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. -
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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
Small Ming Dynasty blue & white dish, ‘banana tree’ painted,
Small Ming Dynasty blue & white dish, painted underglaze with a ‘banana tree’ pattern within double ring border. …
Large Wedgwood creamware charger, ruins in a landscape print, c.
Large Wedgwood serving dish, printed with large central scene of figures in a classical landscape, with large flower specimens to…
Nyonya – Peranakan – Straits Chinese porcelain plate, 19th century
Straits Chinese porcelain dish, painted with a phoenix perched by a peony rose on a turquoise ground, the lobed rim…
Pearlware Child’s plate depicting ‘Jesus going down to Egypt’ c.1845
Pottery Child’s plate, printed with a biblical scene , ‘History of our saviour / Jesus going down into Egypt’, with…
A Sample from our Furniture
Set of four American chairs, by Smith Ely, NYC, circa
Set of four American birdseye Maple chairs, with shapely ‘klismos’ backs and cane seats. Two marked to…
Ornate Victorian oval giltwood mirror with candle brackets, c. 1870
Ornate Victorian oval mirror, the gilt frame with elaborate cresting and lower decoration incorporating three candle holder brackets. Original glass, Circa 1870 Height:…
Australian fire screen, three oil paintings of Blue Mountains, c.
Australian Hardwood fire screen, the tri-fold frame with plywood panels inset with three landscape oil paintings of the Blue Mountains,…
Victorian fine quality Mahogany Hall Chair, circa 1840
Fine early victorian sold mahogany hall chair, the back with central shield supported within horse shoe shaped back, the crest…
Set of 6 Victorian mahogany chairs, scroll carving, c. 1875
Set of 6 Victorian mahogany chairs, with turned front legs and elegant spade backs with corner scroll carving. Circa 1875 89cm high Some…
Small mahogany bedside table in the Georgian style, late 19th
Small mahogany bedside table in the Georgian style, with three drawers, the sides with small flap extensions, on read feet…
A Sample from our Art
Victorian penwork on silk – punch cartoon “The Main Question”
Victorian lace-edged silk placemat, used as a canvas by a talented artist to sketch out a cartoon of a boy…
Victorian penwork on silk, “a terrible hinderance” c. 1890
Victorian lace-edged silk placemat with blue ribbon, used as a canvas by a talented artist to sketch out a cartoon…
W.H. Weatherhead (1843-1903), ‘Preparing the Evening Meal’, oil on canvas
William Harris Weatherhead ‘Preparing the Evening Meal’ depicting a lady seated in a stone cottage, with a large kitchen hearth to her…
Handpainted heraldic crest, “DUM SPIRO SPERO” – ‘while I breathe,
Interesting watercolour of a family crest, with banner: “DUM SPIRO SPERO” – while I breathe, I hope 20th century 21.5 x 16cm Framed 28…
Pencil Sketch of an English Cottage, signed L.C Teasdel 1881
Pencil Sketch of an English Cottage, with interesting Gothic door & window. Signed & dated  ‘L.C Teasdel / Jan 31st 1881’ Framed 40x34cm Work…
