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
Bow flowery boy, with basket of flowers, c. 1765
Bow figure of a boy, modelled standing with flowers in his hair, a flowery sash across his chest, a basket…
Pearlware bowl with chinoiserie decoration, C. 1770
Pearlware large punch bowl, painted in blue outside with a stylized version of a Chinese Island landscape including a large…
Staffordshire group of a boy + girl, c.1850
Small Staffordshire group featuring a boy and a girl standing by a flowing spring, the girl holding a basket of…
Small Staffordshire Pottery Willow Pattern tureen base, shell handles, c.
Small Staffordshire Pottery tureen base, with short foot & twin shell handles ,printed in blue with a ‘Willow’ type pattern. Circa…
Victorian square sugar box, Sampson Bridgwood & Son, 1882
Victorian porcelain sugar bowl and lid of square form with elaborate ‘ring’ handles, printed & painted with ivy leaves. Registered 21…
A Sample from our Furniture
Victorian Walnut Jacobean style barley twist chair with green velvet,
Victorian walnut bedroom chair on the Jacobean style, with barley twist supports flanking a tall padded back, on cabriole legs…
Turned elm pricket candle stick, 19th century
Elm pricket candle stick, with thin tapering column and large circular turned base. 19th/early 20th century 38cm high Upper sconce with old split,…
Set of 6 Windsor-style wheelback chairs, 19th-20th century
Set of 6 matched Wheelback Windsor chairs, in Elm & Ash woods, with good usable finish. 19th & 20th century 89cm high,…
Petite Australian Cedar pedestal desk with leather top, circa 1870
Small Australian cedar pedestal desk with four drawers to either side and three across the top, the top with green…
Georgian Oak open corner cabinet, c.1770
Georgian oak corner cabinet with three shaped open shelves. Circa 1770…
George III mahogany bedside cabinet / washstand, C. 1795
George III mahogany wash stand / bedside table, with solid top, shaped skirt & reeded legs, lower shelf with drawer. Circa…
A Sample from our Art
Chinese Export watercolour painting of musical instrument, Drum, early 19th
Large Chinese Export gauche painting, depicting a ‘Biangu’ drum, with pale skin surface and reddish centre circle, the edges close-nailed, a…
Ken Ellis watercolour, ‘Farmhouse on the hill’, signed
Ken Ellis watercolour, ‘Farmhouse on the hill’, signed 20th century…
Robert Tantau, watercolour- ‘Towards the Bay’, Geelong City view down
Robert Tantau, Original Watercolour, local view titled to the back: ‘Towards the Bay’ looking down Geringhap Street to the Old Post Office…
Large Chinese painting, Children Musicians, 19th/20th century
Chinese watercolour on linen of a group of child – musicians, one directing from a chair, brightly painted on a…
Frederick Strange – ‘View of Launceston’, Important Colonial Masterpiece c.
Frederick Strange (c.1807-1873) ‘View of Launceston’ , watercolour Depicting the city as viewed from near present-day Sandy Hill, a heavily-laden flour cart…
Chinese Export watercolour painting of musical instruments, Banhu + Sanxian,
Large Chinese Export gauche painting, depicting a ‘Banhu’ two-string Fiddle with elegant S-shape bow resting across it, a ‘Sanxian’ three-string Lute,…