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.
Join our email list for updates >
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 saleFrench 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.
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Product on saleSmall Lowestoft basket, printed with the ‘Pinecone’ pattern, c.1770Original price was: $1,450.00 AUD.$950.00 AUDCurrent price is: $950.00 AUD.
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Product on saleEarly Victorian nursing chair, bobbin turned back, c.1840Original price was: $480.00 AUD.$370.00 AUDCurrent price is: $370.00 AUD.
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Product on saleSpode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815Original price was: $550.00 AUD.$412.50 AUDCurrent price is: $412.50 AUD.
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Product on saleSpode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815Original price was: $450.00 AUD.$337.50 AUDCurrent price is: $337.50 AUD.
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Product on saleSpode 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
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Frederick Strange – ‘View of Launceston’, Important Colonial Masterpiece c. 1858Sold
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Egyptian Royal Shabti Figure for Queen Henttawy, 19th Dynasty$22,000.00 AUD
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French Empire bronze boat-form inkwell, serpent handles, c. 1800$3,650.00 AUD
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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
James Giles decorated claret ground cup & saucer, Watteau scenes,
Rare Worcester coffee cup & saucer, decorated in the James Giles studio with superbly painted panels of ladies & gents,…
Staffordshire Pottery ‘drainer’, Wild Rose pattern, c. 1840
Staffordshire Pottery ‘drainer’, printed in blue with the popular ‘Wild Rose’ pattern, depicting a landscape with boats, ruins & a…
Spode pottery plate, Tumbledown Dick pattern, c.1825
Spode plate with printed & painted with the “Tumble down Dick” pattern on a curious brown crackled ground. Impressed & printed…
Minton coffee can, pattern 222, scrolling red lotus & gold,
Handsome early Minton coffee can, painted all over with a scrolling lotus in red, with gilt highlights and gold line…
Chinese export tea canister with ship, c. 1760
Chinese export tea canister of egg shape, decoration in a European style with ships on a pink ocean, the base…
A Sample from our Furniture
Victorian Walnut chess table with unusual openwork fluted column, c.
Victorian walnut chess table, the shaped top with inlaid ebony and satinwood chess board, flanked by inlaid flowers and scrolls,…
Georgian corner washstand, C. 1790
Georgian mahogany corner washstand of quarter circle form, with three false drawers outlined with inlay. Circa 1790…
Italian Baroque walnut chair, unusual small size, 17th century
Italian Baroque walnut chair of unusual small size, with carved back and front rail in the baroque style, the uprights…
French joined armchair, paneled sides, flower carved crest & dated
French joined fruitwood armchair, with panelled sides & back, on a base with shaped splats to the center of each…
Chinese Hardwood low cabinet, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
Chinese hardwood cabinet, of low narrow form, with two square compartments flanking a long shelf with raised central portion, faced…
Georgian Mahogany dining table, 3 parts to seat 8, C.
Georgian mahogany dining table to seat 8, consisting of two end tables with rounded corners and a central table with…
A Sample from our Art
The Mill’, Hahndorf, South Australia by Shari Kruger, mid 20th
Shari Kruger, watercolour ‘The Mill at Hahndorf, South Australia’ mid 20th…
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…
Alexander Wagemans (1879-1955) Oil, – The Flower Markets, Amsterdam
Alexander Wagemans (1879-1955) Oil on Canvas, – The Flower Markets, Amsterdamearlier 20th century…
Georgian framed silhouette, academic young man, c 1820
Georgian painted silhouette of an academic young man, with details added in gold lines, in original frame with gilt metal…
Miss Marsh of Collompton, after John Raphael Smith portrait 1808,
Miss Marsh of Collompton, a pastel portrait with small dog, a garden with fountain in the background, after an original by John…
Charles Earle – Town View with Canal – watercolour, c.
Charles Earle (1832-1893) Townscape with Canal, watercolour, signed lower right circa 1875 Work 47x29cm, frame 68x52cm…