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
Easter Hours
– closed Good Friday, open Sat 10am -1pm
Closed Monday
Open as usual Tuesday
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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Remarkable set of 7 Chinese Ivory child musicians, late Qing Dynasty, c.1900$6,600.00 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
Silver plated wine bottle holder 20th C
$95.00 AUD
Silver plated wine bottle holder 20th C
$140.00 AUD
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, 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,…
Fresh Stock – from Children’s Chairs to Moser Glass
Welcome to the latest Fresh Stock release on moorabool.com . This is a terrifically diverse one, bringing together a series…
Asian Arts – Chinese & South-East Asian Ceramics
Welcome to our Asian Special. We’re actually in Asia for this one! Paul & Glenys, your proprietors at Moorabool Antiques,…
Nod if you like Antiques….. a collection of ‘Nodders’ +
Today’s Fresh Stock is a bit of a laugh….. These classic bits of Victorian are the ultimate ….. ‘kitsch’! A…
Featured Items & Essays
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….
A Phar Lap Australian Silver Charm
A remarkable momento of the epic 1930 Melbourne Cup win by Phar Lap, commemorating J.E. Pike’s win, this rare Australian Sterling Silver medallion is Fresh to Moorabool’s stock – just in time…
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
Large Meissen figure of a piping shepherd, J. J. Kandler,
Rare large Meissen figure of a piping shepherd, dressed smartly in a blue coat & white had, a lamb and…
Spode Imari pattern cup & saucer, c. 1820
Spode bute shaped cup & saucer, richly painted with an Imari pattern, within thick gold bands. Painters marks, c. 1820 14cm minor wear, hairline…
Worcester King of Prussia mug, dated 1757
Worcester mug, with slightly flared foot, decorated with black prints by Hancock, including the portrait of Frederick the Great, titled…
Spode ‘Dollar Pattern’ Imari plate, pat. 283, circa 1825
Spode porcelain plate, intensely painted with the ‘Dollar Pattern’, an Imari pattern loosely based on a Japanese design. Marked SPODE, impressed…
Gardner, Moscow – Russian Porcelain plate with landscape, c. 1810
Gardner of Moscow Russian Porcelain plate, painted with a landscape, with a bridge leading to a building in a wooded…
A Sample from our Furniture
Elm Windsor Child’s high chair, C . 1870
Elm Windsor Child’s high-chair, with bentwood back and arms, the solid seat on four turned legs ( 1 plain!), with…
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,…
Cedar bookcase, unusual ‘side corbels’, original condition c. 1875
Unusual Australian Cedar bookcase, with tall glazed top above single drawer & cupboards, the top with original glass, the rounded…
English Oak refractory table, late 17th century
English Oak refractory table with lots of character, the rugged plank from top with carved skirt to one side, plain…
William IV reclining library chair
William IV mahogany reclining library chair with scroll arms and carved crest, on tulip legs. …
A Sample from our Art
Jean Baptiste PERRONNEAU (1716-83) -Pastel portrait of Jeanne-Marie Mallès, Dated
Jean Baptiste PERRONNEAU (1716-83) Pastel portrait Jeanne-Marie- Mallès, aged 18, as ‘Dianna the Huntress’, with crescent moon to the top her…
Original hand-painted botanical illustration -Passionfruit, ‘Passiflora edulis’
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – ‘Passiflora edulis’, Passionfruit. From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th century 24.5 x 20.5cm Unframed Passiflora edulis, commonly known as…
Desert landscape, Hermannsburg watercolour, attr. Clem Abbot
Desert landscape, Hermannsburg School watercolour Unsigned, attributed to Clem Abbot (1939-89) Provenance: from an old local collection of indigenous art & artefacts, collected in…
Japanese silk painting of 2 pheasants amongst flowers, 19th/ earlier
Japanese original gauche painting on silk, with two peasants sitting on a rocky outcrop from which grows a flowering tree,…
Pair of Chinese painted marble panels, Qing Dynasty
Pair of Chinese paintings on marble panels, the rectangular forms with rounded tops, Qing Dynasty 9.5 x 6.5cm Original good condtion…
Engraving of Mary Isabella, the Marchioness of Granby, ‘Court Beauties
Engraving of Mary Isabella Manners, Duchess of Rutland, showing the Marchioness in an oval inscribed “MARY ISABELLA MARCHIONESS OF GRANBY”,…