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
Pair of Staffordshire pottery spaniels, c. 1870
Pair of Staffordshire pottery spaniels, seated facing with red spotted coats. Probably Dudson, circa 1870….
Brannam of Barnstaple deco vase, c. 1925
Brannam of Barnstaple deco vase, the tall form with upper swelling, glazed in a pleasant mottled blue. …
Pair of Japanese Imari vases, octagonal gourd shape with moulded
Pair of Japanese Imari vases,of octagonal double-gourd shape with elegant tall neck, moulded with chrysanthemum flowerheads, richly decorated in underglaze…
Meissen cup & saucer with deutschblumen C. 1750
Meissen cup & saucer, well painted with ‘deutschblumen’ flower sprays and specimens, within a gold line rim. Blue crossed swords mark, Circa…
A Sample from our Furniture
Onyx & Champleve desk set, circa 1870
Onyx & Champleve desk set, with shield shape base on three ormolu feet, a small inkwell to the back and…
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…
English elm spindle back armchair, rush seat, circa 1800
English elm spindle back armchair,with rush seat covered by a more recent cushion. Circa 1800 59x43cm , 110cm high…
Mahogany vitrine coffee table, beveled glass, 20th century
Useful Mahogany low Vitrine / Coffetable, with beveled glass sides and top, one side sliding out for access to display…
Pair of Victorian carved wood wall brackets
Pair of Victorian carved wood wall brackets, the back and bracket carved with foliage & supporting a half circle shelf….
A Sample from our Art
Watercolour – Cley Mill, Norfolk, by Tony Cowlishaw 1992
Tony Cowlishaw, Watercolour of Cley Mill, Norfolk Signed ‘Tony Cowlishaw’, dated on back 1992 frame 51x 40.5cm, work 33x22cm Good condition, pleasant scene in clean…
Silhouette of a child, signed Oabley , c.1900
Painted black Silhouette of a young girl, with gilt & white details of hair & dress, set in an ebonized…
E. Goodwin Lewis Biblical Lands scene – merchants leaving
Edward Goodwin Lewis (1827-1891) View in the Holy Land, a walled city with Mosque & Church behind, merchants & their camels…
Victorian amethyst-glass Hyacinth Vase , late 19th century
Late Victorian hand blown amethyst-glass Hyacinth Vase, with slightly ribbed body & deep lip to hold bulb. Faint makers mark (circular…
Australian watercolour cows, gumtrees by W.H. Page Hammond, circa 1935
W.H. Page Hammond (1889-1967) Cows amongst gums, with distant hills Signed lower left ‘W.H. Page Hammond- circa 1935 38 x 28 cm Not recorded in…