne, a Staffordshire porcelain maker of the 1820’s more usually seen making Coalport-like pretty flower-painted pieces often with lots of gold on a deep blue ground. Part of our 2019 Exhibition, opens October 5th, preview now on our website.... #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #GeelongAntiques #VisitGeelong #VisitGeelongBellarine #CeramicSleuth #australianceramics #antiqueceramics #antiqueporcelain #antiquepottery #porcelaine #BlueAndWhite #Sprigged #AntiqueBritishPottery #Georgian (at Moorabool Antique Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2eD12DnYOj/?igshid=1hp3vrgp6vhj9

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A very charismatic faun playing his flute.... Original French Rococo from the 1750’s, he is beautifully made from bronze which has been covered with a layer of gold - ‘Ormolu’ - and while this continued to be produced for the next few centuries, there is nothing quite like the original. He will be a part of our upcoming Annual Exhibition, opens October 5th in our Geelong premises. Preview on our website ( although this chap has not yet been uploaded- should be in Monday’s queue ). #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #GeelongAntiques #VisitGeelong #VisitGeelongBellarine #FrenchBronze #Rococo #FrenchOrmolu #Ormolu #Faun (at Moorabool Antique Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2YxUL2Hg3B/?igshid=mps009kuqn4r

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Stylish #Australiana.... based on a Regency tea caddy, this is made from Fiddleback Blackwood , Cedar, Huon Pine, and a few other unknowns.... inside reveals a setup for stationary. Love the solid striped sides! Today’s #FreshStockTuesday special item, now on Moorabool.com #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #GeelongAntiques #VisitGeelong #VisitGeelongBellarine #AustralianAntique #AustralianTimber #handcrafted #AustralianCedar #Blackwood #HounPine (at Moorabool Antique Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0QQm_qHlLS/?igshid=11t89dyuj8th7

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The ‘Perfect’ Cake for a special occasion.... shards of a #WillowPattern plate (painted onto white chocolate, so edible!) set the theme for John’s Birthday, who founded Moorabool Antiques back in the 1950’s. He’s 80 today..... #mooraboolantiques #moorabool_antiques #geelong #antiques #antiquesaustralia #aaada #antiqueshop #antiquedealersofinstagram #antiquesarecool #antique_interior #interiordesign #decorating #centralgeelong #GeelongAntiques #VisitGeelong #VisitGeelongBellarine #AntiqueCake #AntiqueBirthday #UniqueCake #WillowPatternPlate #WillowPatternChina #WillowPatternCake #AntiqueDealersCake #80thBirthday #80thBirthdayCake #Cake #BlueAndWhite #BlueAndWhiteChina #HappyBirthday (at Moorabool Antique Galleries) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz5a4Ldncif/?igshid=upqse0l8cq38