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
Spode cup & saucer, Imari pattern 1216, c. 1800
Spode cup & saucer, richly decorated in an Imari pattern. Pattern 1216, Circa 1800 some wear to gold rim saucer 14cm…
Rare Staffordshire group, Prince Almansor and the Elephant of Siam,
Rare Staffordshire theatrical group, Prince Almansor and the Elephant of Siam, or The Fire Fiend, showing a turreted building with…
‘Kitchen Ming’ bowl with underglaze blue central character and dragon
‘Kitchen Ming’ bowl with underglaze blue central character and dragon eye design, 17th/18th Century D: 23cm one chip to upper rim, good…
Worcester double-handled sauceboat, blue Chinoiseries, c. 1755
Handsome Worcester double spouted sauceboat, the silver shape moulded with fruiting vine roundels, the spouts scalloped, painted underglaze with flowergroups…
Davenport hybrid hardpaste plate, superb flowers pat. 132, c.1810
Early Davenport hybrid hard paste plate, well decorated with a central rose head surrounded by a wide frieze of flowers…
Pair of Staffordshire children on goats circa 1855
Pair of Staffordshire figures of children riding on goats, possibly the ‘Royal Children’ of Queen Victoria, with applied sieved clay…
A Sample from our Furniture
Pair Cast Hall Seats, cedar seats, Melbourne made? c.1875.
Pair of Victorian Cast Iron Hall Seats with cedar seats, said to be Melbourne made. Circa 1875…
Pair of beech continental Georgian style chairs, C. 1800
Pair of beech continental Georgian style chairs with ornate pierced and carved splat within tapered square backs, reeded legs and…
Victorian burr walnut music canterbury with mirror + drawer, c.
Victorian Burr walnut Canterbury, with single shelf and unusual mirror back to top, long turned supports  above with 3 divisions…
A Sample from our Art
J H Mole – At the Mumbles – Watercolour, signed
John  Henry Mole ( 1814- 1886) – At the Mumbles – Watercolour, signed & dated 1880 Framed 44.5x42cm work 24.5x16cm condition – good with minor…
Superb quality paper mache tray with ruins, c.1825
English paper maché tray, superbly painted rim to rim with an atmospheric landscape including figures with camels in a ruined…
Edward B Heffernan watercolour – ‘Lauderdale Kitchen’ pen & wash
Edward B Heffernan watercolour – ‘Lauderdale Kitchen’ pen & wash Frame 41x35cm Visible 13x22cm good condition, well framed…
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…
English portrait miniature on ivory, mature Lady, c. 1800
Fine quality English portrait miniature on ivory, depicting mature Lady, set in a gold rim case with a plaited hear…
