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
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
Staffordshire pottery children’s plate, “OBEDIENCE to PARENTS” c.1830
Staffordshire pottery children’s plate, printed with verse, ‘OBEDIENCE to PARENTS Children that would fear the Lord Hear what their teachers say With reverence meet…
Staffordshire porcelain cake plate gilt decoration C.1860
Staffordshire porcelain cake plate with modelled rim, printed with black scrollwork panels, embellished with gilt foliate border , Unmarked Circa 1860 24.5…
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…
Rare Staffordshire spaniel group, mother & pup, c.1860
Staffordshire group of a spaniel & her pup seated on a mound with gold line rim. Circa 1860 Impressed ‘P’ to base 12.5cm…
Austrian secessionist vase with poppies and landscape on blush ground,
Unusual tall porcelain vase, with mat-textured beige surface glaze decorated in a secessionist/ Art Nouveau manner with life-size red poppies,…
A Sample from our Furniture
Oak William & Mary chest, C. 1690
Oak William & Mary chest of drawers, with bobble moulded divisions and panel drawer fronts. Circa 1690 105 cm w…
Victorian scrap screen, over 2,000 images, c.1890
Victorian scrap screen, the three-fold canvas completely covered both sides with colour printed scraps, with subjects ranging from humorous portraits…
Australian Silky Oak picture frame c. 1930
Australian Silky Oak shield shaped picture frame. Circa 1930 Total length 37 X 34cm W Good condition, no glass Provenance: This interesting piece was…
Low Walnut side table with piecrust edge, Victorian & later
‘Victorian’ tripod based side table with piecrust edge, consisting of a 1880’s turned & carved column with three legs topped…
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…
‘Plum Pudding’ Mahogany Pembroke table, c.1810
Fine quality Hepplewhite Pembroke table, the top in a solid ‘plum-pudding’ mahogany with stunning figuring, with lobed edges to the…
A Sample from our Art
Japanese calligraphy scroll, 19th/20th century
Japanese calligraphy scroll, with central inscription and several smaller. 19th/20th century Work 119×27.5cm total 186x37cm damaged – hole thru lower left…
Gouache painting of a day’s hunt, 19th century
Gouache painting of hunting trophies, showing dead game including ducks and quail, grouped around a leather hunt bag. Early 19th…
Handpainted heraldic crest, “DUM SPIRO SPERO” – ‘while I breathe,
Interesting watercolour of a family crest, with banner: “DUM SPIRO SPERO” – while I breathe, I hope 20th century 21.5 x 16cm Framed 28…
New Zealand interest: View of Bluff, a Budd sisters sketchbook
A Budd sketchbook watercolour, showing a settlement and ships at anchor, titled ‘The Bluff from Finns Castle NZ’, depicting a…
Original hand-painted botanical illustration -Cotton, ‘Gossypium Hirsita’
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – ‘Gossypium Hirsita’, Cotton From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th century 25 x 22cm Gossypium hirsutum, also known as…