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
Delft plate with Chinoiserie, C. 1765
Dutch Delft plate, delightfully painted with a large Chinoiserie scene of a man with a large umbrella, seated in a…
Samuel Alcock vase, green ground with scenic panel, c.1835
Samuel Alcock vase, the tall form with flared lip & ribbed body, decorated in apple green ground reserved with a…
Derby plate, superb flowers in the Billingsley manner, c. 1825
Derby porcelain plate, well painted with central bouquet of flowers, with four individual blooms to the rim including primrose and…
Chinese dish with underglaze blue rock garden, c.1745
Chinese export dish with underglaze blue rock garden of large peony and bamboo. Circa 1745 D: 12.5cm small rim chips and hairline crack…
Chamberlains Worcester plate, Fancy Birds in monotone landscapes, c. 1830
Chamberlains Worcester plate, with gadroon & shell moulded rim, decorated in an unusual palette with ‘fancy birds’ in monotone landscape,…
Paris Porcelain spill vase, flowers, c. 1870
Paris Porcelain spill vase of small size, the flared sides painted with colourful flowers. Unmarked, c. 1870 8.5cm high minor wear only…
A Sample from our Furniture
French pedestal with shelf, ormolu, c. 1900
French pedestal stand with shelf between four fluted legs, with ormolu pierced rim to the white marble top, various other…
Set of four American chairs, by Smith Ely, NYC, circa
Set of four American birdseye Maple chairs, with shapely ‘klismos’ backs and cane seats. Two marked to…
French Louis XVI style desk with inset Sevres-style plaques, c.
Magnificent French desk, bonheur du jour, the whole ebonized with ormolu mounts & inset ‘Sèvres’-style plaques, including two of notable…
Dropside Oak table C.1800
Dropside Oak table, the top with finely figured honey toned oak, with dummy drawers either end with Georgian brass lions…
Early Victorian nursing chair, bobbin turned back, c.1840
Early Victorian nursing chair with high bobbin turned spindle back and green velvet upholstery, c.1840 107cm high, W: 58cm D: 50cm excellent condition…
A Sample from our Art
Pair of Chinese Export ‘pith paintings’, Mandarin couple , 3rd
Pair of Chinese export pith paintings of a standing lady in long blue robe with pink underskirt, her lotus shoes…
New Zealand interest: a Budd sisters sketchbook leaf, Wakatipu, Queenstown,
A Budd sketchbook watercolour, depicting a boat on a lake, mountains behind, inscribed ‘View from Sitting room window, Wakatipu, 82’…
Portrait miniature of Lady Parkes, wife of Sir Henry Parkes,
Rare portrait miniature of Lady Eleanor Parkes, ne-Dixon, as a young girl, a painted miniature by John Botterill over a…
Ernest D Stocks (1840-1921) Colonial topographical watercolour – Sydney Harbour
Ernest D Stocks (1840-1921) watercolour: View of Sydney Harbour, from Quarantine Head looking east towards Middle Head, signed & dated lower right, ‘Ernest…