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
Easter Hours
– closed Good Friday, open Sat 10am -1pm
Closed Monday
Open as usual Tuesday
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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Remarkable set of 7 Chinese Ivory child musicians, late Qing Dynasty, c.1900$6,600.00 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
Silver plated wine bottle holder 20th C
$95.00 AUD
Silver plated wine bottle holder 20th C
$140.00 AUD
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, 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,…
Fresh Stock – from Children’s Chairs to Moser Glass
Welcome to the latest Fresh Stock release on moorabool.com . This is a terrifically diverse one, bringing together a series…
Asian Arts – Chinese & South-East Asian Ceramics
Welcome to our Asian Special. We’re actually in Asia for this one! Paul & Glenys, your proprietors at Moorabool Antiques,…
Nod if you like Antiques….. a collection of ‘Nodders’ +
Today’s Fresh Stock is a bit of a laugh….. These classic bits of Victorian are the ultimate ….. ‘kitsch’! A…
Featured Items & Essays
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….
A Phar Lap Australian Silver Charm
A remarkable momento of the epic 1930 Melbourne Cup win by Phar Lap, commemorating J.E. Pike’s win, this rare Australian Sterling Silver medallion is Fresh to Moorabool’s stock – just in time…
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
Chinese Export tea bowl and saucer with underglaze blue ribbon
Chinese Export tea bowl and saucer with underglaze blue ribbon and peony decoration, c.1780 Saucer: 13cm Bowl: 6cm star crack to saucer, hairline…
Newhall plate, moulded birds rim with coloured bat print of
Newhall plate, the rim with finely moulded frieze of birds & fruit!ing vine reserved on a pale blue ground, the…
Staffordshire porcelain comical seated figure, c. 1850
Staffordshire porcelain figure of a comical seated man with portly body and large head, sitting on a low red stool…
Paris Porcelain ice cup, flower swags, C. 1800
Paris porcelain ice cup, on a low foot and with a squared handle, painted & gilded with swags of flowers…
Machin trio, gilt berry garland pattern no. 188, c.1810
Machin porcelain trio, decorated in a gilt berry garland with gold line to the rim. Pattern no. “188”, Circa 1810 Saucer 13.5cm W Restored…
Spode bowl, Flowers in gilt patterns – pattern 447- circa
Spode small bowl, painted with three flower panels including a tulip, within gilt borders, alternating with gold stars. pattern 447 in…
A Sample from our Furniture
Victorian oval mirror, gilt frame, C.1870
Victorian oval mirror with original glass, the frame painted gold with 4 moulded flower sections spaced by darkened panels. Circa 1870 57cm…
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…
Louis XV provincial elm chaise a la Reine with cannage
Louis XV provincial elm chaise ‘à la reine’ with shaped back detailed with rococo scroll carving , the legs and…
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 &…
Early Victorian nursing chair, bobbin turned back, c.1840
Early Victorian nursing chair with high bobbin turned spindle back and green velvet upholstery, c.1840 107cm high, W: 58cm D: 50cm excellent condition…
French ebonised etargere with intricate marquetry top, ormolu galleries, circa
French ebonised etargere with intricate marquetry and pierced ormolu galleries to the shelves, the leg tops with pinecone finials. Circa 1870 85cm…
A Sample from our Art
Silhouette full-length portrait of a black child, c. 1810
Unusual small portrait of a black African child, painted in profile standing, with a red-handled whip in their hand. Circa 1800 frame 13×10.5cm small…
New Zealand interest: a Budd sisters sketchbook leaf, View down
A Budd sketchbook watercolour, showing mountains edging a lake, titled to the reverse ‘View down Lake Wakutipu from Kinlochk NZ’. By…
Raffaele Moretti – The Card Game – watercolour, Rome, c.
Raffaele Moretti – The Card Game Large watercolour, depicting the interior of a large stone-paved hall, hosting a card game…
Albert Hanson, Cows in a Farmyard, signed & dated 1902
Albert Hanson (1866-1914) Cows in a Farmyard, Australia signed & dated 1902 43x29cm Minor signs of age, displays very well – unframed This watercolour is…
Continental Plaque painted with a Gypsy girl with rose, 19th
Continental porcelain plaque, finely hand painted with a Gypsy girl with a rose, set in an ornate metal frame stamped…
Bertha Rhodes, ‘Haymaking’ , watercolour signed & dated 1908
‘Haymaking’ Bertha Rhodes, active 1905-1912 watercolour with white highlighting, signed & dated 1908 work 25x18cm, frame 37x30cm some slight browning evident in sky, minor discoloration…