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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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
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French Empire bronze boat-form inkwell, serpent handles, c. 1800$3,650.00 AUD
Freshest Stock
Silver plated wine bottle holder 20th C
$95.00 AUD
Silver plated wine bottle holder 20th C
$140.00 AUD
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, 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,…
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…
Featured Items & Essays
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….
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…
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
John Mier & Son pottery jug, classical figures C. 1870
English pottery jug by John Mier & Son, decorated with printed and painted classical figures on a black ground. Impressed mark, 18cm…
Small pottery ‘Gaudy Welsh’ jug, circa 1840
White earthenware small jug, brightly decorated with underglaze blue & copper lustre, iron red & green stylised flowers. Red ‘X’ to…
Chinese porcelain bowl, flower sprays, Ming Dynasty 16th-17th century
Provincial Chinese porcelain bowl, of elegant flared lip form with narrow base and low foot ring, painted in underglaze blue…
Minton plate with flowers & gilt, green ground, pattern #6536,
Fine quality Minton plate, well painted with central flower group with wide green ground with fine gilt flowers & scrollwork. Pattern…
Chinese Export famille vert plate, flower basket, c. 1720
Chinese Export plate, with deep recessed base decorated in underglaze blue & famille vert enamels, depicting a flower arrangement in…
A Sample from our Furniture
Thonet bentwood and seat armchair, c. 1905
Thonet (Vienna) ornate bentwood armchair, the back with turned sections and knobs to the ends, the seat caned. Circa 1905 ‘186’ stamped…
Victorian corner walnut four-tier whatnot circa 1875
Victorian corner burr walnut whatnot, the 4 triangular shelves supported on Bailey twist columns and fret work back. Circa 1875 Condition -…
Red pine bureau on later legs, C. 1850
Early Victorian bureau, with lift up writing slope revealing pigeon hole interior, on 4 high later legs, the whole finished…
Georgian Oak side table with single drawer C.1800
Georgian oak side table of simple form with single drawer and slightly tapered legs Circa 1800 78x43cm 73cm high Condition : fine honey-toned patination…
Four early Victorian Mahogany chairs, spade back, c. 1860
Four early Victorian Mahogany chairs, with turned front legs and simple spade backs, upholstered in green velvet. Circa 1860 97cm high Some repairs to…
A Sample from our Art
Watercolour of a Renaissance Maiolica oval dish, c. 1920
Interesting watercolour of a Renaissance Italian Maiolica charger, Urbino 16th century style, depicting a central goddess surrounded by grotesques. Circa 1920 54x39cm (unframed) An…
New Zealand interest: a Budd sisters sketchbook leaf, Cosmos Peaks,
A Budd sketchbook watercolour, showing rugged mountains through trees, titled to the back ‘Cosmos Peaks from Tramway, Kinlock’ . By Elizabeth…
Robert Tantau (1931-2020), large watercolour, Chicory Kiln, French Island, 1984
Large Original Watercolour, titled to the back: Chicory Kiln, French Island by Robert Tantau Signed & Dated 1994 Framed-94x77cm, Work-74x52cm Robert Tantau was a local…
Pair of Baxter Prints, ‘News from Australia’ , ‘News from
Pair of Baxter Prints, ‘News from Australia’ and ‘News from Home’ , the English scene with cottage fireside scene, where a…
Original Watercolour of a Amazon Macaw Parrot, inscribed to back
Well painted watercolour of a large Amazonian Macaw Parrot, seated on a branch against blue sky. Inscribed to back ‘To Permee…