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
Davenport plate, pattern no. 1371 – Flower Specimen – circa
Davenport dessert plate with central specimen flower within a moulded border with gilding. Pattern no 1371, Mark: Blue Anchor & wreath with “DAVENPORT” Circa…
Gaudy Welsh coffee can, bold stylised flowers. c.1850
Gaudy Welsh coffee can, boldly painted with stylised flowers. c.1850….
Dr Wall Worcester tea cup & saucer, ‘Red Line’ group,
Dr Wall Worcester cup & saucer, of elegant fluted form, painted in underglaze blue with two bands intersecting in a…
Royal Worcester thimble, hand-painted squirrel on a branch, unsigned.
Royal Worcester bone china thimble, hand-painted with a squirrel on a branch, unsigned. Black printed Royal Worcester mark with ‘R’, later 20th…
Pair of Liverpool sauceboats, Pennington’s, C. 1780
Pair of Liverpool sauce boats, the body with a lower frieze of moulded acanthus leaves, the rim beaded and with…
Coalport Bute shaped coffee can, Circa 1803-07
Coalport Bute shape coffee can with Kakiemon decoration of stylised bamboo in reserves on a red ground. Circa 1803-07 6.5cm H restored chip…
A Sample from our Furniture
Set of 4 Early Victorian Mahogany dining chairs, c. 1855
Set of well-build English Mahogany dining chairs, with robust double-arched back design, the front legs turned. Unupholstered , circa 1855 89cm high Good condition…
Oak bible box , C. 1680
Oak bible box, with tulip carving to the front, original hinges & lock plate. Circa 1680 62x46cm, 27cm high…
Thebes stool, Arts & Crafts stained oak, prob. Liberty &
Rare Egyptian Revival ‘Thebes’ stool, in stained oak with turned legs & early use of a layered ply steam-pressed seat. Unmarked,…
5 Arts & Crafts Elm rush-seated chairs, late 19th century
Set of five Arts & Crafts Elm rush-seated chairs, with ebonised finish. Late 19th century 84cm high, 48x43cm some repairs, very usable…
Pair of Victorian carved wood corner brackets, c. 1880
Pair of Victorian carved wood wall brackets, the back and bracket carved with foliage & supporting a half circle shelf….
Hepplewhite mahogany shield-back chair, circa 1800
Hepplewhite mahogany shield back chair with elegant pierced splat and reeded back, on slightly tapered legs Circa 1800 93cm high seat 51cm wide good…
A Sample from our Art
F. R. Gruger – original Illustration ‘The First Race of
Frederic Rodrigo Gruger (1871-1953) original Illustration ‘The First Race of Blue Dandy’ , graphite pencil & wash on artboard, depicting an African-American emerging…
Dutch bottle painted with oil – peasant scene, C. 1800
Dutch amber glass bottle with ring handle to the long neck, well painted in oils to one side with a…
Australiana interest: a Budd sisters sketchbook leaf, ‘Near Bright’, dated
A Budd sketchbook watercolour, showing titled to the reverse ‘#####’. By Elizabeth or Emma Budd, 188# Unframed, good bright condition This watercolour is are…
Chinese Export watercolour painting of musical instrument, Yunlou, early 19th
Large Chinese Export gauche painting, depicting a 10-gong ‘Yunlou’ cloud-gong, set in a wooden framework on stand with s-scroll brackets, the…
Edwardian round wooden frame, Cupid photograpic print, c. 1910
Edwardian turned wood circular frame with applied gesso flower sprays, inset with Edwardian photo of a child with bow and…