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:
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 Metalworkย 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.

SOLDย July 4, estimate $3500-4500,ย
hammer $4800
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: Late August
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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 Sรจvres, by J.G. Loehnig, circa 1786
Sometimes, things donโt turn out to be what they look like. While thatโs 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
Grainger Worcester breakfast cup & saucer, Circa 1820
Grainger Worcester breakfastcup in New Gadroon shape with puce and gilt aster decoration Circa 1820 saucer 18cm wide, cup 11cm wide…
Hicks & Meigh plate, painted with flowers, circa 1820
Hicks & Meigh plate with moulded border, the centre painted with a bunch of garden flowers. Circa 1820…
Coalport milk jug, Rich Japan pattern #597, circa 1820
Coalport London Shape milk jug, superbly decorated in a ‘Rich Japan’ pattern, including a curious set of walls & pillars. Pattern…
Derby plate – ‘Haddon Hall, Derbyshire’, Bloor Derby c. 1830
Derby plate well painted with a large country house by a stream with a bridge, within a scrolled foliate border…
Bow sparrowbeak jug, bright flowers, c. 1765
Bow sparrowbeak jug, enamelled with bright flowers, the rim with an arcaded border in iron red. …
A Sample from our Furniture
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…
Large French Fauteuil, Louis XIV C.1700
Large French fauteuil, with sweeping arms ending in scroll, supported on bobbin turned feet and ‘H’ shaped stretcher,ย upholstered in a…
Low Walnut side table with piecrust edge, Victorian & later
‘Victorian’ tripod based side table with piecrust edge, consisting of a 1880’s turned & carved column with three legs topped…
Three tiered corner shelves with rose carving & mirror, Sweden
Three-tiered corner shelves with period mirrored back, the Baroque strapwork decorated pediment and side pillars decorated with flower carving, with…
Country elmladderback chair, rush seat, C. 1790
Elm ladderback chair, with turned stretcher and rush seat, on a turned pad foot. Circa 1790 94cm high…
French cherrywood panelled coffer of small size,18th C
Continental cherry wood coffer of small size of ย panel construction, the front panel with carved rosette, on tall original feet. 18th…
A Sample from our Art
New Zealand interest: a Budd sisters sketchbook leaf, View down
A Budd sketchbook watercolour, showing mountains edging a lake, titled to the reverse ‘View down Lake Wakutipu from Kinlochk NZ’. By…
Ernest Arthur Chapman – v. large NZ landscape, Otago Heads,
Ernst Arthur Chapman (1847-1945) View of Otago Peninsular, with Otago Heads, Sawyer’s Bay, and Port Chalmers. Watercolour on full sheet, set in…

















