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
Worcester famille verte pickle shell , rare pattern, c. 1754-5
Worcester pickle dish of scallop shell form, colourfully decorated in the famille vert palette with a rock & flower pattern. Circa…
Dutch Delft tile, church – circa 1700, framed
Dutch Delft tile, painted in blue with a landscape containing a church, within a circle with flowerhead corners. Circa 1700. frame 17x17cm…
Swansea porcelain plate with flower specimens, C. 1820
Swansea porcelainplate, in superbly translucent ‘glassy’ paste, well painted with flower specimens including strawberries and daffodils, the rim with fine…
Derby plate with flowers, scroll border, c. 1825
Derby plate, unusually spiral lobed in the manner of Chelsea with alternating panels of mazarine blue and flowerheads, the blue…
Davenport Etruscan shape cup & saucer, rose pattern, c.1815
Davenport cup & saucer, the elegant ‘Etruscan’ shape hand painted with a rose head & gilt leaf pattern, a border…
Shipwreck porcelain box, early 18th century
Chinese porcelain covered box of compressed globular form, decorated in underglaze blue with stylised foliage within a lotus petal border. From…
A Sample from our Furniture
Louis XV style fauteuil, early 20th century
Louis XV style fauteuil, small size, well made with carved flowers to legs & back, upholstered in a soft blue…
Chinese hardwood ice bucket on stand, early 20th century
Chinese hardwood ice bucket, with tapered square sides bound with brass bands, a large handle to either side, a removable…
Victorian mahogany fireside box, brass bound, circa 1875
Victorian mahogany fireside box, the angular form with brass loop handle & shapely hinges. Circa 1875 45x29cm, 36cm high…
Pair of Mahogany work tables, drawers, cupboard & slide, c.
Near pair of mahogany work tables, usable as bedside tables, with twin drawers one side, a fold down door the…
A Sample from our Art
Miniature of Lady Erskine, early 20th century
Portrait miniature, depicting ‘Lady Erskine’, hand painted onto an oval panel and set into a panelled & wreath-engraved ivory frame. earlier…
Oil painting ‘Summer day- Malmsbury’, Maxwell Wilks, 1987
Maxwell Wilks ‘Summer Day, Malmsbury’ Signed & dated 1987 Good condition, titled to the reverse 64x49cm work 44×39.5cm…
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…
Pair of small Chinese pith paintings, flower seller & fireworks,
Two small Chinese pith paintings, one with a flower seller & wares in conversation with a customer, the other with…
Pencil Sketch of an English Cottage, signed L.C Teasdel 1881
Pencil Sketch of an English Cottage, with interesting Gothic door & window. Signed & dated ‘L.C Teasdel / Jan 31st 1881’ Framed 40x34cm Work…