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-Derby heart shaped dish, leafy swags & urn, c. 1775
Chelsea-Derby heart shaped dish, superbly decorated with green leaf swags pendant from gilt flowerheads, the center with a monochrome classical…
Dragon adorned Australian Pottery jug, Hellfire Pottery QLD, 20th century
Hellfire dragon jug, the plain jug with attached scales greenish dragon forming the handle with its tail. Australia map stamp, 20th century. 9cm…
Pearlware coffee pot, moulded spout & blue pagoda scenes, c.
Interesting Pearlware coffee pot, of baluster form with a pagoda pattern in blue & white, the knop shaped as an…
Liverpool porcelain plate, James Pennington of Brownlow Hill, underglaze
Early Liverpool porcelain plate, by James Pennington of Brownlow Hill, boldly painted in underglaze blue with an Oriental ‘Fenced Garden’…
A Sample from our Furniture
Georgian Flame Mahogany chest of drawers, c.1790
Georgian chest in well-figured flame mahogany, of three large drawers with stringing to top and edge of drawers, with elegant…
Georgian corner washstand, C. 1790
Georgian mahogany corner washstand of quarter circle form, with three false drawers outlined with inlay. Circa 1790…
William IV Mahogany carver chair, sabre legs & scroll arms,
William IV mahogany carver, with carved petal-lobed front legs & rear sabre legs, the arms with scroll ends. Circa 1835 Height: 77cm Width:…
Large French tabletop box, Vienna-style printed & painted plaques, c.
Large French Mahogany & Ebony box, the top & sides mounted with Belle Époque style metal plaques, printed & painted…
Victorian Mahogany bow-front hall table or desk, 2 drawers, c.1860
Victorian Mahogany bow-front hall table or desk, on shapely turned legs with two drawers. Circa…
A Sample from our Art
Fukutaro Terauchi, Large Watercolour of Mount Fuji, 1930’s
Japanese watercolour of Mount Fuji, viewed across a water body, a pine tree in the foreground. Signed lower left ‘Terauchi’ Circa 1930’s 51x34cm Fukutaro…
18th Century watercolour, roses & lilles
Watercolour on paper of roses and lilies tied with a blue ribbon Late 18th Century 28.5cm X 22.5cm W signs of age, foxing…
The Sphinx & Pyramids, Egypt, Watercolour by H. Brahm, c.
H. Brahm, watercolour: The Sphinx & Pyramids, Egypt, Circa 1915 visible 25x35cm Some minor flaws including fading & staining, original mount & frame showing…
Georgian framed silhouette, academic young man, c 1820
Georgian painted silhouette of an academic young man, with details added in gold lines, in original frame with gilt metal…
Sidney Nolan, ‘Paradise Garden’ Panel, signed & dated 1967
Sidney Nolan (1917-92) ‘Paradise Garden’ Panel Oil on board panel signed & dated along a branch, ‘Nolan / 1967 49x44cm framed This work is by one…
Norma Bull – Corio Bay & the You Yangs, oil
Norma Bull (1906-1980) View over Corio Bay towards the You-Yangs, Oil on Tin Circa 1950’s frame 38x48cm, work 30x40cm Good condition, in period frame with…