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
Thai Sawankhalok Celadon stem dish, incised decoration, 14th-15th century
Fine Thai Sawankhalok Celadon stem dish, the body with fluted sides, the remainder with incised ring decoration. 14th-15th century 10cm high 15.5cm wide…
Staffordshire pottery ‘preacher’ figure, Dr Raffles or Rev. Fletcher, c.
Rare Staffordshire figure of a ‘Preacher’, identified as Dr Thomas Raffles, or perhaps John Fletcher, both independent evangelical men of…
English black basalt teapot, Neoclassical form, c. 1810
English black basalt teapot, of dignified Neoclassical form with moulded pillars and panels of small single swags, the knop a…
English lustre & sprigged flowers mug, attr. Enoch Wood c.1815
Large and colourful sprig moulded mug, with two large ‘flowervases’ flanking a central flower wreath, brightly coloured on a purple…
Meissen figure on plinth, architectural table setting part, c.1750
Meissen figure of a young girl spilling out flowers from a cornucopia, modelled crouching on a custom designed architectural plinth…
Australian Pottery leaf-shaped dish, Bertie Reid, mid 20th century
Australian Pottery primitive leaf-form dish, with mottled pink-green glaze, the veins & stem of the leaf in brown. Marked ‘BERTIE REID’ Mira…
A Sample from our Furniture
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…
Large William IV flame mahogany chest of drawers, c.1835
William IV flame mahogany chest of drawers, of tall form with two short drawers above three long, flanked by turned…
Italian Baroque walnut chair, unusual small size, 17th century
Italian Baroque walnut chair of unusual small size, with carved back and front rail in the baroque style, the uprights…
Georgian Oak side table with single drawer C.1800
Georgian oak side table of simple form with single drawer and slightly tapered legs Circa 1800 78x43cm 73cm high Condition : fine honey-toned patination…
Victorian Walnut Jacobean style barley twist chair with green velvet,
Victorian walnut bedroom chair on the Jacobean style, with barley twist supports flanking a tall padded back, on cabriole legs…
Georgian Mahogany padfoot dropside table, circa 1760
Georgian mahogany dropleaf table with rounded corners, on pad foot, with French Polish finish. Circa 1760 Condition: some marks to top, very…
A Sample from our Art
Arthur Esam – The Hawker’s Wagon – watercolour signed
Arthur Esam (1887-1958) The Hawker’s Wagon, depicting a covered wagon pulled by two horses, ‘I. JOHN / HAWKER’ pausing by a small…
Japanese calligraphy scroll, 19th / 20th century
Japanese calligraphy scroll, with large central inscription and several smaller including red seal impressions. 20th century Work 187×32.5cm total 192x44cm stains…
Brenton Raberaba, Hermannsburg artist, Desert Landscape watercolour, 1960’s
Brenton Raberaba (1951-74) desert landscape, watercolour on board circa 1960’s Language Group: Western Arrernte (Aranda) 37.5×27.5cm Board with trademark to back ‘NT KENT MEDIUM’ & address…
E. Goodwin Lewis Biblical Lands scene – merchants leaving
Edward Goodwin Lewis (1827-1891) View in the Holy Land, a walled city with Mosque & Church behind, merchants & their camels…
Australiana small watercolour of Kookaburra group with snakes, signed M.B.,
Charming small watercolour of a family of Kookaburra’s on a branch, one with a snake. Signed below branch ‘MB’, possibly a…
Hand Coloured Bird Print ‘Rock Thrush’, by Rev. Morris 1868
Coloured engraving of a ‘Rock Thrush’ From “A History of British Birds”, by The Rev. F. O. Morris B.A., published by…