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
Closed Thursday 25th April – Anzac day
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
English porcelain plate, ornate Empire borders & scattered blooms, c.
English porcelain plate, well decorated with ornate Empire style borders of blue vases containing pink roses, set in elaborate blue…
Dr Wall Worcester Saucer Dish, ‘Marriage’ pattern, hidden cupid’s bow
Dr Wall saucer dish of fluted ‘French’ shape, elegantly painted with the ‘Marriage’ pattern, with three main flower sprays, each…
Blerzy & Sauvage Paris Porcelain coffee can, gilt Chinoiserie, c.1805
Paris Porcelain coffee can, by Blerzy & Sauvage, superbly decorated with gilt chinoiserie figures either siide of a vase of…
Chinese underglaze blue Ginger Jar with white Prunus blossoms, 20th
Chinese porcelain ginger jar, handprinted with a branch of flowering white prunus blossom reserved on dappled blue ground. Indistinct character mark…
Christian’s Liverpool cup & saucer, ‘3 Ladies’ pattern, c. 1770
Christian’s Liverpool cup & saucer, printed in blue with a version of the ‘3 Ladies’ pattern, The figures sit in…
A Sample from our Furniture
Edwardian round wooden frame, Cupid photograpic print, c. 1910
Edwardian turned wood circular frame with applied gesso flower sprays, inset with Edwardian photo of a child with bow and…
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…
French Ebonized and amboyna venner work table with musical
French work table, with ebonies turned legs and ‘H’ supporting a simple box with patterned ormolu edging, the top with…
Early Oak Bible box with intricate carvings to front, c.
English Oak bible box with arcaded fleur-de-lis carved front panel, with early lockplate & latch. Mid 17th century 68cmx35cm, 21cm high…
George III oak lowboy, three drawers, C. 1785
George III oak lowboy with three drawers above a shaped apron, on chamfered legs, the brasses old replacements. …
A Sample from our Art
New Zealand interest: a Budd sisters sketchbook leaf, View down
A Budd sketchbook watercolour, showing mountains edging a lake, titled to the reverse ‘View down Lake Wakutipu from Kinlochk NZ’. By…
Japanese landscape painting scroll, pagodas in the hills, 19th century
Japanese landscape painting scroll, the tall format with pagodas amongst rocky hills, an inscription to one side and a lengthy…
After Landseer, hunting dogs original gouache, 19th century
Nice quality Victorian gouache painting on Windsor & Newton board, after Landseer, depicting two hunting dogs in a landscape, tracking…
Basil “Biggie” Albert, Broome, pair of engraved West Australian Aboriginal
Rare pair of finely engraved pearl shells, signed ‘B. Albert’, one dated ’80’ One with well drawn kangaroos in various life-like poses…
Dutch oil on tin, lute player, early 19th century
Dutch oil on tin, Lute player in an archway. Unsigned, early 19th century 20.5x17cm Good condition….
Helen Wood, watercolour, ‘Pewter Mug’, mid 20th century
Helen Wood, watercolour, titled in pencil to the mount ‘Pewter Mug’ signed lower right, mid-20th century…