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
Miniature perfume bottle, scene, gilt metal stopper, c. 1870
Superb miniature English porcelain perfume bottle, the hexagonal form with superb landscape with figure to one side, the other with…
Chinese blanc de chine wine cup, C. 1750
Chinese wine cup of stem foot form, the circular bowls sprigged with prunus branches that originate at the base of…
Rare large Bow figure of a shepherd with bagpipes, after
Large Rare Bow figure of a Shepherd, copied from a Meissen figure of same subject by Kaendler, modelled as a…
Spode ironstone tureen, pat. 2054, artichoke knop, c. 1820
Spode ‘Stone China’ ironstone pottery tureen, printed & painted with an oriental flower pattern, the gilt knop modelled as an…
Ridgway plate, claret border with central flowers. c. 1835
Ridgway plate decorated with central hand painted flowers within a rich claret ground Circa 1835 23cm W slight wear to decoration…
Pool pottery dish, colourful handpainted CS pattern, c. 1970
Pool pottery dish with colourful handpainted CS pattern, comprising of a chicken, carnations and other flowers Printed mark Circa 1970 30cm W Good condition…
A Sample from our Furniture
George III Oak chair with wheatsheaf splat and pale silk
George III elm chair, the back with wheatsheaf splat and drop in seat. Circa 1790 85cm high, W:46cm D: 51cm recently re-upholstered drop-in seat…
Australian cedar single bed, Tasmanian c. 1845
Early Australian bed, the high scroll-shaped end boards and turned posts in cedar, with solid eucalyptus slats and rails. Circa 1845 108cm…
Large English Oak dresser, 18th century
Large English Oak dresser, 18th century Height: 2.18m Width: 1.45m Depth: 56cm…
English rosewood music canterbury, c. 1830
English William IV rosewood & mahogany music canterbury, the elegant compartment dividers modelled on a series of O and X…
Pair of large column-form pedestals, Australian, c. 1880
Magnificent pair of Australian-made classical pedestals, in cowrie pine, the riffled column with spreading octagonal base and top, framed with…
A Sample from our Art
Miniature painting – ‘Drunken Silenus supported by Satyrs’ after Van
‘Drunken Silenus supported by Satyrs’, after Van Dyck’s 1620 painting now in the National Gallery, London. Miniature on ivory, finely painted…
Chinese Export watercolour painting of musical instrument, Drum, early 19th
Large Chinese Export gauche painting, depicting a ‘Biangu’ drum, with pale skin surface and reddish centre circle, the edges close-nailed, a…
Persian manuscript page from ‘Kitab-i hasha’ish’ – the Materia Medica
Persian manuscript page from a ‘Kitab-i hasha’ish’ – the ‘Materia Medica’ of Dioscurides, 1st century AD physician of Greek origin,…
Framed porcelain plaque with portrait of lady, 19th century
Framed 25.5x20cm Plaque 8×6.5cm…
Clifford Dudley Wood – portrait of P.N. Munro, RAAF Officer,
Clifford Dudley-Wood (1905-80) Portrait of RAAF officer Peter Napier Munro, Watercolour & Guache on toned paper Circa 1945 Signed lower left WO P.N.Munro of Orange,…