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
Early Victorian silhouette of a ship, C. 1845
Rare Victorian painted silhouette of a three-masted bark, very accurately depicted and complete with figures of sailors, in a black…
Near Pair of Staffordshire Spaniels, circa 1870
Near pair of Staffordshire Spaniels, the facing same-size matched pair with quizzical expressions on their faces, with red blotched markings,…
Davenport cake stand with a scene of the country and
Davenport hand painted comport with central country scene within a teal decorated rococo moulded & pierced rim. …
Rare enamel beaker – Isle of Man – Laxey Wheel,
Rare enamel souvenir beaker for the Isle of Man, with three scenic panels depicting black prints of: 1 Laxey Wheel 2 Douglas…
Victorian porcelain mug, flowers & ‘JH’, c. 1860
Victorian porcelain mug, hand painted with flowers, apple blossom to one side, primrose the other, the front with gilt scrollwork…
Spode coffee can, bat print ‘vine border’ (pat. 1045) in
Spode coffee can with slight ‘kicked’ loop handle, bat-printed in red with a border of fruiting vine, described as ‘vine…
A Sample from our Furniture
Oak William & Mary chest, C. 1690
Oak William & Mary chest of drawers, with bobble moulded divisions and panel drawer fronts. Circa 1690 105 cm w…
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…
Early English Oak panelled cupboard, dated 1655
Early English Oak panelled cupboard, with twin double-paneled doors on external iron hinges, the upper front carved with a foliate…
Continental Oak dresser, 2 shelves with a cover, c.1700
Continental oak dresser, the cupboard panel base with diamond panel doors, with two shelves and plate rack above, the upper…
Elegant Georgian mahogany dressing table mirror, c. 1770
Elegant Georgian mahogany dressing table mirror, the oval glass with veneered frame and striped inlaid border, the fine lyre-shaped support…
Mägdesprunger cast iron table/ plant stand, elaborate Rococo style C.
High Victorian cast iron plant stand side table, the pierced circular shelves moulded with musical instruments amongst scrollwork, the elaborate…
A Sample from our Art
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – sago palm, ‘Metroxylon sagu’
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – palm tree, ‘Metroxylon sagu’, Sago palm. From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th century 24.5 x 21cm Metroxylon sagu,…
Barratt, Walter, Watercolour – Bush Landscape – signed & dated
Watercolour of an Australian Bush Landscape. – signed & dated Walter Barratt,1928 38×26.5cm good condition, ready to hang, the frame is maple….
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…
Framed watercolour, jug of pansy flowers dated 1842
Finely detailed watercolour on paper of a posy of pansies in an elaborate ceramic jug painted with roses. Ineligible signature, dated 1842 visible…
Albert George Stevens, Cows by a river, large watercolour c.
Albert George Stevens (1863-1925 or 7) Cows by a River, large watercolour Circa 1880 102cm x 80cm (frame), 73cm x 50cm (artwork) Condition: good, recently…
Watercolour – Pine Forrest, signed J. Mathison
J. Mathison, Watercolour – Pine Forrest with river & mountains Earlier 20th century Signed J. Mathison some foxing & signs of age Visible 18.5X23cm Frame…