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:
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…
May Auction
Moorabool is pleased to announce their May Auction is now available on Invaluable. It’s a ‘Live’ auction , meaning those who would like to attend in person can come &…
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: early-April 2026
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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. -
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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
Etruscan bronze figure, Umbria, Circa Mid 5th Century B.C.
Etruscan bronze figure of a striding stylized male. Umbria, Circa Mid 5th Century B.C….
Sevres small cup & saucer, roses en camaieu, 1758-9
Sevres pate tendre cup & saucer of the smallest size, superbly painted in puce en camaieu with a rose tendril…
Minton Plate, Japanese style pattern 1890
Minton porcelain plate printed and painted with a Japanese style pattern. Stamped & Â impressed ‘Minton’ and date code for 1890 Pattern no…
Meissen Imari style plate, rich decoration by Kretschmar, c. 1740
Meissen plate decorated in rich Imari colours after a Japanese original, the center painted in underglaze blue, iron red and…
A Sample from our Furniture
Australian primitive fretwork box, cedar & pine, ‘A PRESENT FROM
Australian ‘primitive’ box, with cedar corner pillars and fretwork panels featuring scrolling plants, the front incorporating  ‘A PRESENT FROM A.T.’ applied…
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,…
Superb 7-panel Chinese table screen, marble panels painted with story
Superb 7-panel Chinese table screen, the wood frame inset with very thin marble panels, well painted with story-scenes in mansions…
Fine quality crystal cabinet, walnut veneer c.1925
Fine quality crystal cabinet, the curved front with 3 vertical glass panes to each of the twin doors, the whole…
A Sample from our Art
Robert Tantau, watercolour- Armitage House, Newtown, Geelong view 1994
Original Watercolour, local view in Geelong of ‘Armitage House’, Newtown Signed & Dated 1994 Framed 56x46cm Work 33×21.5cm Robert Tantau was a local artist…
Pair of large Georgian silhouettes, lady & gent, black lacquer
Pair of large Georgian cut-paper silhouettes, of a gent & lady, with ink & white details of hair & clothes,…
Fukutaro Terauchi, Large Watercolour of Mount Fuji, 1930’s
Large Japanese watercolour of Mount Fuji, viewed across a wooded landscape with pine tree in the foreground. Signed lower right ‘Terauchi’ Circa…
Silhouette full-length portrait of a black child, c. 1810
Unusual small portrait of a black African child, painted in profile standing, with a red-handled whip in their hand. Circa 1800 frame 13×10.5cm small…
Daisy Wood watercolour, Fungus fans, mid 20th Century
Daisy Wood watercolour, ‘Fungus fans’, Signed lower right mid 20th Century Image 29x22cm…
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, early 19th century
Well painted portrait panel of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, depicted in red Major-General’s uniform with blue sash &…
