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
Large Chinese Export ‘Imari’ tankard, Bird, Peony & Rock, c.
Chinese Export tankard of large 1-pint size, well decorated in the Imari manner with a peony rose & rock pattern,…
Pair of Chinese Porcelain pierced miniature lanterns, 18th century
Unusual pair of Chinese Porcelain miniature lanterns, or potpourri vases, the hexagonal form with finely pierced honeycomb openings, the flared…
Royal Worcester porcelain plate, painted bird by Hopewell,marked 1886
Royal Worcester porcelain plate, with a painted blue bird by John Hopewell, within a printed border Printed mark for 1886 23.5cm W Good…
Chinese porcelain deep bowl, underglaze blue flower panels, 18th century
Chinese porcelain bowl, with deep well and wide flarred rim, painted in underglaze blue flower panels within a lattice border,…
Derby Plate in the Sèvres manner, flower groups, c.1810
Derby plate in the Sèvres manner, painted with superb groups of flowers set within the blue scrolls of the Feuille…
English bone china chinoiserie cup & saucer, c. 1870
English Bone China cup & saucer, printed in pink & brightly painted with a Chinoiserie pattern, the handle a distinct…
A Sample from our Furniture
George III oak dresser rack, three shelves, c. 1790
George III oak hanging dresser rack of simple form, with a pediment above three shelves. Circa 1790 120 x 153 cm some losses…
Set of 4 Regency mahogany dining chairs, c.1820
Set of 4 Regency mahogany dining chairs with padded backs and seats, rope carved rail & on sabre legs. Circa 1820 81cm…
William & Mary beech chair, high back, circa 1695
William & Mary beech chair, with arched caned back within pierced leaf-scroll cresting, flanked by turned tapering uprights, the cane…
English oak coffer, high legs, mid 17th c.
English oak coffer of small but tall proportions, the panelled front with upper frieze of petal carving with small crosses…
Mahogany corner cabinet with elegant astragal glazing, c. 1815
Mahogany corner cabinet, with three shelves, the simple form with elegant astragal glazing including central arch. Circa 1815 106cm high, body 51cm…
A Sample from our Art
Hand Coloured Bird print ‘Bittern’ by Rev. Morris 1868
Coloured engraving of a ‘Bittern’ From “A History of British Birds”, by The Rev. F. O. Morris B.A., published by George…
Pencil Sketch by Frederick Bennett- ‘Timber Walk Bridge Swiss Alps’
Original Victorian pencil sketch depicting a wooden bridge structure over a waterfall in a mountainous landscape Back marked ‘Frederick Bennett 1872…
Western Australia engraved boab-tree nut, 20th century
Small Western Australia Aboriginal engraved boab-tree nut, decorated with a simple meander pattern. 20th century…
John Gardner – Landscape, Central Australia c. 1936
John Gardner (1906-1987) Landscape – “Outback” Australia , oil on board-backed canvas c. 1936 Purchased from artist studio in Geelong, Victoria 1984 Recently purchased from…
Victorian watercolour of fish, signed ‘R.DAVID/SON, c. 1880
Interesting Victorian watercolour, depicting an underwater scene including two well detailed fish & a seahorse, with bubbles & distant fish…
