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 porcelain cup & Saucer, claret ground with flower panels,
English porcelain cup & saucer, hand painted with claret a ground with flower panels, possibly Samuel Alcock Circa 1830 saucer 15cm…
Child’s plate, ‘The Shepherd Boy’ print, c. 1840
Child’s plate with flower moulded border boldly picked out in blue, ochre, green & pink enamels, the indigo-grey print showing…
Bow figure of a shepherd playing a flute, a dog
Bow figure of a shepherd playing a flute, a bag to his side and a dog at his feet, on….
A Sample from our Furniture
5 Arts & Crafts Elm rush-seated chairs, late 19th century
Set of five Arts & Crafts Elm rush-seated chairs, with ebonised finish. Late 19th century 84cm high, 48x43cm some repairs, very usable…
Walnut Bible Box, Scotch Thistle carved, c. 1650, includes 1832
A Charles II walnut Bible Box, the simple plank form well carved to the front with two arches containing large…
George III mahogany and elm Chippendale commode chair, c.1780
George III mahogany and elm Chippendale commode chair, with typical pierced splat back & extra-deep seat containing comode beneath lift-up…
Louis XVI giltwood ‘fauteuil a la Reine’ with chinoiserie silk
Louis XVI giltwood fauteuil ‘a la Reine’, with rounded back edged in acanthus carving, the supports with acanthus leaf flourishes,…
William IV rosewood pole screen with period embroidery, c. 1835
William IV rosewood pole screen, with elegant scroll feet to the tripod base, a turned column supporting a brass rod,…
Pair of French Fauteuils, Louis XV period circa 1765
Pair of French fauteuils , presented with distressed painted finish, probably original; the top rail with flower carving, similar areas to…
A Sample from our Art
Arnold Jarvis (1881-1951) – Watercolour – Southern Victoria coast, circa
Arnold Jarvis Sourthern Victorian Coastal scene, Watercolour – a beach and headland with large limestone boulders, with distant headland and waves on rock…
William B. Thomas, ‘Sunrise, Lincolnshire Coast’, watercolour c. 1900
William B. Thomas (1877-1947), ‘Sunrise, Lincolnshire Coast, near Boston’, watercolour circa 1900 …
Victorian watercolour of fish, signed ‘R.DAVID/SON, c. 1880
Interesting Victorian watercolour, depicting an underwater scene including two well detailed fish & a seahorse, with bubbles & distant fish…
Tom Garrett Watercolour – Tasmanian Landscape with Town, signed c.
Tom Garrett (1879-1952) Tasmanian Landscape, with Town viewed across the fields, a figure carrying a plank in the foreground. Watercolour, Signed lower right…
Chinese Export watercolour painting of musical instrument, Guzheng, early 19th
Large Chinese Export gauche painting, depicting a ‘Guzheng’, a half-tube Zither / Harp, with pale soundboard and dark carved sides, a…
Ronald R Fletcher, Fisherman & Stormclouds, oil on board c.
Ronald “Russell” Fletcher (1922-2014) “Fisherman & Stormclouds”, probably a Sydney Harbour view. Oil on artist’s board, circa 1955 frame 59x48cm, work 49x38cm Good condition in…

















