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 boy & butterfly pattern teabowl & saucer, c.1800
Newhall teabowl & saucer, printed & painted with a version of the Boy & Butterfly pattern, within a double red…
John Rose Coalport teapot with lush Imari bands, lions &
John Rose Coalport teapot, decorated to the shoulder with lush Imari bands, including garden panels housing lions & cranes, the…
19thC Continental porcelain figure of a Turk
White porcelain figure of a seated Turk, a pile of balls beside him forming a small vase. …
Wedgwood drabware sugar bowl & lid, c. 1820
Wedgwood drabware sugar bowl, with twin angular handles and flower knop, with gilt line rims and details. …
Nyonya – Peranakan – Straits Chinese porcelain finger bowl
Straits Chinese porcelain small bowl, painted with lotus flowers on a turquoise ground, the rim with a pink band. Red character…
A Sample from our Furniture
Early Victorian rosewood card table, flower carved, c.1840
Elegant English Rosewood card table, with four flower-carved legs supporting a central hexagonal column, the top sliding to reveal a…
Georgian Mahogany dining table, 3 parts to seat 8, C.
Georgian mahogany dining table to seat 8, consisting of two end tables with rounded corners and a central table with…
Large French Fauteuil, Louis XIV C.1700
Large French fauteuil, with sweeping arms ending in scroll, supported on bobbin turned feet and ‘H’ shaped stretcher, upholstered in a…
Australian Blackwood Arts & Crafts carved frame Frame, C.1910
Australian Blackwood Arts & Crafts frame, carved in relief with a hop vine, curving up from base around a rectangular…
Oak bible box , C. 1680
Oak bible box, with tulip carving to the front, original hinges & lock plate. Circa 1680 62x46cm, 27cm high…
William & Mary oak arm chair, late 17th century
William & Mary beech open armchair, with arched caned back within pierced leaf-scroll cresting, flanked by turned tapering uprights, the…
A Sample from our Art
Naive portrait of two young girls, maple frame, c. 1820
Delightful ‘naive’ watercolour portrait of two young girls, shown sitting beneath a large tree in a wooded landscape, a scattering…
Portrait miniature of a lady, reverse painted on dome, c.
Portrait miniature of a lady, reverse painted onto a domed glass in black, with finely incised details, the background in…
Framed watercolour, jug of pansy flowers dated 1842
Finely detailed watercolour on paper of a posy of pansies in an elaborate ceramic jug painted with roses. Ineligible signature, dated 1842 visible…
Dennis Adams oil on canvas, ‘Decks Awash’, mid-20th century
Dennis Adams (1941-2001) ‘Decks Awash’, oil on canvas laid onto board, a dramatic scene of the rolling deck of a ship with…