Australia’s Largest Range of Antique Ceramics, plus more!
Moorabool Antiques
Situated in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, Moorabool Antiques was founded in 1958 by the late John Rosenberg.
Today it offers a vast range of Genuine Antiques from the Victorian, Georgian & earlier periods, including Pottery & Porcelain, Glass, Silver, Old Sheffield, Artworks, Furniture, Australiana, Antiquities & Natural History.
We welcome visitors to our large 2-floor premises in central Geelong.
16 – 18 Ryrie St, Geelong Victoria 3220
HOURS
Monday – Closed – Open by Appointment only
Tuesday – Friday 10 am-5pm
Saturday 10am – 1pm
Sunday – Closed –
CONTACT:
ph (03) 52292 970
email moorabool@gmail.com
Easter Hours
– closed Good Friday, open Sat 10am -1pm
Closed Monday
Open as usual Tuesday
Latest News:
Lots of Fresh Stock being prepared – see what’s coming in the ‘Preview’ pages:
A New way to browse our artworks:
Artists in Stock – an alphabetical list of artists.
Note: doesn’t include unsigned, unattributed pieces.
Sale! items
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Product on saleChinese silver teaset, Dragons, by Tuck Chang, Shanghai, c. 1890$5,000.00 AUD
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Product on saleSmall Chinese ‘prunus’ ginger jar, 18th-19th c.$192.50 AUD
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Product on saleJohn Allcot oil on board, Clippership ‘BRILLIANT’, artists gift 1966$1,750.00 AUD
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Product on saleKenneth Jack, ink sketch – General Store, Post Office, Church, + Garage, Swan Reach, Victoria 1964$650.00 AUD
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Product on saleSpode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815$412.50 AUD
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Product on saleSpode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815$337.50 AUD
Find your Niche….
Moorabool has a vast variety of items in stock, and finding your interests can be daunting.
To make it easier to browse our large stock, we have divided it up into categories, or ‘Departments’.
This means you can find your area of interest, wether it is Ceramics, Art, Glass, or Furniture, and look through our stock.
Use this drop-down to access the Stock Departments.
A search will also allow you to find more specific interests.
Premium Stock
A few of our ‘best-in-class’ pieces of stock.
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Ancient Greek brown glazed vessel, South Italy, circa 5th-4th century BC$595.00 AUD
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Frederick Strange – ‘View of Launceston’, Important Colonial Masterpiece c. 1858$36,000.00 AUD
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Product on saleChinese silver teaset, Dragons, by Tuck Chang, Shanghai, c. 1890$5,000.00 AUD
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Remarkable set of 7 Chinese Ivory child musicians, late Qing Dynasty, c.1900$6,600.00 AUD
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Egyptian Royal Shabti Figure for Queen Henttawy, 19th Dynasty$22,000.00 AUD
Freshest Stock
Fresh Stock Blogs
We are constantly adding Fresh items to our Stock Departments.
See the Latest Uploads via our Fresh Stock blogs – along with other interesting newsworthy announcements.
Tags – a Fresh way to browse our stock!
With over 10,000 items on moorabool.com, it’s always a struggle to find what you’re looking for. For some time now,…
Fresh Stock – from Children’s Chairs to Moser Glass
Welcome to the latest Fresh Stock release on moorabool.com . This is a terrifically diverse one, bringing together a series…
Asian Arts – Chinese & South-East Asian Ceramics
Welcome to our Asian Special. We’re actually in Asia for this one! Paul & Glenys, your proprietors at Moorabool Antiques,…
Nod if you like Antiques….. a collection of ‘Nodders’ +
Today’s Fresh Stock is a bit of a laugh….. These classic bits of Victorian are the ultimate ….. ‘kitsch’! A…
Fresh stock – it’s almost Valentines Day!
Welcome to our latest Fresh Stock Release. This coming week brings Valentines Day, and we start things with a fantastic…
Fresh Finds for February……
Welcome to our first February stock release, full of interesting items. There’s some furniture, including the superb miniature chest of…
Featured Items & Essays
Ellen Ross, artist, with Dickens & Australian High Court connections….
A fascinating piece of English porcelain has come to Moorabool, which if it wasn’t for the original 1876 exhibition label on the back, would just be an ‘interesting amateur-decorated decorative plate’. However,…
First Fresh Stock release for 2024
Welcome to our first Fresh Stock for 2024. We have a fine selection of interesting items for you to browse, including Sterling, Old Sheffield Plate, Australian Pottery, and a whole range of…
A rare fake ‘TP Dexter’ Sterling Jug: Silver Fraud!
These three jugs look very similar, and yet only one is genuine. Below is a Genuine engraved jug of 1798, a Victorian version of 1888, and another Victorian…. but with marks claiming…
Introducing…. artist A. E. Jobson 1868-1955
An interesting recent discovery by Moorabool was this small pastel scene of an Australian beach.Signed ‘A. E. Jobson’, it is an interesting chalk sketch, done on a coarse textured grey toned paper….
A Phar Lap Australian Silver Charm
A remarkable momento of the epic 1930 Melbourne Cup win by Phar Lap, commemorating J.E. Pike’s win, this rare Australian Sterling Silver medallion is Fresh to Moorabool’s stock – just in time…
C. Dudley Wood’s portrait of RAAF officer Peter N.
This splendid wartime watercolour portrait depicts a very distinct character. By his stripes he’s an NCO Sargent, and reading his brevet – the badge with ‘AG’ and a wing on his shirt…
Moorabool Antiques is a second-generation Antique Shop, located in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
We have a large premises overflowing with interesting items – well over 10,000 to browse.
It’s well worth a visit, with easy access from Melbourne by road, close to the train station, and just a few minutes from Avalon Airport. We are also just 10 minutes from the Tasmanian Ferry terminal.
We specialise in Antique Ceramics – but also have an extensive stock of Victorian, Georgian & earlier Furniture, Silver, Glass, Artworks, plus Antiquities & Natural History.
We are a small family business, with customer service and authenticity as our core values. Our customers return again & again, with our ultimate aim always being ‘Happy Customers’!
Stock Samples
A Sample from our Ceramics
Staffordshire pottery group of kilted dancers, c.1860
Staffordshire pottery group of kilted dancers, with wreath in hands, unusually left without much enamel colours. …
Chinese Export teabowl & saucer, cornucopia of flowers, c. 1770
Chinese export teabowl & saucer, the fluted form painted to the center in colourful enamels with a cornucopia of flowers,…
Gold Anchor Chelsea plate, classical urn with pink border, c.
Gold Anchor Chelsea plate, decorated with a classical urn & scattered insects within a pink border with pendant green swags,…
English delft plate – Bristol, Chinese garden, C. 1765
Bristol delft plate painted in inglaze blue with central willow & peony , the border with Chinese lattice & stylised…
English pearlware quintal tulip vase, Pratt type colours, c. 1800
English pearlware quintal tulip vase, decorated with flowers in high fired Pratt type colours, c. 1800…
A Sample from our Furniture
Victorian faded mahogany dropside table, c. 1845
Faded mahogany dropside table with large round-edged flaps, on turned column legs. Circa 1845 Height 70cm Top 106 x 154cm…
Set of 6 country elm chairs, spindle turned backs &
Set of 6 Country elm chairs with finely turned spindle backs & woven rush seats. Circa 1820. 89cm high, minor flaws, usable condition…
English ‘Aneroid barometer’ in oak case, 20th. C
English ‘Aneroid barometer’ in oak case, a thermometer above. Marked TARSAW, LONDON…
Country Chippendale elm chair, circa 1780
English ‘Country Chippendale’ elm chair, with pierced splat back & shaped top rail, upholstered in an 18th century style Rosemead…
A Sample from our Art
Persian Qajar period reverse-painted mirror, bird & iris, later 19th
Qajar Iran reverse painted small mirror, painted in colours with a bird before flowering plants including a large iris, set…
Vincenzo Loria, Pompeii Villa Ruins, Grand Tour Watercolour, circa 1890
Vincenzo Loria (1850-1939) Pompeii Villa Courtyard, Ruins scene, Watercolour Signed lower left, also address stamp on back. Circa 1890 Condition: some staining & marks, two…
Victorian portrait miniature of a Gentleman, in period frame, c.
Georgian portrait miniature of a Gentleman with a fine head of grey hair, in period frame, with a poem pasted…
Sing Woa, Hong Kong ‘China Trade’ portrait of a young
Sing Woa, oil on canvas portrait of a girl, the dark hair subject facing right wearing a white blouse and…
New Zealand interest: View of Bluff, a Budd sisters sketchbook
A Budd sketchbook watercolour, showing a settlement and ships at anchor, titled ‘The Bluff from Finns Castle NZ’, depicting a…