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:
May 2nd Auction
We’re pleased to have our next auction posted on Invaluable – finally! It’s a wonderful array of items, from the sublime to the ridiculous…. Silver and Metalwork The sale’s silver offerings…
Fresh Stock at Moorabool
Welcome to our latest Fresh Stock release. There’s quite a range of Fresh items to browse…. Here’s our new way of browsing: enjoy!…
Grace Darling, the Heroine of the Sea – in Staffordshire!
Grace Darling, the heroic lighthouse-keeper’s daughter is the subject of this rare Staffordshire figure fresh to Moorabool’s stock. But something is very peculiar with this example…. making…
AUCTIONS!
Moorabool is now conducting Auctions.
‘MOORABOOL AUCTIONS‘ holds regular auctions in Geelong. 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, mostly local estates and collections fresh to the market offered exclusively by Moorabool Auctions.
SOLD July 4, estimate $3500-4500,
hammer $4800
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.
NEXT AUCTION: Late August
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After-Auction Pick-ups – 16 Ryrie Street, Business Hours
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. -
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. -
Product on sale
Pair of Italian Baroque walnut chairs with carved backs, 17th centuryOriginal price was: $4,200.00 AUD.$3,900.00 AUDCurrent price is: $3,900.00 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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Chinese silver teaset, Dragons, by Tuck Chang, Shanghai, c. 1890$6,500.00 AUD -
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 -
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 at Moorabool
Welcome to our latest Fresh Stock release. There’s quite a range of Fresh items to browse…. Here’s our new way…
An Asian-themed Fresh Stock
Fresh Stock with an Asian Theme – a good quantity of items for you to browse from China, Japan, Burma,…
Fresh stock October 7th
Fresh Stock uploaded to moorabool.com . You’ll find a fine and varied selection, from Georgian Furniture to fine 18th…
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
Prattware Pot & Lid, ‘The Snowdrift’, C. 1860
Pratt pot lid & base with print of “THE SNOWDRIFT” , after Landseer, showing a dog rescuing a ram. No. 267 Circa…
Royal Worcester cup saucer & plate, flowers and ferns, 1886
Royal Worcester trio, hand painted with flowers and ferns. Printed puce mark for 1886…
Chinese export Imari style plate, peony & bird, c.1750
Chinese export Imari style plate, painted to the centre with flowering prunus branch and peony rose, a small bird perched…
Dutch Sucrier and cover , PETRUS REGOUT, MAASTRICTH C.1860
Interesting Dutch imitation of an English Staffordshire sucrier, with twin handles and pear knop, simple blue and gold line decoration. Impressed…
Chinese Imari teapot, C. 1730
Chinese teapot of spherical form, painted in the Imari pallet after a Japanese original, with large ‘chrysanthemum’ motif in underglaze…
A Sample from our Furniture
WMF Jugendstil – Art Nouveau table mirror, ‘The First Cuckoo’,
WMF Art Nouveau WMF large table mirror, in a silvered finish, with stylised flowering trees and sweeping organic decorations, with…
Victorian country elm armchair, circa 1860
Victorian country elm armchair, with high curved slat back, on turned feet. Circa 1860…
Victorian Toleware coal scuttle, Japanese ‘lacquer’ decoration, c. 1885
Victorian ‘Japanned’ toleware coal scuttle, the front flap painted with a Japanese style scene of gilt bamboo & a colourful…
George III mahogany covered washstand
George III mahogany covered washstand Height: 83cm Width: 46cm Depth: 45cm Top hole covered…
Four early Victorian Mahogany chairs, spade back, c. 1860
Four early Victorian Mahogany chairs, with turned front legs and simple spade backs, upholstered in green velvet. Circa 1860 97cm high Some repairs to…
Chinese horseshoe-back armchair, elm, Qing Dynasty 19th century or earlier
Elegant Chinese Elm armchair of horseshoe back form, the curved backrail extending beyond the curved front supports & ending in out-curved…
A Sample from our Art
The edge of the desert, watercolour by Jean Laroché, Egyptian
“The edge of the desert” watercolour by Jean Laroché, Egyptian scene with camels, palms and a building. Signed & named lower left &…
Ken Ellis watercolour, ‘Farmhouse on the hill’, signed
Ken Ellis watercolour, ‘Farmhouse on the hill’, signed 20th century…
Victorian depiction of ‘Krakatoa’ at night, oil on milk glass
Interesting Victorian oil painting on milk-glass panel, thought to represent the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa pre-1883 eruption, a night-time scene with…
Jean Baptiste PERRONNEAU (1716-83) -Pastel portrait of Jeanne-Marie Mallès, Dated
Jean Baptiste PERRONNEAU (1716-83) Pastel portrait Jeanne-Marie- Mallès, aged 18, as ‘Dianna the Huntress’, with crescent moon to the top her…
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…
