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
Meissen plate with ‘New Spanish’ moulded rim, flowers, c.1760
Meissen dinner plate of ‘New Spanish’ with scroll moulded rim, feathering to the edge, brightly painted with flowers within the…
Early Spode porcelain milk jug, Chinese Export pattern, c. 1800
Early Spode porcelain milk jug, painted with a ‘Chinese Export’ style pattern with scattered blooms framed by pink scale panels…
Davenport etruscan shape jug, Rosehead pattern, C. 1815
Davenport milk of ‘Etruscan’ shape, painted with a rosehead within gilt ‘seaweed’ repeated six times around the concave sides, the…
Derby saucer, ornate gilt leaf border C.1795
Derby saucer with ornate border incorporating large gilt leaf design bordered by puce feathers, reserved on green bead an iron…
A Sample from our Furniture
Oak William & Mary chest, C. 1690
Oak William & Mary chest of drawers, with bobble moulded divisions and panel drawer fronts. Circa 1690 105 cm w…
Gessoed oval wood frame, C. 1920
Gessoed oval wood frame with simulated veneered wood finish. Circa 1920 57cm high 39cm wide Good usable condition…
George III mahogany and elm Chippendale commode chair, c.1780
George III mahogany and elm Chippendale commode chair, with typical pierced splat back & extra-deep seat containing comode beneath lift-up…
English Chinoiserie black lacquered corner cabinet, 17th/ early 18th century
English Chinoiserie black lacquered corner cabinet, decorated in multicolour lacquerwork with an oriental scene, including figures, a rice paddy, and…
A Sample from our Art
Chinese painting on mulberry paper, Children on Hobby-Horses, 19th c.
Chinese watercolour painting of Children playing on hobby-horses. Qing Dynasty, 19th century or earlier Unframed, the edges distressed. Can be cropped with a…
Victorian round glass hanging with reverse-painted + printed cherub, c.
Large Victorian hanging plaque, the thin round glass panel with reverse-printed & hand painted depiction of one of Raphael’s chreubs…
Brenton Raberaba, Hermannsburg artist, Desert Landscape watercolour, 1960’s
Brenton Raberaba (1951-74) desert landscape, watercolour on board circa 1960’s Language Group: Western Arrernte (Aranda) 37.5×27.5cm Board with trademark to back ‘NT KENT MEDIUM’ & address…
Large Georgian woolwork, Abraham & the Ram in the thicket,
Large Georgian woolwork, on a silk panel, depicting the story of Abraham & the Ram in the thicket, with Isaac…
Norman Ratara, Desert landscape with Ghostgums, Hermannsburg School watercolour
Norman Ratara (1935-1999) Desert landscape with ghost-gums Hermannsburg School watercolour circa 1960’s-70’s Provenance: from an old local collection of indigenous art & artefacts, collected…
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – Citron, ‘Citrus Medica’
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – ‘Citrus Medica’, ancestor of all citrus plants… From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th century 19 x 16…