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
Rare female wooden shabti figure, C. 1100 BC
Rare painted wood female shabti figure, with painted red face and and arms, holding a pair of hoes, a seed…
English replacement plate for a Chinese service, arms of Cullen,
English porcelain plate, probably a replacement for a Chinese Export service, bearing an armorial to the centre of a blue…
Royal Delft tile, Rooster and sunrise, c.1920
Royal Delft pottery tile, brightly decorated with a rooster crowing in front of the sun Impressed Royal Delft mark Circa 1920 12cm W Good…
Chelsea leaf shaped dish, fruit & moths, Red Anchor, C.
Handsome Chelsea dish of double leaf shape, well painted with scattered berries and fruit, with various lively insects, within a…
Spode porcelain cup & saucer, flowers in green, pat. 2705
Quality Spode cup & saucer, decorated inside & out with gilt framed panels containing flower specimens, set in an apple…
A Sample from our Furniture
English elm ladderback armchair with rush seat, turned knobs, c.1800
English elm ladderback armchair, with rush seat, the back with turned knobs. Circa 1800…
Elegant Georgian mahogany dressing table mirror, c. 1770
Elegant Georgian mahogany dressing table mirror, the oval glass with veneered frame and striped inlaid border, the fine lyre-shaped support…
George III mahogany pedestal, C. 1780
George III mahogany tripod based pedestal, the column well carved with fluting and laurel leaf & berry, on cabriole legs….
George III mahogany bedside cabinet, C. 1790
George III mahogany bedside cabinet, with gallery top above cupboard, the drawer below pulling out with split front leg support. Circa…
French Empire-style chair, superb classical carving, circa 1830
Fine French Empire-style chair, with elegant back carved with anthemion, the rail with central rosette supported by two lyre-shapes, on…
Country elm ladderback chair, rush seat, C. 1790
Elm ladderback chair, with turned stretcher and rush seat, on a turned pad foot. Circa 1790 94cm high…
A Sample from our Art
George Price Boyce or follower , Watercolour Thatch Cottage, circa
George Price Boyce or follower -watercolour painting of a Thatch Cottage in a landscape circa 1870 Work 20x30cm, frame 46x37cm…
English portrait miniature on ivory, mature Lady, c. 1800
Fine quality English portrait miniature on ivory, depicting mature Lady, set in a gold rim case with a plaited hear…
Dennis Adams oil on canvas, ‘Hoisting the Anchor’, mid 20th
Dennis Adams (19 ‘Hoisting the Anchor’ , oil on board, depicting the sailors of a sailing vessel using the capstan to raise…
Lionel Lindsay woodblock print, ‘Night Heron’ , 1935
Sir Lionel Lindsay (1874-1961) Signed within work & in pencil lower left, titled ‘Night Heron’ in pencil, also ‘100’ 1935 Paper 17.5cm high,…