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
English brown glazed stoneware apothecary jar, Royal Arms, c.1845
Early Victorian brown glazed stoneware apothecary jar with an applied moulded royal coat of arms and lacquer label, the lid…
Liverpool punch bowl with Rare Mixed Bouquets prints, Seth Pennington,
Large Liverpool punch bowl, printed in blue with four large prints of the rare Mixed Bouquets Group pattern, the interior…
Rare Sunderland Train Plaque, ‘Express’ with purple lustre border, circa
Rare Sunderland Lustre ‘Train Plaque’, the deep moulded frame with central scene of an early train with carriages of passengers,…
Small bone china lidded box, flower group, c.1820
Small English bone china lidded box, well painted with a flower group to the lid. Circa 1820 6.8cm wide, 3.5cm high chip to…
Hoi An Shipwreck blue & white jarlet, ‘chi chòe’ birds,
Blue and white jarlet, painted with lively ‘chi chòe’ birds beneath a chrysanthemum petal collar. From the Hoi An shipwreck, Vietnam, 15th…
A Sample from our Furniture
Victorian Cedar Gents chair, c. 1875
Victorian Cedar Gents chair on curvy cabriole legs, covered with pale green upholstery. Circa 1875…
Victorian style small ‘slipper’ chair, floral upholstery
Small Victorian style ‘slipper’ chair, upholstered in a bright floral fabric. 73cm high Good usable condition…
Charles II walnut & beech ‘Restoration’ chair, cherubs & crown,
Charles II walnut and beech chair, the spirally turned back flanking foliate carving around a caned panel, the seat also…
Georgian mahogany tea caddy, dome top, c. 1795
Georgian Mahogany tea caddy, the domed top with central loop handle opening to reveal twin compartments with tight fitting lids,…
A Sample from our Art
Large Chinese Export painting, official with captive, c.1840
Large Chinese gouache painting on mulberry paper, depicting an official leading a man with a cord around his neck, holding…
Original hand-painted botanical illustration -Passionfruit, ‘Passiflora edulis’
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – ‘Passiflora edulis’, Passionfruit. From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th century 24.5 x 20.5cm Unframed Passiflora edulis, commonly known as…
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…
William Oliver (1804-1853), Hadrian’s Villa, watercolour signed & dated 1849
William Oliver (1804-1853), “Hadrian’s Villa Tivoli” , watercolour, signed & dated lower left, 1849 inscribed to the back: ‘Hadrian’s Villa / Tivoli /….
Victorian penwork on silk, cartoon of two boys + “beast
Victorian lace-edged silk placemat with blue ribbon, used as a canvas by a talented artist to sketch out a cartoon…
Victorian portrait miniature of a Gentleman, in period frame, c.
Georgian portrait miniature of a Gentleman with a fine head of grey hair, in period frame, with a poem pasted…