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
Furstenberg vase with fine figure painting, C. 1780
Fine quality Furstenberg footed vase, well painted with a courting couple in a garden to the front, the reverse with…
Caughley tea canister & cover, gilt petal pattern, c.1780
Caughley tea canister & cover, the ribbed cylindrical body decorated with a gilt petal pattern, the lid with a flower…
German Saltglaze Jugenstil jug, horses & birds, C. 1925
Splendid saltglaze jug of conical form, decorated with incised & blue/brown glazed panels of stylized animals and flowers in the…
Pair of Japanese Imari plates, flower vases, Circa 1700
Magnificent pair of Japanese Imari plates, richly painted in underglaze blue, iron red & gold with central rondel depicting vases…
Schney (German) porcelain basket-form salt, Onion Pattern, c. 1870
6cm high 8cm wide DON’t POST UNTIL REFs are RE-DONE The vilage of Schney in Bavaria is famous for it’s basket-work; small surprise…
A Sample from our Furniture
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…
Italian Baroque walnut chair, unusual small size, 17th century
Italian Baroque walnut chair of unusual small size, with carved back and front rail in the baroque style, the uprights…
Chinese Elm ‘horseshoe’ armchair, 19th century
Chinese Elm horseshoe chair, with carved splat and rounded supports. Qing Dynasty, 19th century D: 63cm W: 62cm 96cm high Pleasant honey -toned patination…
Country elm ladderback chair, rush seat, C. 1790
Elm ladderback chair, with turned stretcher and rush seat, on a turned pad foot. Circa 1790 94cm high…
Chinese elm altar table, 19th century
Chinese elm carved altar table with carved fretwork legs. 19th century…
A Sample from our Art
Warwick A. Andrews, ‘HMS Calliope’, oil on board 1971
Warwick A. Andrews (1930-2021) “HMS Calliope”, oil on board Signed & dated 1971 Good condition with slight signs of age Warwick Anthony Andrews was…
Etching of St Pauls, Melbourne, G. Wesley 20th C.
Etching of St Paul’s, central Melbourne from the vantage point of the botanical gardens , titled ‘St Paul’s’ , signed…
Italian Portrait on ivory, praying girl, signed Veber c.1930
Portrait on ivory, showing a middle-ages woman at prayer, dressed in blue with pearl enhancements to her dress and hair,…
Hand Coloured Bird Print ‘Rock Thrush’, by Rev. Morris 1868
Coloured engraving of a ‘Rock Thrush’ From “A History of British Birds”, by The Rev. F. O. Morris B.A., published by…
Australian watercolour cows, gumtrees by W.H. Page Hammond, circa 1935
W.H. Page Hammond (1889-1967) Cows amongst gums, with distant hills Signed lower left ‘W.H. Page Hammond- circa 1935 38 x 28 cm Not recorded in…
Georgian reverse-painted glass portrait – Shelley – dated 1821
Georgian reverse-painted glass portrait – titled ‘Shelley’ – dated 1821 frame 15x17cm…