Moorabool Antique Galleries

Ceramics specialists ‘from Neolithic to Nouveau’, including fine English, French and German porcelain from the 18th and 19th century. Also a large stock of fine 18th and 19th century furniture, glass, silver, Old Sheffield plate, pewter, prints and paintings, textiles and unusual items. shipwreck ceramics. Antiquities from Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt. Fossils and natural history. Over 7,000 items in stock, on show in our historic 2 floor property in Geelong.

Established 1958. Member of the Dealers Association since 1959.

Paul Rosenberg 16 - 18 Ryrie Street Geelong VIC 3220 03 5229 2970 queries@moorabool.com www.moorabool.com

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A rare Saint Cloud salt, painted in underglaze blue with lambrequin borders, a ‘Sun face’ mark beneath. Small rim chip restored. c. 1700-1710. (H4cm x W7.8cm) $4,400 Saint Cloud trembleuse cup & saucer, the very thickly potted body with high relief ribbing, painted to the rim with a labrequin ban in underglaze blue, with unusual mark ‹N’, French. c. 1725. (Saucer 12.5cm wide, cup 6.5cm high) $3,800 Saint Cloud toiletries jar (Pot á fard) painted in underglaze blue with a wide lambrequin border, unusually marked in underglaze blue with a ‘J,’ c. 1735 Provenance: the Gardiner collection, Toronto. (H6 cm) $1,450

Staffordshire Porcelain ‘Four Seasons’

set, attributed to Lloyd of Shelton, Shelton. English. c. 1830. (17.5cm high) $1,450

Remarkable pair of English porcelain

Swan inkwells, the ‘Royal’ form with gilt crown and chain around their necks, their upraised wings shielding a square opening to an ink chamber, maker unknown. English. c. 1830. Restorations & wear to gold. (12cm high) $595

South Staffordshire Enamel bodkin case, with unusual combined flask concealed beneath a thimble, Rococo landscape panels. Very minor flaws. English. c. 1770. (13.6cm) $2,900 Chelsea porcelain perfume bottle, with children building a ‘house of cards’, a silver scroll stopper to the neck. Ex-Blohm Collection, NY. English. c. 1760 (7.5cm) $9,700 St James (‘Girl-in-the-Swing’) fob seal mount, two kissing birds, inscribed ‘IMITONS LES’. English. c. 1755. (2.5cm) $980 South Staffordshire Enamel ‘pastille’ box in the form of a bird, along with a small egg ‘patch box’ screwing open to reveal a mirror. Attributed to Bilston. English. c. 1780. (Bird 7cm wide; Egg 2.6cm) $2,200 Large South Staffordshire Enamel casket, with remarkable Rococo scenic panels of classical deities including Mars, Venus, Urania & Apollo. Some small areas of restoration. English. c. 1765. (19x11cm, 6.5cm high) $3,200

19th century Meissen cabinet plate with pierced rim, the well with deep blue ground reserving a finely painted ‘Watteau’ scene, the whole with rich gilding. Crossed swords mark. German. c. 1880. (25cm) $2,250 Pair of 19th century Meissen sweetmeat figures, modelled as a reclining lady & gent with oval bowls, on rococo scroll bases, decorated in naturalistic colours. Crossed swords mark, small restorations including a finger and a toe. German. c. 1880 (18 x 11cm x 13cm high)

$1,450

Rare Davenport covered bowl & stand, well painted with four ornithological birds including (lid) ‘Lapwing’ & ‘The Ruff’, (body) ‘Green Finch’ & ‘Virginian Nightingale’, each identified beneath in red capital script. Minor wear to rim. Unmarked, c. 1810 $1,450 In ‘Davenport’ by Godden & Locket, a similar example is described as ‘Very Rare’. Examples were probably once a single ‘Bird Service’. Directly relating to the ‘Black Swan’ Davenport plate in the Geelong Art Gallery, which is the earliest depiction of an Australian animal on British ceramics. The images copied from Harrison’s “The Naturalist’s Pocket Magazine” of the late 18th century.