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 saleSmall 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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Product on saleLarge ‘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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Product on saleSpode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815Original price was: $550.00 AUD.$412.50 AUDCurrent price is: $412.50 AUD.
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Product on saleSpode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815Original price was: $450.00 AUD.$337.50 AUDCurrent price is: $337.50 AUD.
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Product on saleSpode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815Original price was: $400.00 AUD.$300.00 AUDCurrent price is: $300.00 AUD.
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Product on saleSpode 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
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French Empire bronze boat-form inkwell, serpent handles, c. 1800$3,650.00 AUD
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Dihl and Guérhard covered cup & stand, fine neo-classical gilt decoration on ‘tortoise shell’ ground, c.1795$2,400.00 AUD
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Paris porcelain plate, painted in the Neoclassical taste, Nast C 1805$980.00 AUD
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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
Bohemian Dallwtiz plate C. 1850
Bohemian porcelain plate, simply painted with a group of flowers within lustre and gold rim impressed ‘DALLWITZ’ ‘5’ Circa 1850 20cm Good condition with…
Wedgwood black basalt teapot, 1926
Wedgwood black basalt  teapot, spiced with classical figures around the body, the lid with classical “widow” figure know Marked ‘WEDGWOOD’ ‘C’…
Pair of Wedgwood style jasper plaques, musical children after Beauclark,
Pair of Wedgwood style blue jasper plaques, sprigged in white with musical children after Beauclark. Each impressed ‘5’, perhaps Turner, Circa 1820 10.5 x…
Chinese-style Samson porcelain ginger jar, famille vert panels, 19th century
Chinese-style famille-vert porcelain ginger jar, the tall form well painted with panels of flowers & birds reserved on a red-dot…
Staffordshire pearlware figure of a fruit seller, Enoch Wood c.
Staffordshire pearlware figure of a fruit seller, modelled after a ‘Cries of London’ subject, ‘Strawberrys scarlet strawberrys” , decorated with…
A Sample from our Furniture
Victorian mahogany fireside box, brass bound, circa 1875
Victorian mahogany fireside box, the angular form with brass loop handle & shapely hinges. Circa 1875 45x29cm, 36cm high…
Arts & Crafts Oak open Bookcase, c.1895
Interesting English Oak Arts & Crafts bookcase, the simple design with three segments fixed by pegs to the sides, the…
Brussels world globe on cast iron stand, by Balieus +
Stylish equinoctial globe by H. Balieus, printed by L. Windels, Brussels, printed in colour to show countries, with extra graphics…
Chinese hardwood ice bucket on stand, early 20th century
Chinese hardwood ice bucket, with tapered square sides bound with brass bands, a large handle to either side, a removable…
English Oak Bible Box on stand, 17th century & later
English Oak Bible Box on stand, the front with two shallow carfed ovals within rectangles. The box 17th century, the stand…
Ornate Victorian oval giltwood mirror with candle brackets, c. 1870
Ornate Victorian oval mirror, the gilt frame with elaborate cresting and lower decoration incorporating three candle holder brackets. Original glass, Circa 1870 Height:…
A Sample from our Art
Angus Winneke (1911-82) watercolour , ‘Arcadia’, mid-20th century
Angus Winneke (1911-82) ‘Arcadian interlude’ Watercolour painted one brown card, of a group of pale ladies and dark men carrying baskets laden…
Graham, Douglas; oil on canvas, ship in rough waters, 19th
19th Century oil and canvas of sailing ship in rough waters in original frame. Signed Douglas Graham Frame 82 cm X 62…