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
Pair of Bevington candlesticks with cherubs, c.1880.
Pair of  Bevington porcelain candlesticks , each with cherubs  and encrusted flower decoration Circa 1880 26.6cm h. pair Condition – small losses to…
Royal Worcester thimble, hand-painted blue daisies signed R. Waldrow
Royal Worcester bone china thimble, hand-painted with a spray of  blue daisies, signed R. Waldrow. Black printed Royal Worcester mark with…
Staffordshire porcelain figure, girl with beehive & flowerbasket, c.1840
Staffordshire figure of a girl in a hat, standing with a basket of flowers, a beehive in a tree trunk…
Derby Plate in the Sèvres manner, flower group, c.1810
Derby plate in the Sèvres manner, painted with superb groups of flowers set within the blue scrolls of the Feuille…
English porcelain Plate with flowers c.1840
English porcelain plate painted with flowers within a green, gold and gilt border. Circa 1840 Pattern no 2/924 24cm…
Large twin handled covered vase, applied flowers & hand painted
Large & flamboyant English Porcelain vase, the baluster form with high domed lid and double strap handles, painted to each…
A Sample from our Furniture
Gessoed oval wood  frame, C. 1920
Gessoed oval wood  frame with simulated veneered wood finish. Circa 1920 57cm high 39cm wide Good usable condition…
French slate mantel clock, by Freres, Paris, c. 1860
French slate clock, by Freres & Co, with scroll-engraved ormolu face and Roman numeral hours, on a shaped plinth base. Mark…
English elm spindle back armchair, rush seat, circa 1800
English elm spindle back armchair,with rush seat covered by a more recent cushion. Circa 1800 62x44cm , 112cm high…
French trumeau mirror & oil painting, C. 1805
French trumeau mirror & oil painting, depicting a lady & gent in a garden by a memorial, the mirror original,…
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…
Early Victorian nursing chair, bobbin turned back, c.1840
Early Victorian nursing chair with high bobbin turned spindle back and green velvet upholstery, c.1840 107cm high, W: 58cm D: 50cm excellent condition…
A Sample from our Art
Fine quality portrait miniature of a man, in lacquer frame,
Fine quality portrait miniature, painted in black & subtle colouring on card, depicting a man facing left dressed in a…
Oil on Canvas, Italian Vase of Flowers, Italian early 18th
Baroque Italian Oil on Canvas, Â ‘Vase of Flowers’, an elaborate gilt vase on pedestal foot, on a dark marble tabletop…
Miles Birket-Foster, ‘The Thatched Cottage’, Watercolour, later 19th century
Birket-Foster, Miles: ‘The Thatched Cottage’, country cottage garden, with a child feeding a cat, another just arriving, and a parent…
Sidney Nolan, ‘Paradise Garden’ Panel, signed & dated 1967
Sidney Nolan  (1917-92) ‘Paradise Garden’ Panel Oil on board panel signed & dated along a branch, ‘Nolan / 1967 49x44cm framed This work is by one…
Large Chinese Export painting, Scholar Deity, Qing Dynasty c.1840
Large Chinese gouache painting on mulberry paper, depicting a seated scholar deity with wild facial hair, seated on a rock…
Early Victorian Watercolour of flowers, circa 1840
Large early Victorian watercolour study of flowers, depicted life-size with roses, iris, dahlia, and more, nestled amongst leaves. Embossed paper mark ‘TURNBULL…