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 –
CLOSED ANZAC DAY 25th April
CLOSED- Thursday 14th May from 1pm , 15th & 16th May– reopen 19th May
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: MAY 2nd
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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
English Lustreware cup & saucer, Faith, Hope, & Jack the
Staffordshire Porcelain cup & saucer, printed in puce with various symbolic prints, the cup with ‘Faith’ & ‘Charity’, the saucer…
Spanish Maiolica tinglaze tile, flowerhead pattern, 17th/18th century
Spanish Maiolica tinglaze tile, decorated in blue/yellow/green with a large ‘flowerhead’ design. 17th/18th century 10.5 x 10.5cm Condition: losses & wear, surface stable…
Staffordshire porcelain house model, with pump & dog in kennel,
Staffordshire porcelain house model, with three-section gables, the center with a pink painted roof & colourful moss, the front with…
Italian creamware figure of flora, circa 1780
Italian creamware figure of flora, the centerpiece from a larger sweetmeat stand, her cornucopia pierced to hold small flower sprigs….
Minton apricot & gilt cup & saucer, French shape, C.
Minton French shape cup & saucer , the apricot ground with fine foliate gilding, the white centers well painted with…
Victorian George Jones Majolica ‘Jester’ punchbowl, 1873
Rare very large George Jones Majolica ‘Punch’ Punch Bowl, with large orangeskin textured vessel moulded with life-size holly, supported by…
A Sample from our Furniture
French piano stool with simulated bamboo legs, inlay, c. 1830
French piano stool, with four turned legs with rings to simulate, bamboo, the ends slightly splayed, a central stretcher supporting…
Early English Oak gateleg table, baluster supports with linenfold ends,
Unusual English Oak gateleg table, the oval top supported on two swinging legs with three baluster turned supports and solid…
Hepplewhite mahogany shield-back chair, circa 1800
Hepplewhite mahogany shield back chair with elegant pierced splat and reeded back, on slightly tapered legs Circa 1800 93cm high seat 51cm wide good…
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…
Papier-mâché tray, Henry Clay of Covent Garden, ‘Japanner to George
Large & Impressive papier-machê tray, by Henry Clay of Covent Garden, London, ‘Japanner in Ordinary’ to George III, printed &…
French beech settle, 18th century
French beech settle of small size, the panel seat lifting to reveal storage beneath. 18th century 109cm wide, 39cm deep, 104cm high…
A Sample from our Art
Watercolour, Thatch Cottages by a bridge, 19th century
English watercolour of good quality, depicting an evening scene in the countryside, a shepherd leading his flock toward a stone…
Japanese scroll painting of a man fishing, 19th century
Japanese monochrome painting scroll depicting a fisherman seated amongst rocks, a large fish by his side. Inscription to the outside, black…
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…
Norman Ratara, Desert landscape with Ghostgums, Hermannsburg School watercolour
Norman Ratara (1935-1999)Â Desert landscape with ghost-gums Hermannsburg School watercolour circa 1960’s-70’s Provenance: from an old local collection of indigenous art & artefacts, collected…
Australian water colour, bluegums, signed WB Stracham , 1924
Australian water colour, a path through bluegums, signed W.B. Strachan, 1924…
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…
