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 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
Large Chinese earthenware Boy & Buffalo censor, Qing Dynasty 19th
Fantastic large-scale Chinese earthenware censor of ‘Boy & Buffalo’ form, with an immense water buffalo on a low hollow-form plinth…
“Rose Medallion” Cantonese/Chinese porcelain plate, flowers & butterflies, c.1860
Cantonese ‘Rose Medallion” Chinese porcelain plate, painted with colourful flowers & butterflies on a celadon ground. …
Tournai figure group ‘Bacchus’ with cherubs, circa 1770
Large French porcelain group, depicting Bacchus and his revelling band, each with grapevines in their hair and a drink in…
Derby figure of a lady Gardener, fine quality, c. 1775
Fine quality Derby figure of a lady ‘Gardener’s Companion’, dressed in a yellow hat with flowers collected in her plain…
Chinese underglaze blue and white dish with Chengua mark, Kanxi
Very fine Chinese porcelain dish of petite proportions, well painted with a scene of Lady & Child, within a trellis…
A Sample from our Furniture
Georgian Mahogany padfoot dropside table, circa 1760
Georgian mahogany dropleaf table with rounded corners, on pad foot, with French Polish finish. Circa 1760 Condition: some marks to top, very…
Late Victorian milking stool, painted finish, c. 1890
Late Victorian milking stool, the legs painted in lack and gold, upholstered in worn rep plush velvet with fringed gimp. Circa…
French Empire-style chair, superb classical carving, circa 1830
Fine French Empire-style chair, with elegant back carved with anthemion, the rail with central rosette supported by two lyre-shapes, on…
Victorian turquoise beaded footstool with flowers, c.1860
Victorian footstool with intricately hand embroidered and beaded flowers on a burgundy ground, surrounded by bright turquoise beads and floral…
Continental small trumeau mirror with print above, c.1800
Small trumeau mirror with a handcoloured print of children above a well aged mirror, within a walnut veneer frame. …
Colonial exotic timbers workbox with pincushion, mid 19th C
Colonial exotic woods workbox, the large centre pin cushion in lid surrounded by irregular diamond shaped veneer in various light…
A Sample from our Art
Victorian amethyst-glass Hyacinth Vase , late 19th century
Late Victorian hand blown amethyst-glass Hyacinth Vase, with slightly ribbed body & deep lip to hold bulb. Faint makers mark (circular…
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…
Chinese painting on linen, Dignitary holding Court, 19th c.
Interesting Chinese painting on linen, depicting a seated dignitary holding court, with two men and two ladies approaching from either…
Mark Phillips, Still Life: ‘Autumn Flowers + Apples’, oil on
Mark Phillips (1951- ) ‘Autumn Flowers + Apples’ 1975 oil on board, signed lower right frame 50x61cm Good Condition Born in South Africa, Mark Phillips…
Portrait on ivory, Lamballea la rose, turned wood frame c.1900
Round portrait miniature on ivory, finely painted depicting a lady holding a rose, in the 18th century manner, titled to…