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
Spode coffee can, gilt leaf design (pat. 609) c. 1810
Spode coffee can with ‘kicked’ loop handle, richly gilt with an all over leaf pattern, (pattern 609), bordered by diamond…
Royal Copenhagen comport, flowers & insects, c. 1785
Rare Royal Copenhagen tall round comport, well painted in the ‘Saxon Flowers’ pattern with groups of colourful flowers in the…
Sawankhalok (Thailand) stoneware jar, brown glaze, 15th century
Sawankhalok (Thailand) stoneware jar, the tall form with short neck & twin handles, covered in thick brown glaze. 15th century Condition: Very…
Spode coffee can, bat-print ‘Red Plants & Insects’ (pat. 1019)
Spode coffee can, bat-printed in red with scattered insects & seashells, pattern 1019 ‘Red Plants & Insects’, within gilt lines. Circa…
Chinese Export famille vert plate, flower basket, c. 1720
Chinese Export plate, with deep recessed base decorated in underglaze blue & famille vert enamels, depicting a flower arrangement in…
A Sample from our Furniture
Early Georgian dark mahogany dropside table, c.1730
Early Georgian dark mahogany dropside table, the rectangular top on elegant tapered pad feet. Circa 1730 H: 65cm Top: 120x116cm small restorations to timber,…
Victorian scrap screen, over 2,000 images, c.1890
Victorian scrap screen, the three-fold canvas completely covered both sides with colour printed scraps, with subjects ranging from humorous portraits…
Georgian Hepplewhite Mahogany sideboard, c.1780
George III Hepplewhite Mahogany sideboard, with central bow-fronted drawer supported on scroll brackets, flanked by pairs of dummy drawers, one…
Early English Oak gateleg table, baluster supports with linenfold ends,
Unusual English Oak gateleg table, the oval top supported on two swinging legs with three baluster turned supports and solid…
Pair of Victorian carved wood corner brackets, c. 1880
Pair of Victorian carved wood wall brackets, the back and bracket carved with foliage & supporting a half circle shelf….
A Sample from our Art
Large Chinese painting ‘Ancestor Scroll’, family in house, 19th c.
Large Chinese ‘Ancestor Scroll’, showing a large family group of 12 men & women, gathered in a house interior complete…
Japanese scroll painting of a man fishing, 19th century
Japanese monochrome painting scroll depicting a fisherman seated amongst rocks, a large fish by his side. Inscription to the outside, black…
Victorian penwork on silk, cartoon of two boys + “beast
Victorian lace-edged silk placemat with blue ribbon, used as a canvas by a talented artist to sketch out a cartoon…
Vue d’Hobart-Town, 1833
Louis le Breton (1800-1866) ‘Vue D’Hobart-Town Prise De La Pointe Kangourou’ Colour Lithograph From Dumont D’Urville’s Voyage de la corvette “l’Astrolabe.” Atlas Historique,…
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…