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
Dutch Delft tile, rare ‘Merman’, later 17th century
Dutch Delft tile, painted underglaze with a ‘Merman’ holding a palm branch, a scroll motif to each corner. Later 17th century 13…
Victorian ‘cat’ bisque basket, softly coloured, c. 1885
Delightful Victorian bisque vase modelled as a woven basket with a kitten at one side, softly painted in tabby colours…
Staffordshire Pottery group – The Tythe Pig, circa 1800
Large Staffordshire pearlware spill vase group, known as the The Tythe Pig, showing the Parson, the Farmer with a pig,…
Large Worcester fluted oval serving dish with thick green sawtooth
Large Dr Wall Worcester serving dish, of oval fluted form, decorated to the rim in thick green enamels with a…
A Sample from our Furniture
French Louis XVI style desk with inset Sevres-style plaques, c.
Magnificent French desk, bonheur du jour, the whole ebonized with ormolu mounts & inset ‘Sèvres’-style plaques, including two of notable…
Set of 4 Regency mahogany dining chairs, c.1820
Set of 4 Regency mahogany dining chairs with padded backs and seats, rope carved rail & on sabre legs. Circa 1820 81cm…
Georgian mahogany tea caddy, dome top, c. 1795
Georgian Mahogany tea caddy, the domed top with central loop handle opening to reveal twin compartments with tight fitting lids,…
Georgian Oak washstand bedside table, c. 1800
Georgian Oak washstand bedside table, with hole for basin to top, drawer & shelf midway, and a shaped stretcher shelf…
George III elm chair, circa 1790
Elegant George III elm chair, the back with wheatsheaf splat and drop in seat. Circa 1790 98cm high…
A Sample from our Art
Hand Coloured Bird Print ‘Rock Thrush’, by Rev. Morris 1868
Coloured engraving of a ‘Rock Thrush’ From “A History of British Birds”, by The Rev. F. O. Morris B.A., published by…
Etching, “An Old cottage, Cornwall” by Harold B. HERBERT C.1930
Framed etching titled “An Old cottage, Cornwall” signed Harold B. Herbert Inscribed in pencil 30/50 Circa 1930 Frame 35 X 53cm visible 15 x…
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…
Fine quality portrait miniature of a man, in lacquer frame,
Fine quality portrait miniature, painted in black & subtle colouring on card, depicting a man facing left dressed in a…
John McCall – View of Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe, Scotland,
John McCall Kilchurn Castle ruins, Loch Awe, in Autumn Signed & dated lower right, JNO. McCALL / 1919 visible 49x26cm; mounted on a larger piece…