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
German Westrwald stoneware 2 Litre jug 19th C
Large Westerwald German stoneware 2 litre jug incised with stylised flower highlighted in blue. Unmarked 19th Century 29cm…
Moore Bros centrepiece with cherubs & flowering Cactus, C.1880
Moore Brothers centrepiece with 3 cherubs supporting a deep leaf -form bowl, surrounded by life-like flowering Cactus enamelled in green…
Japanese Satsuma ‘bucket’ vase, warriors, circa 1890
Japanese Satsuma ‘bucket’ vase, the tall form with rich raised gold & enamels brocade ground pattern reserving two panels of…
Wedgwood drabware ‘Foxglove’ serving dish, circa 1820
Wedgwood drabware dish moulded with foxglove leaves and flowers on basket-weave ground.Impressed mark : WEDGWOOD, 2 and two impressed X…
Staffordshire Pottery child’s mug – Pandean Pipes
Staffordshire Pottery child’s mug, printed in green with figures by a castle, a group of children listening to a man…
A Sample from our Furniture
Georgian Mahogany large bowfront chest-of-drawers, c. 1820
Large late Georgian Mahogany bowfront chest-of-drawers, with elegant round drop handles moulded with urns, the top with fine inlaid stringing…
Victorian ebonised chair with ormolu mounted Wedgwood plaques, c.1880
Victorian ebonised chair with ormolu mounted Wedgwood plaques, with cane seat. Circa 1880 H: 87cm W: 40cm D: 38cm Old repair to back leg, wear…
Oak coffer with arcaded front, c. 1700
English Oak Coffer with plank top, the front with carved arcaded flowerhead frieze above four panels with lozenges. Circa 1700 131x59cm, 63cm…
Pair of Mahogany work tables, drawers, cupboard & slide, c.
Near pair of mahogany work tables, usable as bedside tables, with twin drawers one side, a fold down door the…
Baltic Pine display cabinet, Northern European late 19th century
Interesting Northern European Baltic Pine display cabinet, with two large glazed doors above cupboard, the doors, corners, and plinths with…
A Sample from our Art
New Zealand interest: a Budd sisters sketchbook leaf, Kinloch, Lake
A Budd sketchbook watercolour, showing distant mountains at the head of Lake Wakatipu, titled to the back ‘Lake Wakatipu NZ…
Fukutaro Terauchi, Large Watercolour of coast & Mount Fuji,
Japanese watercolour of Mount Fuji, viewed across a coastal landscape, with ships sailing in the foreground. Signed lower left ‘Terauchi’ Circa 1930’s 51x34cm Fukutaro…
Dennis Adams oil on canvas, ‘Decks Awash’, mid-20th century
Dennis Adams (1941-2001) ‘Decks Awash’, oil on canvas laid onto board, a dramatic scene of the rolling deck of a ship with…
Pair of Chinese painted marble panels, Qing Dynasty
Pair of Chinese paintings on marble panels, the rectangular forms with rounded tops, Qing Dynasty 9.5 x 6.5cm Original good condtion…
Chinese Export watercolour painting of musical instrument, Yunlou, early 19th
Large Chinese Export gauche painting, depicting a 10-gong ‘Yunlou’ cloud-gong, set in a wooden framework on stand with s-scroll brackets, the…