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
Small Meissen sweetmeat basket, birds & butterflies, c. 1755
Meissen miniature sweetmeat basket, well painted with birds on branches and scattered insects, the rustic twig handles with flower &…
Minton porcelain ‘Rose’ shape cup & saucer, 1875
Minton cup & saucer, of ‘rose’ form, the cup modelled as a full orange bloom and twig handle, the saucer…
Hoi An Shipwreck blue & white ‘grass’ box, Vietnam, late
Annamese (Vietnamese) small box, painted in underglaze blue with a sprouting plant. Hoi An shipwreck, Vietnam, later 15th Century. 3cm high 4.5cm wide Condition:…
Samuel Alcock vase, flower encrusted with landscapes, c.1845
Large Samuel Alcock vase, extensively encrusted with flowers picked out in naturalistic colours surrounding romantic landscape panels. Unmarked, c.1845 29.5cm minor losses, including…
A Sample from our Furniture
Pair of George III Hepplewhite Mahogany chairs, c. 1780
A pair of elegant George III Hepplewhite mahogany chairs with horse shoe shaped rib- moulded back supporting an elegant pierced…
English rosewood music canterbury, c. 1830
English William IV rosewood & mahogany music canterbury, the elegant compartment dividers modelled on a series of O and X…
Australian hardwood plant stand, barrel form top, c. 1910
Australian hardwood plant stand, with four long slightly curved legs divided with ‘X’ stretcher, supporting a barrel-form top with double…
Australian cedar box, inlaid panel, mid 19th C
Australian cedar box, the simple form with inlaid panel, possibly Banksia wood. mid-19th Century…
Australian Blackwood Arts & Crafts carved frame Frame, C.1910
Australian Blackwood Arts & Crafts frame, carved in relief with a hop vine, curving up from base around a rectangular…
Australian blackwood single bed heads, Tasmanian C. 1840
Australian black wood since bed or 2 bedheads with bobbin turned legs and rails, the top with elegant turned finals Circa…
A Sample from our Art
Victorian penwork on silk, humreous ‘Liar! What a most abominable
Victorian lace-edged silk placemat with blue ribbon, used as a canvas by a talented artist to sketch out a cartoon…
Pencil Sketch of an English Cottage, signed L.C Teasdel 1881
Pencil Sketch of an English Cottage, with interesting Gothic door & window. Signed & dated ‘L.C Teasdel / Jan 31st 1881’ Framed 40x34cm Work…
Elaine Burges ‘Farm Sheds, Bright’, oil on board 1974
Elaine Burges (1929- ‘Farm Sheds, Bright’ Oil on Board, signed lower right Inscribed on the reverse: Elaine R. Burge 204 Lower Plenty Road, Rosanna. 3084. Tel. 45…
James Stinton (1870-1961) – pheasants in a landscape, c. 1900
James Stinton (1870-1961) – “Pheasants in a Landscape”, watercolour on card, c. 1900 Signed lower left. James Stinton was the youngest son…
Gerald Mutsaers, ‘Grand Old Gums’ c. 1978
Gerald Mutsaers ( Austrtalia 1947-) Oil on board Large gumtrees with livestock in the distance 49cm x 54cm (frame), 30cm x 36cm (artwork) Signed…
Dorca Charles Sewell, ‘Port Natal, South Africa, 1879’ watercolour
Dorca Charles Sewell, ‘Port Natal, South Africa, 1879’ large watercolour depicting the colonial South African port of Natal, with several ships…