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:
Arts & Crafts Collection
A fine selection of ‘Arts & Crafts’ has just been posted on Moorabool.com . It’s an interesting survey of the late 19th- early 20th century designs that were…
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, mostly local estates and collections fresh to the market offered exclusively by Moorabool Auctions.
Rare Swiss View, from the period before he migrated to Australia in 1852.
Coming to our August Auction
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
French joined armchair, paneled sides, flower carved crest & dated 1778Original price was: $5,400.00 AUD.$4,900.00 AUDCurrent price is: $4,900.00 AUD. -
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
Early Victorian nursing chair, bobbin turned back, c.1840Original price was: $480.00 AUD.$370.00 AUDCurrent price is: $370.00 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.
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
Alcock vase with blue ground C. 1835
Alcock spill vase with flared top and spreading foot, well painted with a ruined castle within a shaped reserve on…
Pair of porcelain perfume bottles, Masons Ironstone style, Continental c.
Pair of porcelain perfume bottles, the small globular bases with tall necks & ball stoppers, detocated in the Masons Ironstone…
Pair of large French Art Nouveau vases, marked ‘Herbinieré’ by
Pair of rare large French pottery Art Nouveau vases, with tall baluster bodies moulded with foliate meanders, four  ‘D’ shaped…
‘Flow blue’ earthenware cup, saucer and plate, Continental c.1900
‘Flow blue’ earthenware cup, saucer and plate, printed underglaze with large scale foliage and flowers, titled to the back ‘Bryonia/…
A Sample from our Furniture
Pair of giltwood & gesso wall candlesticks, 19th century
Elegant pair of giltwood & gesso wall candlesticks, with wire scrolls supporting carved wood sconce, mounted on a large carved…
Georgian Chippendale Mahogany card table, c. 1775
Chippendale Mahogany card table, with serpentine edge and reeded legs, small leaf scroll brackets, the interior finished in green felt. Circa…
Large Leather covered trunk on stand, circa 1860
Leather bound trunk with brass close buttoning, a carry handle to either end, on four later bracketed feet. …
Set of 6 Australian Cedar balloon back chairs
Set of six Australian cedar balloon-back chairs, with turned front legs, presently upholstered in red velvet – easily changed. Circa 1860 Good…
George III mahogany bedside cabinet / washstand, C. 1795
George III mahogany wash stand / bedside table, with solid top, shaped skirt & reeded legs, lower shelf with drawer. Circa…
German Aneroid Barometer + Thermometer, carved case, c. 1910
German Aneroid Barometer + Thermometer, carved case, c. 1910 21.5cm wide Good working order with minimal signs of age to case….
A Sample from our Art
Windsor Castle embroidery, viewed across the Thames, circa 1825
Embroidery of Windsor Castle, viewed from across the Thames with a boat in the foreground, the colours faded to tones…
Neville W Cayley ‘Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos’ watercolour, early 20th c.
Neville W. Cayley (Junior), ‘Pair of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos’ watercolour, signed lower right ‘Neville W. Cayley’ Circa 1920 Frame 49x60cm, Visible 28x38cm Neville William Cayley is…
Robert Proctor, NZ – View on Auckland Harbor (?) Oil
Robert Proctor (1879-1935) Oil on Canvas, Auckland Harbour, a view of sailing ships at dock, with barges loading. Signed lower right, circa 1900 Born…
Victorian flower group watercolour, mid 19th century
Victorian watercolour, well painted with life-size lilly-of-the-valley, bluebells, and white roses. Mid 19th century 21x24cm Condition: Faded pale colours (pinks & whites), the…
