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
Coalport – Anstice, Horton & Rose – Imari cup and
Coalport London shape cup and saucer, hand painted in an Imari pattern with a central garden & surrounding similar panels…
Wächtersbach Majolica plate, fruiting vine green glaze, c. 1880
Wächtersbach green majolica plate in ‘fruiting vine’ pattern. Impressed mark , Wächtersbach. Circa 1880. 20cm Slight wear to glaze, larger chips, displays well…
Doulton Lambeth ‘Silicon Ware’ stoneware
Doulton Lambeth ‘Silicon Ware’ stonewarejug with ‘rivited’ finish. Various impressed marks, circa 1895…
Chinese blue and white snuff bottle, garden scene, 19th cent.
Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, the simple cylindrical form painted underglaze with a garden scene, a child offering a potted plant…
Staffordshire figural spill vase, children with birds & nest, c.
Delightful Staffordshire spill vase modeled as a girl and a boy seated by a small brook, she with a bird…
A Sample from our Furniture
French Louis XV style rosewood card table, c.1875
French rosewood card table in the Louis XV style with elegant long fluted rococo legs, the body carved with rococo…
French Mahogany open armchair with scroll arms, rosettes, c. 1870
French Napoleon III Mahogany open armchair, of elegant Empire form with padded seat and back, the arms with a scroll…
French Trumeau mirror, with gilt pillars & landscape, c. 1840
French Empire style ‘trumeau’ mirror, with classical gilt pillars flanking each side of the glass, topped with a finely painted…
Pair of large column-form pedestals, Australian, c. 1880
Magnificent pair of Australian-made classical pedestals, in cowrie pine, the riffled column with spreading octagonal base and top, framed with…
Chinese elm bedside cupboard with fretwork doors, 20th century.
Chinese elm bedside cupboard with fretwork doors, 20th century. …
A Sample from our Art
James Ferries ‘A Stiff Pull’ , watercolour of working horses,
James Ferries (1875-1951) ‘A Stiff Pull’ watercolour of working horses Signed lower left, Circa  1930 Framed 78x 46.5cm work 38 x 26cm Condition: some slight fading…
Ernest Arthur Chapman – v. large NZ landscape, Otago Heads,
Ernst Arthur Chapman (1847-1945) View of Otago Peninsular, with Otago Heads, Sawyer’s Bay, and Port Chalmers. Watercolour on full sheet, set in…
Daisy Wood watercolour, Wildflowers, mid 20th century
Daisy Wood watercolour, depicting a group of various Australian Wildflowers. Signed, mid 20th century work 16x22cm some light discolouration, unframed Daisy Wood was a local…
Smith, C.L. Oriental Musician, Watercolour circa 1875.
Watercolour of a seated Oriental musician, a tea tray to one side. Signed lower left ‘C.L. Smith’ circa 1870…
Oil painting ‘Summer day- Malmsbury’, Maxwell Wilks, 1987
Maxwell Wilks ‘Summer Day, Malmsbury’ Signed & dated 1987 Good condition, titled to the reverse 64x49cm work 44×39.5cm…