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 –
CLOSED TUES 20TH MAY
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.

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: July 5th
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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
Staffordshire figure, ‘Grandma’s Hope’, c, 1860
Staffordshire figure of an older lady seated in a high back chair, reading to a child by her side, set…
Derby vase with flower moulding over turquoise ground, c. 1765
Rare Derby vase, of baluster form with twin c-scroll handles, the body moulded with leaf veins and applied with trails…
Japanese sake bottle with underglaze motif, gold lacquer repair, 17th
Japanese sake bottle with underglaze blue motif to the front, gold lacquer repair to the lip. …
Staffordshire figure, ‘Dick Turpin on Black Bess’, c. 1860
Stylish Staffordshire figure of the flamboyant highwayman Dick Turpin, shown in high fashion including top-hat, yellow cravat, and blue overcoat,…
A Sample from our Furniture
George III mahogany armchair, C. 1790
George III mahogany Hepplewhite armchair, the shield shaped back with pierced vase shaped splat, on reeded legs. Circa 1790. 95cm h. pale patination…
Small Mahogany Pembroke side table with shelf, c. 1900
English Mahogany Pembroke table with unusual swivel-top leaves and fenced shelf between legs, a single drawer to one end. Circa 1900 Height:…
Mahogany dropside table with fine square legs and brass castors,
Faded mahogany dropside table with fine square legs and brass castors. Circa 1800 Height 70cm Top 91 x 102cm…
Victorian ebonised chair with ormolu mounted Wedgwood plaques, c.1880
Victorian ebonised chair with ormolu mounted Wedgwood plaques, with cane seat. Circa 1880 H: 87cm W: 40cm D: 38cm Old repair to back leg, wear…
Mägdesprunger cast iron table/ plant stand, elaborate Rococo style C.
High Victorian cast iron plant stand side table, the pierced circular shelves moulded with musical instruments amongst scrollwork, the elaborate…
A Sample from our Art
Topographical survey watercolours for railway line near Einasleigh, QLD, c.
Rare colonial sketchbook leaves, illustrating a surveyors plots for a railway route through challenging terrain, with two options plotted, one…
Bertha Rhodes, ‘Haymaking’ , watercolour signed & dated 1908
‘Haymaking’ Bertha Rhodes, active 1905-1912 watercolour with white highlighting, signed & dated 1908 work 25x18cm, frame 37x30cm some slight browning evident in sky, minor discoloration…
Graham, Douglas; oil on canvas, ship in rough waters, 19th
19th Century oil and canvas of sailing ship in rough waters in original frame. Signed Douglas Graham Frame 82 cm X 62…
Elaine Burges ‘Farm Sheds, Bright’, oil on board 1974
Elaine Burges (1929- ‘Farm Sheds, Bright’ Oil on Board, signed lower right Inscribed on the reverse: Elaine R. Burge 204 Lower Plenty Road, Rosanna. 3084. Tel. 45…
Engraving of Mary Isabella, the Marchioness of Granby, ‘Court Beauties
Engraving of Mary Isabella Manners, Duchess of Rutland, showing the Marchioness in an oval inscribed “MARY ISABELLA MARCHIONESS OF GRANBY”,…
Georgian silhouette in period maple frame, c.1800
Georgian silhouette in period maple frame, the painted profile portrait depicting a woman in bonnet, within gilt lines & set…