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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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
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Dihl and Guérhard covered cup & stand, fine neo-classical gilt decoration on ‘tortoise shell’ ground, c.1795$2,400.00 AUD
Freshest Stock
English enamel patch box, C.1780
$580.00 AUD
English enamel patch box, A TOKEN OF LOVE c.1800
$380.00 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- Jewellery, Pottery & Porcelain, including Masons, Worcester,
Welcome to Moorabool’s latest Fresh Stock release – a fine selection of items, fresh to the market. We’re also beginning…
Fresh Stock – Torquay Art Pottery + more…
Welcome to another Moorabool ‘Fresh Stock’. This one features a collection of English ‘Art Pottery’ from the distinct Devon potters…
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’…
Featured Items & Essays
A Rare Pair: Meissen copies of Sèvres, by J.G. Loehnig,
Sometimes, things don’t turn out to be what they look like. While that’s usually a pre-cursor for disappointment when we discover something is made later, or badly damaged – our recent…
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…
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
Samuel Alcock plate blue border & flowers, C. 1830
Samuel Alcock plate with “melting snow” moulded border & soft blue ground , the centre handpainted with colourful flowers on…
Spode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815
Spode Ironstone rectangular platter, printed and painted in an Imari pattern in iron red, blue and gold, with large central…
Early Staffordshire ‘Cupid as Pastry Seller’ , c, 1810
Early Staffordshire figure of Cupid as a pastry seller, modelled as a boy standing with a basket of pastries, a…
Early Staffordshire Pottery figural spill vase, Gardiner & Companion, c.1800
Early Staffordshire Pottery figural spill vase, with ‘Gardiner & Companion’ Figures standing either side with spade, potplant & flowers, a…
Coalport – Anstice, Horton & Rose – coffee can, Brosley
Coalport fluted coffee can, with scalloped rim, printed in underglaze blue with the Brosley ‘Pagoda’ pattern, a gold line to…
A Sample from our Furniture
Georgian Hepplewhite Mahogany sideboard, c.1780
George III Hepplewhite Mahogany sideboard, with central bow-fronted drawer supported on scroll brackets, flanked by pairs of dummy drawers, one…
Large French Provincial amoire, Louis XIII, mid-17th century
Large French Provincial amoire, the panelled sides with two long and one short each, the front with two large panels…
Fine quality crystal cabinet, walnut veneer c.1925
Fine quality crystal cabinet, the curved front with 3 vertical glass panes to each of the twin doors, the whole…
Oak coffer with tulip carving, C. 1680
English oak coffer, the front well carved with three panels of tulip flowers below a scrolling tulip frieze, the lock…
Walnut armchair with pierced splat and scrolling arms, C. 1720
Italian 18th century walnut open arm chair, with pierced splat, shaped rail, and scrolling arms, the upholstered seat supported by…
A Sample from our Art
Pair of large Georgian silhouettes, lady & gent, black lacquer
Pair of large Georgian cut paper silhouettes, of a gent & lady, with ink & white details of hair &…
Arnold Jarvis (1881-1951) – rare large watercolour, English Thatch Cottage
Arnold Jarvis (1881-1951) English Thatch Cottage with Steamship, a panoramic coastal view with an English thatch cottage on the right, within wildflower…
George Price Boyce or follower , Watercolour Thatch Cottage, circa
George Price Boyce or follower -watercolour painting of a Thatch Cottage in a landscape circa 1870 Work 20x30cm, frame 46x37cm…
Japanese scroll painting, figure by a stream, 19th/ early 20th
Japanese scroll painting, the rocky landscape featuring a figure seated by a stream, overshadowed by flowering daisy plants. 19th/ early 20th…
Framed Watercolour, jonquils, early 20th C
Framed watercolour of jonquils. Early 20th Century 25cm x 16cm Foxing, wear to frame…
Japanese scroll painting of a man fishing, 19th century
Japanese monochrome painting scroll depicting a fisherman seated amongst rocks, a large fish by his side. Inscription to the outside, black…