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
Japanese Imari lidded bowl, paper cranes & flowers, c.1880
Japanese Imari bowl & cover, painted with panels of garden scenes & flowerhead reserved in underglaze blue, with onglaze enamels…
Staffordshire Pottery child’s mug – BETTER BE ALONE THAN IN
Staffordshire Pottery child’s mug, printed in green with an ornate panel containing the verse “BETTER BE ALONE THAN IN BAD COMPANY” Circa…
Aesthetic ‘Kioto’ pattern plate, James Gildea ‘Late Mayers’, dated 1886
Aesthetic movement James Gildea plate with Japanesque printed ‘Kioto’ pattern of birds and basket weave borders. Dated 1886. Printed diamond registration mark…
Staffordshire Pottery Willow Pattern small tureen with cover, ‘pig head’
Staffordshire Pottery Willow Pattern small tureen with cover, the base featuring Chinese Export style ‘pig head’ handles, the lid with…
A Sample from our Furniture
Set of 6 Victorian mahogany chairs, scroll carving, c. 1875
Set of 6 Victorian mahogany chairs, with turned front legs and elegant spade backs with corner scroll carving. Circa 1875 89cm high Some…
George III rush seated spindle back chair, c. 1790
George III elm spindle back chair, with turned finials and back, the seat in rush. Circa 1790. 88cm high good condition, rush is…
Pair of Spanish elm chairs, mid 17th century
Pair of Spanish elm chairs, with shaped stretcher and upholstered with early tooled leather seats. Mid 17th century 100 cm high 46cm Wide 45cm…
Georgian oak dropside table, with oval leaves and square tapered
Georgian Oak dropside table, of simple elegant oval form with square tapered legs. Circa 1790. 101x140cm, 73cm high Condition: excellent usable piece, signs…
Late Georgian mahogany corner cupboard, bow front with inlay, c.
Late Georgian mahogany corner cupboard, the curved front with twin doors bearing arched panels of flame mahogany, a drawer and…
Anglo-Indian + Australian whatnot desk, teak & cedar, c. 1870
Unusual Victorian Colonial whatnot ‘clerk’s desk’, the upper section a Teak tabletop desk with leather inset writing slope and hinged…
A Sample from our Art
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…
Large framed pastel of poppies, G. Snow, late 20th c.
Large & colourful pastel of life-size poppies, realistically depicted with a plain background. Signed ‘G. Snow’ later 20th century Framed 82 x 59cm work…
Chinese Export Pith Painting, butterfly & flowers, mid 19thc
Delightful Chinese Export ‘Pith’ painting, with lifelike butterfly and flowering branch. Mid 19th century 28cm x 22cm Small rips to work ‘Pith’ refers to…
Pencil Sketch by Frederick B Bennett- House by lake 1872
Original Victorian pencil sketch depicting a house beside a lake, sailboat and mountains in background. Back marked ‘Frederick Bennett 1872’ Unsigned, from…
