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.
Fresh Stock – Torquay Art Pottery + more…
Welcome to another Moorabool ‘Fresh Stock’. This one features a collection of English ‘Art Pottery’ from the distinct Devon potters…
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…
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
Belleek figure, the Belgian Hawker, 2nd black mark, 1891-1926
Belleek figure of the Belgian Hawker, shown in clogs on a rocky base, with basket on his back. 2nd black…
Nyonya – Peranakan – Straits Chinese porcelain teapot, c.1900
Straits Chinese porcelain teapot, decorated with Phoenix in pink ground panels, reserved on turquoise with peony rose plants to either…
Ridgway saltglaze moulded jug, ‘Tam O’Shanter’ story, 1835
Ridgway salt glaze jug, moulded with a continuous scene illustrating Robert Burns’s tale of ‘Tam O’Shanter’, the handle moulded as…
Pratt-type pottery vase, moulded & enamelled with flowers, c. 1790
Pratt-type pottery vase, the ovoid form moulded with central medallions painted with flowers to either side, with bands of classical…
Pearlware chestnut basket, pagoda pattern, c.1805
Pearlware chestnut basket, the pierced sides with printed ‘pagoda’ pattern. Maker unknown, circa 1805 L: 25.5cm H: 9cm Condition: Two segments cracked, minor crazing, otherwise…
A Sample from our Furniture
Brussels world globe on cast iron stand, by Balieus +
Stylish equinoctial globe by H. Balieus, printed by L. Windels, Brussels, printed in colour to show countries, with extra graphics…
George III Mahogany sarcophagus shape wine cellar, c. 1820
George III Mahogany sarcophagus shape wine cellar, with panelled sides and bun feet, interior vacant. …
Large French bergere, with contemporary upholstery, c.1890
Large French bergere, with simple carved features, a generous down-filled cushion, upholstered in a pleasant modern fabric with brass studding. In…
Late Victorian milking stool, painted finish, c. 1890
Late Victorian milking stool, the legs painted in lack and gold, upholstered in worn rep plush velvet with fringed gimp. Circa…
A Sample from our Art
Fukutaro Terauchi, Large Watercolour of coast & Mount Fuji,
Japanese watercolour of Mount Fuji, viewed across a coastal landscape, with ships sailing in the foreground. Signed lower left ‘Terauchi’ Circa 1930’s 51x34cm Fukutaro…
Dorca Charles Sewell, ‘Port Natal, South Africa, 1879’ watercolour
Dorca Charles Sewell, ‘Port Natal, South Africa, 1879’ large watercolour depicting the colonial South African port of Natal, with several ships…
Japanese silk painting of 2 pheasants amongst flowers, 19th/ earlier
Japanese original gauche painting on silk, with two peasants sitting on a rocky outcrop from which grows a flowering tree,…
Portrait on ivory, Lamballea la rose, turned wood frame c.1900
Round portrait miniature on ivory, finely painted depicting a lady holding a rose, in the 18th century manner, titled to…
Chinese Export Pith Painting, butterfly & flowers, mid 19thc
Delightful Chinese Export ‘Pith’ painting, with lifelike butterfly and flowering branch. Mid 19th century 28cm Staining and tearsto work, minor watermark to mount ‘Pith’…