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
Newhall bone china teabowl & saucer with oriental riverscene, C.
Newhall bone china teabowl & saucer, painted onglaze with iron red & blue Chinese river scenes, the saucer with a…
Machin porcelain tea bowl & saucer, pat. 19, circa 1810
Early Machin teabowl & saucer, painted with a version of pattern no. 19, with wide band of colourful stylised flowers. Workmans…
Coalport serving dish, hand painted flowers pat. 2/563, c. 1835
Coalport serving dish, hand painted with flowers within a wide yellow band with gilt flowers & green scroll panels. Pattern no….
Meissen pierced dish, elaborate scroll & gilt, c.1870
Meissen pierced dish, constructed as a series of interlocking elaborate scrolls, with thick goldwork. Blue crossed swords, c.1870 33x25cm, 8cm high Some small…
Derby plate, superb flowers in the Billingsley manner, c. 1825
Derby porcelain plate, well painted with central bouquet of flowers, with four individual blooms to the rim including tulip and…
A Sample from our Furniture
Arts & Crafts Oak open Bookcase, c.1895
Interesting English Oak Arts & Crafts bookcase, the simple design with three segments fixed by pegs to the sides, the…
Victorian fine quality Mahogany Hall Chair, circa 1840
Fine early victorian sold mahogany hall chair, the back with central shield supported within horse shoe shaped back, the crest…
‘Plum Pudding’ Mahogany Pembroke table, c.1810
Fine quality Hepplewhite Pembroke table, the top in a solid ‘plum-pudding’ mahogany with stunning figuring, with lobed edges to the…
French beech footstool with empire style curved legs, c.1870
French beech footstool with empire style curved legs, resting on small turned feet, covered with hessian and fitted under-supports for…
French Empire-style chair, superb classical carving, circa 1830
Fine French Empire-style chair, with elegant back carved with anthemion, the rail with central rosette supported by two lyre-shapes, on…
Georgian Mahogany Chippendale chair, carved back, c. 1785
Georgian Mahogany Chippendale chair, with pierced splat lightly carved, the drop-in seat with a tapestry cover. Circa 1785 Height: 95cm Depth: 38cm Width: 48cm repairs…
A Sample from our Art
Stair Wood Cartoon original – “What is your favourite bus
Original Stair Wood cartoon, titled “What is your favourite bus route, conductor?” pencil sketch of a well dressed lady sitting on a…
Sidney Nolan, ‘Paradise Garden’ Panel, signed & dated 1967
Sidney Nolan (1917-92) ‘Paradise Garden’ Panel Oil on board panel signed & dated along a branch, ‘Nolan / 1967 49x44cm framed This work is by one…
Robert Tantau (1931-2020), large watercolour, Chicory Kiln, French Island, 1984
Large Original Watercolour, titled to the back: Chicory Kiln, French Island by Robert Tantau Signed & Dated 1994 Framed-94x77cm, Work-74x52cm Robert Tantau was a local…
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…