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
Moorabool Auctions
Ph – 0494129983
Email – mooraboolauctions@gmail.com
Latest News:
AUCTION!
Moorabool is now conducting Auctions.
‘MOORABOOL AUCTIONS‘ holds a sale early each month. It’s all posted on Invaluable.com, the world-wide platform where the salesrooms for Antiques & Artworks flourishes.
For each sale, we have a large number of vendors, made up in these early days from the numerous items we have taken in on commission in the past few years. As we progress, there will be collections fresh to the market offered exclusively by Moorabool Auctions.
There’s Furniture, Silver, Jewellery, Artworks – and of course a stunning array of fine Ceramics & Glass.
Have a browse now….. you never know what you’ll find.
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 sale
French joined armchair, paneled sides, flower carved crest & dated 1778Original price was: $5,400.00 AUD.$4,900.00 AUDCurrent price is: $4,900.00 AUD. -
Product on sale
Small Lowestoft basket, printed with the ‘Pinecone’ pattern, c.1770Original price was: $1,450.00 AUD.$950.00 AUDCurrent price is: $950.00 AUD. -
Product on sale
Spode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815Original price was: $550.00 AUD.$412.50 AUDCurrent price is: $412.50 AUD. -
Product on sale
Spode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815Original price was: $450.00 AUD.$337.50 AUDCurrent price is: $337.50 AUD. -
Product on sale
Spode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815Original price was: $400.00 AUD.$300.00 AUDCurrent price is: $300.00 AUD. -
Product on sale
Spode ironstone rectangular dish, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815Original price was: $380.00 AUD.$285.00 AUDCurrent price is: $285.00 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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Frederick Strange – ‘View of Launceston’, Important Colonial Masterpiece c. 1858Sold -
Egyptian Royal Shabti Figure for Queen Henttawy, 19th Dynasty$22,000.00 AUD -
French Empire bronze boat-form inkwell, serpent handles, c. 1800$3,650.00 AUD -
Dihl and Guérhard covered cup & stand, fine neo-classical gilt decoration on ‘tortoise shell’ ground, c.1795$2,400.00 AUD -
Paris porcelain plate, painted in the Neoclassical taste, Nast C 1805$980.00 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.
Fresh stock October 7th
Fresh Stock uploaded to moorabool.com . You’ll find a fine and varied selection, from Georgian Furniture to fine 18th…
Premium Fresh Stock
Welcome to our selection of ‘the Best’ for the end of 2024. Some stunning rarities have come to us recently,…
Derby ‘Adolescent Seasons’
Moorabool has a fascinating group of Derby ‘Seasons’, modelled as children with their respective attributes. They make for an interesting…
Featured Items & Essays
Mademoiselle d’Jeck, a rare Staffordshire Figure of a Theatre Star
Mademoiselle d’Jeck was a 4-ton prima-donna…. appearing all across Europe & America in the earlier 19th century, she was…
David Roberts ‘Oberwesel’ 1829, re-discovered.
A local customer recently inherited a small number of Antiques from an uncle, including a most interesting oil painting. Set…
A Rare Pair: Meissen copies of Sèvres, by J.G. Loehnig, circa 1786
Sometimes, things don’t turn out to be what they look like. While that’s usually a pre-cursor for disappointment when we…
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
Chinese Export tankard with dragon handle, European flowers, c.1760
Chinese Export tankard with dragon handle, European flowers & hatched pink border with scrolls & fringing. C.1760. 13cm high Condition: hairline to lower…
Rare Neale & Co ‘Portland Vase’ jug, rope handle &
Unusual Neale & Co drybody jug, with fluted broad spout and rope twist handle, decorated with a large classical scene…
Swansea creamware plate, ‘poppy’ garland pattern, c. 1820
Swansea creamware plate of silver shape, brightly painted with a garland of red poppies & cornflowers within gilt line rims. Impressed…
‘James Giles’ style claret ground Worcester plate, Watteau panels, c.
Worcester plate, decorated with a series of panels of figures in landscapes after Watteau, spaced with flower panels, the whole…
Staffordshire pottery pepper pot – topper – c. 1870
Staffordshire pottery pepper pot, modelled as a topper standing with tankard, in yellow  tricorn hat. Circa 1870 14.5cm Some chips to hat, signs…
A Sample from our Furniture
Georgian Oak open corner cabinet, c.1770
Georgian oak corner cabinet with three shaped open shelves. Circa 1770…
Australian Blackwood Arts & Crafts carved frame Frame, C.1910
Australian Blackwood Arts & Crafts frame, carved in relief with a hop vine, curving up from base around a rectangular…
George III mahogany bedside cabinet, C. 1790
George III mahogany bedside cabinet, with gallery top above cupboard, the drawer below pulling out with split front leg support. Circa…
George III Oak chair with wheatsheaf splat and pale silk
George III elm chair, the back with wheatsheaf splat and drop in seat. Circa 1790 85cm high, W:46cm D: 51cm recently re-upholstered drop-in seat…
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
18th Century watercolour, roses & lilles
Watercolour on paper of roses and lilies tied with a blue ribbon Late 18th Century 28.5cm X 22.5cm W signs of age, foxing…
Copley Fielding, View of Temples at Delphi, watercolour circa 1820
Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (1785-1855) View of the Temples at Delphi, Greece, with figures in the foreground, an aqueduct in the…
Alexander Wagemans (1879-1955) Oil, – The Flower Markets, Amsterdam
Alexander Wagemans (1879-1955) Oil on Canvas, – The Flower Markets, Amsterdamearlier 20th century…
J. Van Stappen – Porch of Ratisbon Cathedral – watercolour,
J. Van Stappen – Porch of Ratisbon Cathedral watercolour, signed lower left. Circa 1880 work 18.5×27.5cm Good display condition, unframed…
Chinese painting on linen, Dignitary holding Court, 19th c.
Interesting Chinese painting on linen, depicting a seated dignitary holding court, with two men and two ladies approaching from either…
