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
Derby trio, rich Regency gilding on Mazarin blue ground, c.
Derby trio with rich Regency gilding on a Mazarin blue ground. Red crown and batons mark, circa 1830 14cm diam. Saucer Condition: Wear to…
Bowers part teaset, C. 1850
Bowers part tea set, Â the bodies moulded with acanthus leaves, printed & painted with flowers within a pale blue rim…
Enamel `Sherry` decanter label, 19th century
Enamel label titled `SHERRY`, with flower sprigs & a green ‘leaf’ border, on a short silver chain. …
English creamware teabowl & saucer, Rose pattern,
English creamware teabowl & saucer, boldly painted with flower groups in iron red, green, yellow & black. …
A Sample from our Furniture
English Regency black lacquer papier mache tray with superb flowers,
English black lacquer papier mache tray, well painted with large groups of flowers, including passion flower with drops of water,…
Set of 4 Early Victorian Mahogany dining chairs, c. 1855
Set of well-build English Mahogany dining chairs, with robust double-arched back design, the front legs turned. Unupholstered , circa 1855 89cm high Good condition…
Arts & Crafts hardwood 3-shelf bookcase, C.1900
Arts & Crafts hardwood 3-shelf bookcase, simply pegged together at sides in the Arts & Crafts manner, with incised grooves…
Pair of Victorian gilt wood corner brackets, c. 1880
Pair of Victorian gilt wood corner brackets, the hinged sections carved with foliage & supporting two oval shelves. Circa 1880…
Georgian corner washstand, C. 1790
Georgian mahogany corner washstand of quarter circle form, with three false drawers outlined with inlay. Circa 1790…
A Sample from our Art
Chinese Export watercolour, basket of flowers, 18th/early 19th century
Superb quality Chinese Export watercolour, the finely detailed image with openwork woven basket containing flowers, including cherry blossom, camellia, and…
Small oil painting Australian bush scene, circa 1900
Small oil painting, Australian bush scene, unsigned Circa 1900 work 19.5cm x 25cm Condition: Signs of age, displays well , original frame, some marks…
After Landseer, hunting dogs original gouache, 19th century
Nice quality Victorian gouache painting on Windsor & Newton board, after Landseer, depicting two hunting dogs in a landscape, tracking…
Chinese Export watercolour painting of musical instrument, Guzheng, early 19th
Large Chinese Export gauche painting, depicting a ‘Guzheng’, a half-tube Zither / Harp, with pale soundboard and dark carved sides, a…
Georgian framed silhouette, academic young man, c 1820
Georgian painted silhouette of an academic young man, with details added in gold lines, in original frame with gilt metal…
Fine watercolour of garden flowers, round frame, earlier 20th century
Finely painted watercolour flower study, with a bunch of garden flowers including fuchsia, bluebells, lily-of-the-valley, and buttercups. Unsigned, earlier 20th century In the…