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
Les Boisettes plate with scatteref flowers, C. 1780
French plate by Les Boisettes enamelled with scattered flower groups within a gilt dentil border. Mark…
Saint-Cloud cup and saucer with blue kakiemon decoration, restorations to
Saint-Cloud trembleus cup and saucer, the ribbed form decorated in enamels with a kakiemon style ‘banded hedge’ pattern. Unmarked, circa 1725-30 13cm…
Caughley heart shaped dessert dish, ‘Dresden Flowers’ C. 1785
Caughley dessert service dish of heart form, painted in underglaze blue with scattered ‘Dresden Flowers’, the leaves and details picked…
Rare Chaffers Liverpool octagonal cup & saucer, ‘Jumping Boy’ pattern,
Rare Chaffers Liverpool octagonal cup & saucer, painted in underglaze blue with the ‘Jumping Boy’ pattern within flowerhead & lattice…
Chinese export cup & saucer, European shape, c. 1770
Chinese export cup & saucer, of European shape, finely decorated with scrolling foliage & fruit in autumn tones. Circa 1770 14cm w flaws,…
A Sample from our Furniture
Set of 4 Regency mahogany chairs, fine carved backs, c.
Set of 4 Regency mahogany chairs, with finely carved central splat to backs, the front legs elegantly reeded. Circa 1820 (&later) Height:…
Walnut armchair with pierced splat and scrolling arms, C. 1720
Italian 18th century walnut open arm chair, with pierced splat, shaped rail, and scrolling arms, the upholstered seat supported by…
French ebonised pier cabinet with floral inlay and ormolu mounts,
French ebonised pier cabinet with floral inlay and ormolu mounts, circa 1885 Height: 110cm Width: 79cm Depth: 33.5cm Old borer, small repairs to ebonised…
Early Georgian dark mahogany dropside table, c.1730
Early Georgian dark mahogany dropside table, the rectangular top on elegant tapered pad feet. Circa 1730 H: 65cm Top: 120x116cm small restorations to timber,…
English Regency black lacquer papier mache tray with superb flowers,
English black lacquer papier mache tray, well painted with large groups of flowers, including passion flower with drops of water,…
Handsome Mahogany George III chest of drawers with original knobs,
Handsome Mahogany George III chest of drawers, three large drawers and two half length drawers at the top, resting on…
A Sample from our Art
Arnold Jarvis (1881-1951) – Watercolour – Southern Victoria coast, circa
Arnold Jarvis Sourthern Victorian Coastal scene, Watercolour – a beach and headland with large limestone boulders, with distant headland and waves on rock…
William W. Short senior (1833-1917) -Oil painting, Figures on a
William Short senior (1833-1917) Figures on a bush track Oil on card, Signed & dated lower left, ‘Wm Short / 1895’ William Wackenbarth Short was…
Victorian penwork on silk – the Magnificent Tie – c.
Victorian lace-edged silk placemat with blue ribbon, used as a canvas by a talented artist to sketch out a cartoon…
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite – Blackberry Fairy- original watercolour, circa 1933
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888-1960) The Blackberry Fairy Original watercolour, pen & pencil on paper, signed lower left ‘I.R.O.’ Circa 1933 presently unframed 15×22.5cm Condition: some browning…
Western Australia engraved boab-tree nut, snake & fish, latter 20th
Western Australia Aboriginal engraved boab-tree nut, the whole decorated with geometric panels, some containing snakes & fish. Latter 20th century…