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.
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: July 4th
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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
Meissen teabowl & saucer, Watteauesque scenes, c. 1770
Meissen teabowl & saucer, superbly painted with large scale Watteauesque scenes of couples in garden, within a fine gold tracery…
Staffordshire Pottery child’s mug – MILKY WAY – c. 1840
Staffordshire Pottery child’s mug, printed in purple with a comical scene of a milkmaid losing her load, a pump laughing…
Davenport pottery footed bowl, ‘Hops’ pat. 2047, c. 1845
Davenport pottery bowl, printed & painted with the ‘Hops’ pattern of fruiting vine, repeated inside and on the spreading foot. Printed…
Vienna Coffee pot with naive monochrome scenes, c.1793
Vienna Coffee pot & cover, decorated with naive monochrome scenes of figures in landscapes with buildings & trees, within curious…
Bohemian porcelain flower-decorated desk set, c. 1880
Bohemian porcelain desk set, with rectangular tray supporting separate pierced sander & inkwell, integral flower-form pen holder to the centre,…
Art Nouveau amateur decorated porcelain vase with lilacs, signed &
Elegant Art Nouveau double handled vase with finely painted lilacs and foliage on a soft pastel green ground with gilt…
A Sample from our Furniture
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…
Victorian mahogany gent’s chair, distressed green leather, c. 1870
Mahogany gents chair with craved top and scroll arms, the back with distressed buttoned green leather on casters Circa 1870 Condition: usable,…
Unusual small George III pale mahogany side table, c.1820
Unusual small Georgian side table, with simple tapered legs supporting small twin drawers separated by a central arch, the edge…
Georgian Chippendale Mahogany card table, c. 1775
Chippendale Mahogany card table, with serpentine edge and reeded legs, small leaf scroll brackets, the interior finished in green felt. Circa…
Victorian bentwood miniature chair, C. 1900
Victorian bentwood miniature chair, with turned spindles and single bent wood back/ arm. Circa 1900 32x30cm 43cm high Condition: good condition, signs of age…
A Sample from our Art
Pencil Sketch by Frederick B Bennett – “Stone Bridges in
Original Victorian pencil sketch depicting 2 stone bridges in a mountain landscape . Back marked ‘FBBennett “Stone Bridges in Swiss Alps…
Pair of Italian oils with children & animals, early 19th
.Pair of oil paintings of children, the oval scenes well painted in strong tones with pastoral scenes, one with a…
Francis Cotes, R.A. (1726-1770) Portrait of Alice Blair Gaft Johnston,
Francis Cotes 1726-1770, R.A. Portrait of Alice Blair Gaft Johnston, shown in quarter length with a blue silk dress and golden…
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – Chillies with flower
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – Chillies with flower From an unknown 20th century Botanical publication. 24.5 x21cm (unframed) …
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – Seville/Bitter Orange ‘C. Aurantium’ 20th
Finely detailed hand-painted watercolour, a botanical illustration for an unknown book, titled in pencil ‘C. Aurantium’ , Bitter, or Seville…
Large Georgian woolwork, Abraham & the Ram in the thicket,
Large Georgian woolwork, on a silk panel, depicting the story of Abraham & the Ram in the thicket, with Isaac…
