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
Closed Thursday 25th April – Anzac day
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
Miniature Spode loving cup, flowers, c. 1900
Miniature Spode porcelain loving cup, decorated with flowers. Green printed mark SPODE COPELAND’S china, England Circa 1900 12.7cm firing faults to glaze, otherwise good…
Staffordshire figure group, ‘Death of Nelson’, c. 1845
Rare Staffordshire figure, titled ‘Death of Nelson’, depicting the tragic event on the deck of the ‘Victory’, with nelson breathing…
Derby Plate in the Sèvres manner, flower groups, c.1810
Derby plate in the Sèvres manner, painted with superb groups of flowers set within the blue scrolls of the Feuille…
Staffordshire porcelain group of shepherd & sheep, c.1825
Staffordshire porcelain landscape group of a shepherd and a small flock of sheep with a dog looking on. Circa 1825 11cm L. small…
Old Sheffield Plate coffee pot, egg-form, by Roberts, Cadman &
Rare Old Sheffield Plate coffee pot, the body a simple egg shape, with streamlined spout & acanthus leaf handle attachment,…
A Sample from our Furniture
Thonet bentwood and seat armchair, c. 1905
Thonet ornate bentwood armchair, the back with turned sections and knobs to the ends, the seat caned. Circa 1905 221 stamped to…
French Mahogany open armchair with scroll arms, rosettes, c. 1870
French Napoleon III Mahogany open armchair, of elegant Empire form with padded seat and back, the arms with a scroll…
Victorian Burr Walnut music Canterbury, c. 1875
Fine quality Victorian Music Canterbury, with Burr Walnut veneer to the bow-front top, supported on four turned & carved pillars,…
English ‘Aneroid barometer’ in oak case, 20th. C
English ‘Aneroid barometer’ in oak case, a thermometer above. Marked TARSAW, LONDON…
English Oak ‘close’ stool with Aubusson face top, c.1680
Rare English Oak ‘Close’ stool, with turned legs & stretchers supporting a box-like upper, the lid sporting a 17th century…
A Sample from our Art
Bernard Walter Evans, ‘Langham Stretch’, watercolour, signed & dated 1883
Bernard Walter Evans (1843-1922) , ‘Langham Stretch’ , a view of the estuary of the River Stour, Suffolk large watercolour, signed &…
Victorian penwork on silk – punch cartoon “The Main Question”
Victorian lace-edged silk placemat, used as a canvas by a talented artist to sketch out a cartoon of a boy…
John Gould lithograph, Petrogale xanthopus, Gray – Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby,
Rare original large lithograph, depicting Petrogale xanthopus, Gray – the Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby, a pair depicted in natural habitat, with…
Indian mica painting of a parrot, 19th century
Indian mica painting of a parrot, 19th century framed 27.5x 22cm work 14x10cm The clear natural mineral mica was mined in thin sheets, which…
Mark Phillips – Australian Bush scene – oil on board,
Mark Phillips (1951- ) “Winter Day, near Healesville” 1974 Oil on board signed & dated lower right Frame 59.5x70cm; work 51x40cm Inscribed to the back…