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
Chinese leadglaze brush washer, shoe-shape, c. 1920
Chinese brush-washer, moulded with oabels of characters & dragons in blue & ochre glaze, on green ground, shaped like a…
Daniel cup+saucer, green border central flowers, c.1825
Daniel cup & saucer with green border & central handpainted flower groups. Unrecorded pattern, 1824-27 15cm saucer…
Spode coffee can, gilt leaf design (pat. 609) c. 1810
Spode coffee can with ‘kicked’ loop handle, richly gilt with an all over leaf pattern, (pattern 609), bordered by diamond…
Small hexagonal dish with blue & white scrollwork, Kanxi, early
Small Chinese porcelain hexagonal dish, painted underglaze with a basket weave pattern, the rim with scrollwork. Kanxi, early 18th century 10cm minute chips…
A Sample from our Furniture
English oak oval dropside table, golden honey-toned, c.1800
English oak dropside table, of oval form with elegant tapering pad feet, the surface a lovely honey tone. Circa 1800 oval top:…
Arts & Crafts oak shelves, peg joining, c.1900
Arts & Crafts oak shelves with peg joining, c.1900…
Early English oak joined arm chair, Charles II, c. 1680
A Charles II oak panel back open armchair, the rectangular double back-panel carved with scrolling foliage, headed by a double-…
French cherrywood buffet, shaped panels, early 18th century
French cherrywood buffet, with elegant cartouche-shaped panel doors and shaped frieze below with central scallop shell carving, the corner timbers…
Arts & Crafts oak hanging shelf, C. 1900
Arts & Crafts oak hanging shelf, with 3 shelves and top brace simply carved, the whole pegged together at the…
Pair Cast Hall Seats, cedar seats, Melbourne made? c.1875.
Pair of Victorian Cast Iron Hall Seats with cedar seats, said to be Melbourne made. Circa 1875…
A Sample from our Art
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…
Copeland plaque with amateur painting- lady with birdcage- c.1860
Copeland pottery plaque, painted with a scene of a lady and parasol in a vine encrusted arbor, a rustic timber…
Warwick A. Andrews, ‘Diligente, Slaver outrunning the Patrol’, 1971
Warwick A. Andrews (1930-2021) ‘Diligente, Slaver outrunning the Patrol 1838’ Oil on board, signed & dated 1971 inscribed to the back “Commenced 16th…
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…
Maxwell Wilks, “Spring Morning- Yarra Glen” 1984
Maxwell Wilks (1944- ) ‘Spring Morning, Yarra Glen’ Size75cm x 65cm (Frame), 58.5cm x 49cm (Artwork) Signed bottom lower left corner, titled on the…