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
Japanese pottery satsuma vase, wisteria & birds, c.1890
Japanese pottery satsuma vase decorated with enamelled wisteria and birds, Circa 1890…
Swansea creamware plate, ‘poppy’ garland pattern, c. 1820
Swansea creamware plate of silver shape, brightly painted with a garland of red poppies & cornflowers within gilt line rims. Impressed…
Chinese export helmet shape cream jug, colourful flowers, c. 1780
Chinese export helmet-shape cream jug on short stem & spreading foot, painted with colourful flower groups, the handle as rustic…
English pearlware blue printed plate, ‘Piping Shepherd’, c. 1820
English pearlware plate, printed in blue with the ‘Piping Shepherd’ pattern, the border with flowers & ivy. Maker unknown, Circa 1820 25cm excellent condition ref….
Cozzi (Venice) coffee cup, Imari decoration, C. 1770
Rare Cozzi (Venice) porcelain coffee cup with Imari decoration, with underglaze blue rock & peony pattern and onglaze iron red…
A Sample from our Furniture
Oil on mahogany panel, sheep at sunset, signed & dated
Oil on mahogany panel, “Shepherd’s Delight” with a long landscape in the dusk containing sheep, a colourful sunset above, signed…
Turned elm pricket candle stick, 19th century
Elm pricket candle stick, with thin tapering column and large circular turned base. 19th/early 20th century 38cm high Upper sconce with old split,…
Pair of George III Hepplewhite Mahogany chairs, c. 1780
A pair of elegant George III Hepplewhite mahogany chairs with horse shoe shaped rib- moulded back supporting an elegant pierced…
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…
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…
A Sample from our Art
Ronald R Fletcher, Fisherman & Stormclouds, oil on board c.
Ronald “Russell” Fletcher (1922-2014) “Fisherman & Stormclouds”, probably a Sydney Harbour view. Oil on artist’s board, circa 1955 frame 59x48cm, work 49x38cm Good condition in…
Frank T Morris painting of two White Breasted Sea Eagles,
Watercolour painting of two White Breasted Sea Eagles. Signed lower left ‘Morris’, for Frank T. Morris, (1936-2021) Possibly used for the illustrations…
Warwick A. Andrews, “Dreadnought” clipper ship, 1973
Warwick A. Andrews (1930-2021) “Dreadnought” watercolour, signed & dated 1973 Good condition Warwick Anthony Andrews was born in Sydney in 1930, and grew up to…
Rare Lithograph title-page ‘Portraits: Princes & People of India’ by
Rare coloured lithograph, the title-page from ‘Portraits of the Princes and People of India’, after sketches by Emily Eden, printed…
Pair of Chinese Export ‘pith paintings’, Mandarin couple , 3rd
Pair of Chinese export pith paintings of a standing lady in long blue robe with pink underskirt, her lotus shoes…
Dellmont Hellier, ‘Jamieson Valley’ oil, latter-20th c.
Dermont Hellier (1916-2006) oil on canvas, titled ‘Jamieson Valley’ , near Mansfield, Victoria. Later 20th century 36x31cm Excellent condition Dermont Hellier (1916-2006) is a…