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
Paris Porcelain cosmetics box, flowers in claret ribbon, c. 1860
Paris Porcelain cosmetics box, painted with a flower group within a claret & gilt ribbon border. Unmarked, c. 1860 8cm wide, 4cm…
Coalport ‘Hamilton Flute’ sucrier & a teapot stand, gilt leaf
Coalport sucrier & a teapot stand, with moulded ‘Hamilton Flute’, decorated in gold with a band of laurel leaf &…
Deakin & Son ‘Spanish Beauties’ printed plate, Rare documentary ‘Royal’
Interesting Staffordshire Pottery plate, printed underglaze with the ‘Spanish Beauties’ pattern, with a lute-player serenading a seated lady & her…
A Sample from our Furniture
Late Victorian Walnut display Cabinet, Melbourne-made for Buckleys & Nunn
Superb Melbourne-made American Walnut display cabinet, with ornate curved broken pediment carved with facing dragon-heads amongst foliage, the display compartment…
Set of 6 Victorian mahogany chairs, scroll carving, c. 1875
Set of 6 Victorian mahogany chairs, with turned front legs and elegant spade backs with corner scroll carving. Circa 1875 89cm high Some…
French trumeau mirror & oil painting, C. 1805
French trumeau mirror & oil painting, depicting a lady & gent in a garden by a memorial, the mirror original,…
French slate mantel clock, by Freres, Paris, c. 1860
French slate clock, by Freres & Co, with scroll-engraved ormolu face and Roman numeral hours, on a shaped plinth base. Mark…
Victorian country elm armchair, circa 1860
Victorian country elm armchair, with high curved slat back, on turned feet. Circa 1860…
A Sample from our Art
Pair of Chinese Export ‘pith paintings’, Mandarin couple , 3rd
Pair of Chinese export pith paintings of a standing lady in long blue robe with pink underskirt, her lotus shoes…
Anne Sutherland, ‘Point Roadnight’ watercolour, mid 20th century
Anne Sutherland, ‘Point Roadnight’ watercolour, depicting a beached dinghy signed lower right & inscribed on the back mid 20th century minor foxing work 35x26cm, frame 53x46cm…
Fukutaro Terauchi, Large Watercolour of Mount Fuji, 1930’s
Large Japanese watercolour of Mount Fuji, viewed across a wooded landscape with pine tree in the foreground. Signed lower right ‘Terauchi’ Circa…
Japanese scroll painting of a man fishing, 19th century
Japanese monochrome painting scroll depicting a fisherman seated amongst rocks, a large fish by his side. Inscription to the outside, black…
New Zealand interest: View of Bluff, a Budd sisters sketchbook
A Budd sketchbook watercolour, showing a settlement and ships at anchor, titled ‘The Bluff from Finns Castle NZ’, depicting a…
The Mill’, Hahndorf, South Australia by Shari Kruger, mid 20th
Shari Kruger, watercolour ‘The Mill at Hahndorf, South Australia’ mid 20th…