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: May 10th
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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
Keeling spiral fluted slop bowl, gilt sprays border, pat. 80,
Keeling spiral fluted slop bowl, decorated in pattern 80, a border of gilt sprays with blue & red flower buds,…
Paris porcelain spill vase with leaf handles and applied white
Paris porcelain spill vase with leaf handles and applied white flowers. Unmarked, c.1870 Height: 18.5cm Wear to gold, small chips to applied decoration…
Remued Australian Pottery basket C 1930
Remued Australian pottery basket with twisted handles glazed in streaked blue/ green glaze, inscribed 408/6 Circa 1930 12cm high Good condition…
A Sample from our Furniture
Walnut armchair with pierced splat and scrolling arms, C. 1720
Italian 18th century walnut open arm chair, with pierced splat, shaped rail, and scrolling arms, the upholstered seat supported by…
French Empire mahogany fauteuil, green & pink striped upholstery, c.1850
French Empire mahogany fauteuil, with elegant scrolled arms and sabre legs, finished with green & pink striped upholstery. Circa 1850 Height: 92cm,…
Large French Fauteuil, Louis XIV C.1700
Large French fauteuil, with sweeping arms ending in scroll, supported on bobbin turned feet and ‘H’ shaped stretcher, upholstered in a…
English Oak ‘close’ stool with Aubusson face top, c.1680
Rare English Oak ‘Close’ stool, with turned legs & stretchers supporting a box-like upper, the lid sporting a 17th century…
A Sample from our Art
Basil “Biggie” Albert, Broome, pair of engraved West Australian Aboriginal
Rare pair of finely engraved pearl shells, signed ‘B. Albert’, one dated ’80’ One with well drawn kangaroos in various life-like poses…
Georgian woolwork scenic picture, “Amwell”, original frame c.1820
‘Amwell’, embroidered scene of the village of Amwell, Hertfordshire, showing the ‘New River’ and buildings behind, a road & bridge to…
Dieter Prussner ‘The Fountain, Como House’ signed & dated
Dieter Prussner , ‘The Fountain, Como House’ large gauche on grey card, signed & dated 1986 80 x 63cm Framed Label to reverse, indicating 1986…
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite – Blackberry Fairy- original watercolour, circa 1933
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888-1960) The Blackberry Fairy Original watercolour, pen & pencil on paper, signed lower left ‘I.R.O.’ Circa 1933 presently unframed 15×22.5cm Condition: some browning…
China trade painting of a riverside landscape with fisherman,
China trade oil painting of a riverside landscape with fisherman in the foreground, a group of buildings and a boat…
