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 –
CONTACT:
ph (03) 52292 970
email moorabool@gmail.com
Latest News:
Lots of Fresh Stock being prepared – see what’s coming in the ‘Preview’ pages:
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 saleChinese silver teaset, Dragons, by Tuck Chang, Shanghai, c. 1890$5,000.00 AUD
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Product on saleSmall Chinese ‘prunus’ ginger jar, 18th-19th c.$192.50 AUD
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Product on saleJohn Allcot oil on board, Clippership ‘BRILLIANT’, artists gift 1966$1,750.00 AUD
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Product on saleKenneth Jack, ink sketch – General Store, Post Office, Church, + Garage, Swan Reach, Victoria 1964$650.00 AUD
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Product on saleSpode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815$412.50 AUD
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Product on saleSpode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815$337.50 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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Frederick Strange – ‘View of Launceston’, Important Colonial Masterpiece c. 1858$36,000.00 AUD
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Product on saleChinese silver teaset, Dragons, by Tuck Chang, Shanghai, c. 1890$5,000.00 AUD
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Product on saleRemarkable set of 7 Chinese Ivory child musicians, late Qing Dynasty, c.1900$4,500.00 AUD
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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
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.
Minton rarities, Australian Pottery, American Ceramics – and more, Fresh
Welcome to an interesting Moorabool ‘Fresh Stock Release’. Featured are a small collection of early Victorian ‘Staffordshire Cottages’ -…
Fresh Stock – Australian Art, Indian Metalwares & Textiles, Studio
Welcome to our latest ‘Fresh Stock’ post. It’s a great variety – Asian, Indian, and Australian! We have a vast number…
Fresh Stock – English Watercolours, Sterling Boxes, Corkscrews – and
Welcome to the latest Fresh Stock release on Moorabool.com. This week, a wide variety of interesting items awaits….
Fresh Stock, inc. The Grand Tour, a Wedgwood ‘Egyptian’ jug,
Welcome to our latest ‘Fresh Stock’. This week, it’s a great variety, with some superb rarities in the ‘Grand Tour’…
A Rare Wedgwood ‘Egyptian’ jug, 1854
This rare piece of Wedgwood came to Moorabool recently, and is quite a remarkable piece. Rare Wedgwood ‘Egyptian Jug’, modelled in…
Tags – a Fresh way to browse our stock!
With over 10,000 items on moorabool.com, it’s always a struggle to find what you’re looking for. For some time now,…
Featured Items & Essays
Frederick Strange, View of Launceston from Sandhill c.1858
An important colonial work of art recently discovered by Moorabool is the work of the convict artist, Frederick Strange….
A Rare Wedgwood ‘Egyptian’ jug, 1854
This rare piece of Wedgwood came to Moorabool recently, and is quite a remarkable piece. Rare Wedgwood ‘Egyptian Jug’, modelled in black basalt after an Ancient Greek oinochoe, with a faithful painted ‘black-figure’ style…
Ellen Ross, artist, with Dickens & Australian High Court connections….
A fascinating piece of English porcelain has come to Moorabool, which if it wasn’t for the original 1876 exhibition label on the back, would just be an ‘interesting amateur-decorated decorative plate’. However,…
First Fresh Stock release for 2024
Welcome to our first Fresh Stock for 2024. We have a fine selection of interesting items for you to browse, including Sterling, Old Sheffield Plate, Australian Pottery, and a whole range of…
A rare fake ‘TP Dexter’ Sterling Jug: Silver Fraud!
These three jugs look very similar, and yet only one is genuine. Below is a Genuine engraved jug of 1798, a Victorian version of 1888, and another Victorian…. but with marks claiming…
Introducing…. artist A. E. Jobson 1868-1955
An interesting recent discovery by Moorabool was this small pastel scene of an Australian beach.Signed ‘A. E. Jobson’, it is an interesting chalk sketch, done on a coarse textured grey toned paper….
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
Hoi An Shipwreck blue & white jarlet, ‘chi chòe’ birds,
Blue and white jarlet, the neck painted with lotus petal collar, the body with lively ‘chi chòe’ birds and grasses. From…
Child’s mug – “PEG TOP” children’s games, c.1850
Child’s mug, printed in blue with a wide panel showing children playing with tops, titled to the rim ‘PEG-TOP’ Circa 1850. 7cm…
Staffordshire Figure of a girl with a bird, c. 1875
Staffordshire Figure of a girl with a bird, modelled standing with a gre-painted trap to one side, a bird held…
Brameld creamware octagonal soup plate with printed blue landscape, floral
Brameld creamware octagonal soup plate with printed blue river scene and floral border, c.1825 Impressed BRAMELD to base 25cm Condition: An original glazed-over…
‘Kitchen Ming’ bowl with printed insect design, 17th C.
‘Kitchen Ming’ bowl with underglaze blue printed insect design, Circa 17th C. D: 19.5cm minor signs of age…
English black basalt teapot, Neoclassical form, c. 1810
English black basalt teapot, of dignified Neoclassical form with moulded pillars and panels of small single swags, the knop a…
A Sample from our Furniture
Elm hanging Corner Cabinet, C. 1780
Elm corner cabinet with moulded cornice opening to reveal two shaped shelves. Circa 1780 small sympathetic repairs, old…
Mahogany dropside table with fine square legs and brass castors,
Faded mahogany dropside table with fine square legs and brass castors. Circa 1800 Height 70cm Top 91 x 102cm…
Papier-mâché tray, Henry Clay of Covent Garden, ‘Japanner to George
Large & Impressive papier-machê tray, by Henry Clay of Covent Garden, London, ‘Japanner in Ordinary’ to George III, printed &…
Victorian walnut Octagonal topped work table on tripod legs c.1875
Victorian walnut work table with tapered body and octagonal top, finished in quartered birdseye walnut veneer with fine coloured inlay…
A Sample from our Art
Warwick A. Andrews, ‘HMS Calliope’, oil on board 1971
Warwick A. Andrews (1930-2021) “HMS Calliope”, oil on board Signed & dated 1971 Good condition with slight signs of age Warwick Anthony Andrews was…
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – Pomelo ‘C. Grandis’
Original hand-painted botanical illustration depicting leaves & fruit, inscribed ‘C. Grandis’ – ie a Pomelo citrus. From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th…
‘A Lady’s Dressing Room in Calcutta’, Rare hand-coloured lithograph, dated
Rare hand-coloured lithograph, titled ‘A Lady’s Dressing Room in Calcutta’, depicting a white woman attended by a group of very…
Stained Glass panel, Frans van Vlodrop, Spinner Woman in the
Colourful & large stained glass panel, by Frans van Vlodrop, Belgium, depicting a woman spinning in a 17th century interior,…