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
Pair of English porcelain spill vases, scenic panel on blue,
Pair of English porcelain spill vases, painted with scenic panels within gilt frames on a blue ground. Unmarked, c. 1835 9.5cm high some…
English porcelain dessert plate, green decoration, c 1825
English dessert plate, the border moulded with 4 sprays of flowers, painted in bright green with stylised flowers over a…
Spode pagoda and moth printed teabowl and saucer, c.1815
Charming Spode porcelain ogee shape teabowl and saucer printed in underglaze blue with Chinoiserie pagoda and river patterns, surrounded by…
Newhall bone china teabowl & saucer with oriental riverscene, C.
Newhall bone china teabowl & saucer, painted onglaze with iron red & blue Chinese river scenes, the saucer with a…
Coalport fluted cup & saucer, fruiting vine in red &
Coalport fluted cup & saucer, painted with a wide band of ‘fruiting vine’ in red & purple with gilt leaves….
A Sample from our Furniture
Set of 6 Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, C.1860
Set of 6 Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, with small carved scrolls to the back rail. Circa 1860 86 x 62 x…
Oak bible box , C. 1680
Oak bible box, with tulip carving to the front, original hinges & lock plate. Circa 1680 62x46cm, 27cm high…
German Aneroid Barometer + Thermometer, carved case, c. 1910
German Aneroid Barometer + Thermometer, carved case, c. 1910 21.5cm wide Good working order with minimal signs of age to case….
Georgian mahogany dressing mirror, knulled edging, c.1820
Georgian mahogany dressing mirror with knulled edging, on scrolled supports. Circa 1820…
Late Victorian Walnut display Cabinet, Melbourne-made for Buckleys & Nunn
Superb Melbourne-made American Walnut display cabinet, with ornate curved broken pediment carved with facing dragon-heads amongst foliage, the display compartment…
Small French Provincial buffet, Louis XV period
Small French Provincial buffet, the classic peg joined body with panelled sides and corner posts, the twin doors with elegant…
A Sample from our Art
Maxwell Wilks, “Spring Morning- Yarra Glen” 1984
Maxwell Wilks (1944- ) ‘Spring Morning, Yarra Glen’ Size75cm x 65cm (Frame), 58.5cm x 49cm (Artwork) Signed bottom lower left corner, titled on the…
J H Mole – At the Mumbles – Watercolour, signed
John Henry Mole ( 1814- 1886) – At the Mumbles – Watercolour, signed & dated 1880 Framed 44.5x42cm work 24.5x16cm condition – good with minor…
Chinese Export ‘pith painting’, lady green robes, c.1840
Chinese export pith painting featuring a standing lady in elaborate embroidered clothing in green jacket, holding out a scroll of…
Ink & wash study, ‘The Wellington Shield’ & ‘Indian Camel
Interesting double-sided ink study of the elaborate ‘Wellington Shield’, with a mirror-image ink sketch of the high relief original, a…
Miniature painting – ‘Drunken Silenus supported by Satyrs’ after Van
‘Drunken Silenus supported by Satyrs’, after Van Dyck’s 1620 painting now in the National Gallery, London. Miniature on ivory, finely painted…
Ernest E. Abbott, signed George Cope – ‘Pharaoh’s Tomb’ ,
Ernest E. Abbott (1888-1973) “Pharaoh’s Tomb” watercolour & gouache on paper showing an Arab on a camel in an atmospherical desert landscape, a…