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.
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’…
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…
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
Chinese Export cup & saucer, Apollo profile within white ‘brick
Chinese Export cup & saucer, brightly enamelled with a curious Apollo profile against a pink ground, within a laurel wreath…
Coalport spill vase, flowers on black, c. 1820
Coalport spill vase, with flared lip & beaded borders to central panel well painted with a frieze of flowers on…
Hillditch cup + saucer, London shape with Chinoiserie pat. 113,
Hillditch porcelain cup & saucer in the London shape, printed & painted in enamels with a Chinoiserie scene of figures…
Dutch Delft tile with scene, circa 1700
Dutch Delft tinglaze tile with scene including a large house with smoking chimney, two fishing boats sailing past. …
A Sample from our Furniture
Early English Oak gateleg table, baluster supports with linenfold ends,
Unusual English Oak gateleg table, the oval top supported on two swinging legs with three baluster turned supports and solid…
Victorian burr walnut music canterbury with mirror + drawer, c.
Victorian Burr walnut Canterbury, with single shelf and unusual mirror back to top, long turned supports above with 3 divisions…
George I Oak side table with single drawer, circa
George I oak side table, standing on cabriole legs, the rear legs turned, with single drawer and shaped apron. Circa 1730 63×42 cm 71cm…
English mahogany half size children’s/nursing chair, c.1865
English faded mahogany half sized children’s or nursing chair of slipper form and upholstered in green velvet. Circa 1865 63cm H 65cm…
Pair of large column-form pedestals, Australian, c. 1880
Magnificent pair of Australian-made classical pedestals, in cowrie pine, the riffled column with spreading octagonal base and top, framed with…
A Sample from our Art
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…
Victorian amethyst-glass Hyacinth Vase , late 19th century
Late Victorian hand blown amethyst-glass Hyacinth Vase, with slightly ribbed body & deep lip to hold bulb. Faint makers mark (circular…
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – Pomelo ‘C. Grandis’
Original hand-painted botanical illustration depicting leaves & fruit, inscribed ‘C. Grandis’ – ie a Pomelo citrus. From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th…
Chinese Export watercolour painting of musical instrument, Qin Harp, 19th
Large Chinese Export gauche painting, depicting a ‘Qin’, a seven-string Zither / Harp, with dark & light banded frets, a long…
Ernest Arthur Chapman – v. large NZ landscape, Otago Heads,
Ernst Arthur Chapman (1847-1945) View of Otago Peninsular, with Otago Heads, Sawyer’s Bay, and Port Chalmers. Watercolour on full sheet, set in…