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
Chinese porcelain ‘Caligraphy’ pattern blue & white bowl, 18th/19th century
Chinese porcelain ‘Caligraphy’ pattern blue & white bowl of elegant narrow base form, painted with repeating script panels, a coud…
Derby plate with landscape by Brewer, c. 1810
Superb Derby plate well painted to the center with a German Rhine scene by John Brewer, titled ‘View on the…
Binh Thuan shipwreck Buddhistic Lion bowl, Swatow Ware C. 1608
Chinese porcelain bowl painted in underglaze blue with a Buddhistic lion and a brocade ball within a double line circle. Ming…
Ming guardian figure, brilliant turquoise glaze, 16th-17th century
Chinese pottery guardian figure, of small size, modeled standing glazed in a brilliant turquoise. Ming Dynasty, 16th – 17th century 11.5cm high signs of…
Chinese export teabowl & saucer, c.1790
Chinese export teabowl & saucer, decorated in the neo-classical taste with central cartouche containing initials, within borders of swags &…
A Sample from our Furniture
George III mahogany covered washstand
George III mahogany covered washstand Height: 83cm Width: 46cm Depth: 45cm Top hole covered…
Victorian Gothic piano stool, c.1875
Victorian Gothic stool, with tapered legs and pierced skirt, the finish an original ebanised black, re-upholstered in a green fleur-de-lis…
Regency mahogany ‘coffee table’, hinging top, mock drawers, converted from
Regency mahogany ‘coffee table’, hinging top, fake drawers, converted from commode, Maker’s Mark ‘ ‘ c.1830 43cm high 51.5 x 46cm…
Ornate Victorian oval giltwood mirror with candle brackets, c. 1870
Ornate Victorian oval mirror, the gilt frame with elaborate cresting and lower decoration incorporating three candle holder brackets. Original glass, Circa 1870 Height:…
Australian cedar jewellery box with original silk interior, c.1850
Australian cedar jewellery box with original blue silk interior, c.1850…
A Sample from our Art
Chinese Export ‘pith painting’, lady green robes, c.1840
Chinese export pith painting featuring a standing lady in elaborate embroidered clothing in green jacket, holding out a scroll of…
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”,…
M. j. Braddon (?) watercolour, English Landscape, early 20th century
M. j. Braddon (?) watercolour, English Landscape, signed lower right, early 20th century Foxing to sky 37×23 cm…
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – Roselle, “Hibiscus Sabdarifta’
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – leaves “Hibiscus Sabdarifta’, Roselle. From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th century 25 x 21cm Roselle is a species…
Original Bird watercolour, Papuan Microeca Flycatcher, signed C. Healey 76
Original watercolour, depicting a “Papuan Microeca Flycatcher” signed lower right ‘C. Healey 76’ frame 20x26cm…