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 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
Handsome Coalport bowl, flowers on deep blue, c. 1820
Handsome Coalport bowl, the lobed form with moulded panels of flowers reserved in white/gilt on deep blue, with four panels…
St Cloud pot, rare J mark, C. 1735
St Cloud toiletries jar (Pot á fard) painted in underglaze blue with a wide lambrequin border to the lip and…
Wedgwood chamber pot with “Darwin” ‘Water Lily’ pattern in blue,
Wedgwood pearlware chamberpot, decorated outside with the ‘Water Lily’ or ‘Darwin’ pattern in a deep blue, the rim and handle…
Large pearlware porters mug, bat-print landscape, platinum rim c.1800
Large pearlware porter’s mug, the finely potted form with large scale bat-print of a towered house in a mountainous landscape,…
A Sample from our Furniture
George I Oak side table with single drawer, circa
George I oak side table, standing on cabriole legs, the rear legs turned, with single drawer and shaped apron. Circa 1730 63×42 cm 71cm…
Turned elm pricket candle stick, 19th century
Elm pricket candle stick, with thin tapering column and large circular turned base. 19th/early 20th century 38cm high Upper sconce with old split,…
Pair of green painted Chinese horseshoe chairs, Qing Dynasty 19th
Pair of green painted Chinese elm horseshoe chairs, the back splats lightly carved with a foo dog. Qing Dynasty 19th c…
Georgian Oak dropside table with pad feet, Oval, c.1760
Georgian Oak oval dropside table, of simple form on with pad feet, the top with excellent honeytoned patination. Circa 1760 72cm high 121cm…
Georgian corner washstand, C. 1790
Georgian mahogany corner washstand of quarter circle form, with three false drawers outlined with inlay. Circa 1790…
A Sample from our Art
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – Citron, ‘Citrus Medica’
Original hand-painted botanical illustration –  ‘Citrus Medica’, ancestor of all citrus plants… From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th century 19 x 16…
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…
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – Roselle, “Hibiscus Sabdarifta’
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – leaves “Hibiscus Sabdarifta’, Roselle. From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th century 25 x 21cm Roselle is a species…
Chinese Gauche – Warriors in a citadel, 20th century
Large Chinese hand painted painting, depicting a general and his officers within a citadel. Late Qing, Republic period, 20th century Work visible 38.5x54cm Good…
Small oil painting Australian bush scene, circa 1900
Small oil painting, Australian bush scene, unsigned Circa 1900 work 19.5cm x 25cm Condition: Signs of age, displays well , original frame, some marks…
Japanese scroll, calligraphy, 19th/20th century
Japanese calligraphy scroll, with central inscription and several smaller. 19th/20th century Work 139x55cm total 190x61cm…