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
Easter Hours
– closed Good Friday, open Sat 10am -1pm
Closed Monday
Open as usual Tuesday
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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Ancient Greek brown glazed vessel, South Italy, circa 5th-4th century BC$595.00 AUD
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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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Remarkable set of 7 Chinese Ivory child musicians, late Qing Dynasty, c.1900$6,600.00 AUD
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Egyptian Royal Shabti Figure for Queen Henttawy, 19th Dynasty$22,000.00 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.
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,…
Fresh Stock – from Children’s Chairs to Moser Glass
Welcome to the latest Fresh Stock release on moorabool.com . This is a terrifically diverse one, bringing together a series…
Asian Arts – Chinese & South-East Asian Ceramics
Welcome to our Asian Special. We’re actually in Asia for this one! Paul & Glenys, your proprietors at Moorabool Antiques,…
Nod if you like Antiques….. a collection of ‘Nodders’ +
Today’s Fresh Stock is a bit of a laugh….. These classic bits of Victorian are the ultimate ….. ‘kitsch’! A…
Fresh stock – it’s almost Valentines Day!
Welcome to our latest Fresh Stock Release. This coming week brings Valentines Day, and we start things with a fantastic…
Fresh Finds for February……
Welcome to our first February stock release, full of interesting items. There’s some furniture, including the superb miniature chest of…
Featured Items & Essays
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….
A Phar Lap Australian Silver Charm
A remarkable momento of the epic 1930 Melbourne Cup win by Phar Lap, commemorating J.E. Pike’s win, this rare Australian Sterling Silver medallion is Fresh to Moorabool’s stock – just in time…
C. Dudley Wood’s portrait of RAAF officer Peter N.
This splendid wartime watercolour portrait depicts a very distinct character. By his stripes he’s an NCO Sargent, and reading his brevet – the badge with ‘AG’ and a wing on his shirt…
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 export Imari style plate, peony & bird, c.1750
Chinese export Imari style plate, painted to the centre with flowering prunus branch and peony rose, a small bird perched…
Measham ‘Bargeware’ large teapot, MRS H BRADLEY, WORCESTER 1886
Large Measham ‘Bargeware’ teapot, of tall form with beaded lip and tall domed lid, in a brown ‘Rockingham-type’ glaze, decorated…
Dutch Delft tile, Fox, tent and ships, later 17th
Dutch Delft tile, decorated underglaze with a distant island with a tent & prowling fox, several ships sailing by, the…
Chinese Swatow style porcelain bowl, 18-19th C
Chinese Swatow-style porcelain bowl, decorated with characters and scattered blooms in onglaze red, green, blue & black. Qing Dynasty, 18-19th century 20 cm…
A Sample from our Furniture
Set of 4 Early Victorian Mahogany dining chairs, c. 1855
Set of well-build English Mahogany dining chairs, with robust double-arched back design, the front legs turned. Unupholstered , circa 1855 89cm high Good condition…
English oak gateleg table, carved edge, 18th century & later
English oak gateleg table with floral carved edge and apron & drawer. Table 18th century, 19th c. Victorian carved edge Open 109x94cm 72cm high…
Regency mahogany extension table, bellflower carving, c.1820
Regency mahogany dining table, with extending mechanism, complete with one large & two half-size leaves that sit inside a central…
William IV mahogany small side table, c. 1835
William IV mahogany work table, of unusual light construction with twin drawers on long turned feet, dummy-drawers and stringing to…
William IV Mahogany chest-of-drawers, c. 1830
Handsome William IV Mahogany chest of drawers, with four drawers having their original turned wood knobs, the upper drawer with…
A Sample from our Art
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – ‘Cinchona Succirubra’
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – ‘Cinchona Succirubra’ From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th century 25 x 22cm …
New Zealand interest: a Budd sisters sketchbook leaf, Watermill, Queenstown,
A Budd sketchbook watercolour, depicting a large watermill by a set of rapids, titled ‘Lake Wakatipu at M… Falls 82’ By…
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – vanilla vine & pods
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – vanilla vine with vanilla pods. From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th century 24.5x 20cm…
Dorca Charles Sewell, ‘Inverneill’, watercolour c.1970
Dorca Charles Sewell (1907-79) ‘The Inverneill’, depicted under sail with a tug and barge nearby, a large black & white buoy…
Affleck, William: Watering the Garden, Watercolour c. 1870
Affleck, William. “Watering the Garden”. Watercolour, c. 1870…