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
St James’s fob seal – Hope, ex-Blohm Collection, C. 1754.
Girl-in-a-swing (St James’s) seal mount, modeled as Hope seated on an anchor, titled in red to the mound base ‘J’ESPERE…
French faience plate, Gallic rooster with giant jug, Nevers c.
French faience plate, boldly painted with a rooster by a giant jug, in a landscape with tree to one side,…
Chinese porcelain spoon with crane, 19th century
Chinese porcelain spoon, painted to the bowl with a flying crane, within a blue line rim. …
Spode cup & saucer, Imari pattern 1216, c. 1800
Spode cup & saucer, richly decorated in an Imari pattern. Pattern 1216, Circa 1800 some wear to gold rim saucer 14cm…
A Sample from our Furniture
Regency mahogany dining table, twin pedestal & brass castors, c.
Regency mahogany dining table in two parts, the twin pedestal bases with four reeded splayed legs & brass cup castors,…
English Country Oak bureau desk, circa 1800
English ‘country oak’ small bureau desk, the simple form on square profile legs with ‘pegged’ joints, a single large drawer,…
Empire Art Co, Pty, Ltd Sydney Australia frame, C.1920
Empire Art Co, Pty, Ltd Sydney Australia frame, the gesso wood, frame with arch top and grained finish. Circa 1920 48cm high 33cm…
Set of 6 Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, C.1860
Set of 6 Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, with small carved scrolls to the back rail. Circa 1860 86 x 62 x…
Australian whatnot, Cowrie and Blackwood, c. 1870
Useful Australian whatnot, with three shaped shelves and scroll-cut back to top, the turned supports in blackwood. Circa 1870 97.5cm high, bottom…
Victorian mahogany fireside box, brass bound, circa 1875
Victorian mahogany fireside box, the angular form with brass loop handle & shapely hinges. Circa 1875 45x29cm, 36cm high…
A Sample from our Art
Harold Slocombe, Oil painting ‘Ledbury, Herefordshire’
Oil on canvas of a street scene, titled ‘Church Street, Ledbury, Herefordshire, England’ in contemporary frame. By Harold Slocombe Late 20th Century Framed…
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…
Chinese Export watercolour painting of musical instruments, Gong & Cymbals,
Large Chinese Export gauche painting, depicting a ‘Lou’ bronze gong, the flat plank striker beside it, with a pair of ‘Nao’…
Robert Proctor, NZ – View on Auckland Harbor (?) Oil
Robert Proctor (1879-1935) Oil on Canvas, Auckland Harbour, a view of sailing ships at dock, with barges loading. Signed lower right, circa 1900 Born…
Victorian penwork on silk – the Magnificent Tie – c.
Victorian lace-edged silk placemat with blue ribbon, used as a canvas by a talented artist to sketch out a cartoon…