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
Worcester teabowl & saucer, Campagnie des Indies pattern, c. 1780
Dr Wall Worcester teabowl & saucer, decorated in the Chinese Export style pattern known as ‘Campagnie des Indies’. Unmarked c. 1780 saucer…
Chodauer porcelain plate, humorous food scene, c. 1845
Chodauer porcelain plate with scroll moulded rim, painted to the center with a humorous scene of a rabbit, duck and…
Japanese large figure of a boy on a carp, circa
Japanese figure of a boy on a carp, the large-scale porcelain sculptire with iron red, green & turquoise enamel detials. Impressed…
Worcester part tea service, circa 1760, decorated after Giles, 19th
Worcester part service of fluted form, decorated at the factory with underglaze blue ground and lower floral border, later decorated…
Early Staffordshire figure titled ‘Earth’, gardener with spade, c. 1820
Early Staffordshire figure of a gentleman gardener with spade and bunch of grapes in his hands, dressed in a turquoise…
A Sample from our Furniture
Australian Cedar bookcase, cupboard below, c. 1880
Australian Cedar bookcase, with two large glazed doors above single large drawer & double cupboard doors. Circa 1880 Height: 2.39m Width: 1.21m Depth: 53cm Condition:…
William & Mary oak arm chair, late 17th century
William & Mary beech open armchair, with arched caned back within pierced leaf-scroll cresting, flanked by turned tapering uprights, the…
Victorian Walnut Jacobean style barley twist chair with green velvet,
Victorian walnut bedroom chair on the Jacobean style, with barley twist supports flanking a tall padded back, on cabriole legs…
Oak coffer with tulip carving, C. 1680
English oak coffer, the front well carved with three panels of tulip flowers below a scrolling tulip frieze, the lock…
English Regency black lacquer papier mache tray with superb flowers,
English black lacquer papier mache tray, well painted with large groups of flowers, including passion flower with drops of water,…
 Large Chinese hexagonal lacquer vase, inlaid with pearlshell figures, flowers,
Large Chinese lacquer vase, the hexagonal form inlaid with finely cut & engraved designs, with  each side featuring large group…
A Sample from our Art
Pair of Georgian Tondo Engravings ‘Ceres’ & ‘Pomona’, Bartolozzi, London
Pair of Georgian hand-coloured engravings of round form (‘Tondo’), titled  ‘CERES’ and ‘POMONA’, inscribed ‘J.B. Cippriani Delint. / F. Bartolozzi…
de Beynac, Rene Joly 1876-1968 (French) – Temple of Zeus
de Beynac, Rene Joly 1876-1968 (French) Temple of Zeus Athens, Oil on board earlier 20th century measures 34x25cm , frame 45x36cm Fair condition , minor…
J. Hine watercolour, Main St. Inverleigh
Original Watercolour, titled: Main St, Inverleigh Signed J. Hine Late 20th century Framed 31x26cm Work 16x11cm…
Warwick A. Andrews, ‘HMS Calliope’, oil on board 1971
Warwick A. Andrews (1930-2021) “HMS Calliope”, oil on board Signed & dated 1971 Good condition with slight signs of age Warwick Anthony Andrews was…
Victor Cobb ‘The Tower- Melbourne Grammar School ‘ etching, signed
Victor Cobb ‘The Tower- Melbourne Grammar School ‘ etching no.11/85, signed & dated 1931. Good condition, very minor mount shadow. Plate mark 25.5×17.5cm, page 26.5x38cm Rarely…
Pauline Bonaparte miniature, after Robert Lefèvre, in filigree ormolu
Hand painted miniature on ivory, depicting Napoleon Bonaparte’s favourite sister, Pauline Maria Bonaparte Leclerc Borghese, (1780-1825), the ‘Princess Borghese’, Â Princess…
