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
Chelsea silver shape dish, painted with flower groups, Red Anchor
Chelsea silver shape dish, painted with flower groups within a brown line rim. Red Anchor mark, Circa 1755…
Chamberlains cup & saucer, fawn & gold pattern, C. 1815
Chamberlains Worcester cup & saucer with pattern no 611 described in factory records as “fawn & gold all over”. Circa…
Flight Barr & Barr cup and saucer in rich Imari,
Flight Barr & Barr cup and saucer, superbly decorated in a rich Imari pattern including a blue rock & bird,…
Large Chalkware staffordshire style spaniel with gold chain and collar,
Large Chalkware ‘Staffordshire’ style spaniel with gold chain and collar, c.1880 20cm wide, 28cm high Condition: wear to paintwork, small chips along base,…
Doulton Lambeth stoneware jug, Emily Partington, c. 1882
Doulton Lambeth stoneware jug, decorated with bands of sprigged patterns in blue & brown glaze. …
Wedgwood black basalt teapot, engine turned with widow knop, c.
Black basalt teapot, the globular form engine turned along with the long angular spout, the lid with ‘widow’ knop. Impressed ‘WEDGWOOD’,…
A Sample from our Furniture
French fauteuil with faded red velvet upholstery and fringe, C.
Large French fauteuil, with sweeping arms ending in scroll, supported on bobbin turned feet and ‘H’ shaped stretcher, upholstered in…
Georgian Mahogany 3-tier round dumb waiter, c. 1760
Georgian Mahogany dumb waiter, with three tiers of graduating round rotating stands on turned column, on tripod cabriole legs. Circa 1760 104cm…
English oak dropside table with turned legs and single drawer,
English oak dropside table with turned legs and single drawer, the top with some fine figuring. Circa 1830 top: 86 x 88cm Height:…
5 Arts & Crafts Elm rush-seated chairs, late 19th century
Set of five Arts & Crafts Elm rush-seated chairs, with ebonised finish. Late 19th century 84cm high, 48x43cm some repairs, very usable…
A Sample from our Art
The Mill’, Hahndorf, South Australia by Shari Kruger, mid 20th
Shari Kruger, watercolour ‘The Mill at Hahndorf, South Australia’ mid 20th…
Robert Proctor, NZ – View on Auckland Harbor (?) Oil
Robert Proctor (1879-1935) Oil on Canvas, Auckland Harbour, a view of sailing ships at dock, with barges loading. Signed lower right, circa 1900 Born…
Barratt, Walter, Watercolour – Bush Landscape – signed & dated
Watercolour of an Australian Bush Landscape. – signed & dated Walter Barratt,1928 38×26.5cm good condition, ready to hang, the frame is maple….
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…