Moorabool Antique Galleries

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.

Total stock to browse: 10,000 items11,000 items…..and more added constantly.

Latest News:

Lots of Fresh Stock being prepared – see what’s coming below:

A Selection of our Finest Stock.

Sale! items

Armorial Barr Flight Barr Worcester soup plate, Warren impaling Mangles (Dublin) c. 1810

Product on sale

$1,250.00 AUD
Bloor Derby sucrier, circular form with roses & gilt pattern, c. 1830

Product on sale

$90.00 AUD
Daniel’s Teapot & Stand, shell shape with dragon spout, c. 1830

Product on sale

$1,200.00 AUD
Victorian style Claret Jug with Sterling Silver mounts, 1993

Product on sale

$1,485.00 AUD
2 Georgian Irish Sterling Silver teaspoons, by John Power, Dublin 1813

Product on sale

$252.00 AUD
Sterling Silver footed bowl with lion head handles, Gold & Silversmiths Company, London, 1933

Product on sale

$1,320.00 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 ‘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.

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

Future Schedule

Closed 25th Dec – reopen 2nd Jan

January 2024- Open 2-6th, closed 5th-13th,

Closed 27th Feb – 12th March

Premium Stock

A few of our ‘best-in-class’ pieces of stock.

Remarkable set of 7 Chinese Ivory child musicians, late Qing Dynasty, c.1900

$6,600.00 AUD
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
Dihl and Guérhard covered cup & stand, fine neo-classical gilt decoration on ‘tortoise shell’ ground, c.1795

$2,400.00 AUD
Paris porcelain plate, painted in the Neoclassical taste, Nast C 1805

$980.00 AUD

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Freshest Stock

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English porcelain trio, handpainted with flowers, C.1840

$325.00 AUD

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William W. Short senior (1833-1917) -Oil painting, Figures on a bush track, c.1895

$1,450.00 AUD

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Papua New Guinea mask, shells & tusks, 20th century

$395.00 AUD

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PNG carved wood mask, snake totem + colours, 20th c.

$295.00 AUD

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

A superb selection of fascinating items this week – from a prime collection of Tribal Art & Artifacts, to some…

Fresh 23/09/2023

Tribal Focus

An exotic collection of ‘Tribal’ has just been launched on Moorabool.com – from Australian Aboriginal, to our closest neighbour, Papua…

Fresh 23/09/2023

Fresh Stock – Australian Art, Cast Iron, Royalty, and Elephants!

Welcome to our latest Fresh Stock release. There’s some superb items this week, from the quirky 1852 ‘Dog’ umbrella stand…

Fresh 16/09/2023

The ‘Eden Holme’ clippership, last of her kind….

A fascinating story has emerged from an interesting naive ship painting at Moorabool Antiques, Geelong. It’s a clippership, with the…

Fresh 11/09/2023

Fresh…. Marine Art, Australiana, and more!

Ahoy! we have a Nautical Special for your browsing, with Ships in art, models, and other fascinating Maritime items. There’s…

Fresh 09/09/2023

A Krakatoa Curio

This curious oil painting (on a sheet of milk-glass) has been sitting in the Moorabool ‘archives’ for a generation, a…

Fresh 08/09/2023

Featured Items & Essays

Rarity in Miniature: micro-carved Ivory Rococo scene, c.1795

Micro-carving describes the feat of creating miniature artworks, with the favourite material being ivory due to its compact nature which carves easily and displays well. Set against the burgundy silk, this example…

A Salviati Aventurine Centerpiece

A splendid piece of Venetian Glass has opened up the story of Antonia Salviati, the revival of the Venetian glass industry, and the part the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition played….

A Tournai Sauceboat

A stunning recent discovery shows Tournai porcelain at its best – a Sauceboat & Stand with Cherubs after Boucher, c. 1770…

Conductor’s Batons

Any conductor needs a few batons – and Moorabool has a few of these rarities ‘fresh to stock’. They include three with inscriptions – some fascinating records of social history, one just…

Australiana Discovery: a Conductors Presentation Baton & the untold story of ‘The Richmond Coffee Palace’

While the vast majority of Victorian items we see are perfectly anonymous, once in a while we find a piece with an inscription or dedication; thanks to the excellent free resource that…

Fresh Stock: Arts & Crafts, Ida R. Outhwaite fairy, WMF, + More…

Fresh to Moorabool, a fine selection of Arts & Crafts including a recently discovered Ida Rentoul Othwaite ‘Fairy’ watercolour, Dr Christopher Dresser designs, WMF Art-Nouveau, and more…….

Small view of Moorabool Antiques, Geelong

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.