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
Small Lowestoft basket, printed with the ‘Pinecone’ pattern, c.1770Original price was: $1,450.00 AUD.$950.00 AUDCurrent price is: $950.00 AUD. -
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Large ‘Iron Bridge’ lustre jug, interesting Sailor’s verse, Sunderland c. 1820Original price was: $475.00 AUD.$290.00 AUDCurrent price is: $290.00 AUD. -
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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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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 -
Dutch silver snuff box, finely fluted surface, 1822$950.00 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
Worcester tea cup & saucer, ‘Queen’s’ pattern, c.1770
Worcester tea cup & saucer, of elegant fluted form with ornate handle, richly decorated in the ‘Queen’s’ pattern. Circa 1770…
French creamware ‘Eagle Head’ soup ladle, c. 1820
French creamware soup ladle of large size, the end modelled as a Napoleonic-type eagle head, on a reeded column. Unmarked, French c….
Japanese Satsuma cup+ saucer, C. 1895
Japanese satsuma cup and saucer decorated with domestic scenes and flower gardens. Circa 1895 Saucer 13.5cm Satsuma mark in  gold to base…
A Sample from our Furniture
Rare Hepplewhite polscreen-table, tripod base with ebony stringing, c.1805
Rare Hepplewhite polescreen-table, the tripod base with graceful curved feet on ebonized ball supports, the hexagonal tapered column support with…
Georgian mahogany hall chair, elegant Bullock style, c. 1810
Georgian mahogany hall chair, of elegant neo-classical design, the flat back with a large oval shape centered with a round…
Australian Cedar bookcase, cupboard below, c. 1880
Australian Cedar bookcase, with two large glazed doors above single large drawer & double cupboard doors. Circa 1880 Height: 2.39m Width: 1.21m Depth: 53cm Condition:…
Victorian turquoise beaded footstool with flowers, c.1860
Victorian footstool with intricately hand embroidered and beaded flowers on a burgundy ground, surrounded by bright turquoise beads and floral…
A Sample from our Art
Oval hand painted miniature of a maiden, signed, c. 1920
Oval miniature of a classical maiden, shown in blue dress holding a basket of flowers, a wreath in the other…
Earthenware tile, well painted with a Dutch scene, c. 1880
Earthenware tile, well painted with an interior scene in the Dutch Old Master style, with a child seated blowing bubbles,…
Japanese calligraphy scroll, 19th/20th century
Japanese calligraphy scroll, with central inscription and several red seal impressions. 19th/20th century Work 66x21cm total 127x29cm…
Mark Phillips, Still Life: ‘Autumn Flowers + Apples’, oil on
Mark Phillips (1951- ) ‘Autumn Flowers + Apples’ 1975 oil on board, signed lower right frame 50x61cm Good Condition Born in South Africa, Mark Phillips…
W.H. Weatherhead (1843-1903), ‘Preparing the Evening Meal’, oil on canvas
William Harris Weatherhead ‘Preparing the Evening Meal’ depicting a lady seated in a stone cottage, with a large kitchen hearth to her…
Japanese scroll painting, figure by a stream, 19th/ early 20th
Japanese scroll painting, the rocky landscape featuring a figure seated by a stream, overshadowed by flowering daisy plants. 19th/ early 20th…
