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
-
Product on saleChinese silver teaset, Dragons, by Tuck Chang, Shanghai, c. 1890$5,000.00 AUD
-
Product on saleSmall Chinese ‘prunus’ ginger jar, 18th-19th c.$192.50 AUD
-
Product on saleJohn Allcot oil on board, Clippership ‘BRILLIANT’, artists gift 1966$1,750.00 AUD
-
Product on saleKenneth Jack, ink sketch – General Store, Post Office, Church, + Garage, Swan Reach, Victoria 1964$650.00 AUD
-
Product on saleSpode ironstone rectangular platter, Imari Pattern #3504, c.1815$412.50 AUD
-
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.
-
Frederick Strange – ‘View of Launceston’, Important Colonial Masterpiece c. 1858$36,000.00 AUD
-
Product on saleChinese silver teaset, Dragons, by Tuck Chang, Shanghai, c. 1890$5,000.00 AUD
-
Product on saleRemarkable set of 7 Chinese Ivory child musicians, late Qing Dynasty, c.1900$4,500.00 AUD
-
Egyptian Royal Shabti Figure for Queen Henttawy, 19th Dynasty$22,000.00 AUD
-
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
Meissen spoon tray with soldier on horseback, c.1760
Meissen spoon tray painted with an armoured soldier firing a pistol from horseback. Circa 1760….
Hartley Green & Co, Leeds, creamware plate, flower dec. c.1810
Unusual Leeds creamware plate, brightly painted in a naive manner with a flower group including a rose, with three small…
Coalport plate, pink rim with feather reserves, Circa 1810
Coalport plate of slightly lobed form, the rim painted with panels of colourful feathers alternating with classical monochrome rosettes, within…
Worcester teabowl, blue printed ‘Fisherman’ pattern, c.1780
Worcester teabowl, printed in blue with the ‘Fisherman’ pattern, with an unusual small foot rim. Blue crescent mark, c.1780 6.5cm wide Excellent condition…
Greek South-Italian Oinochoe, red figure ‘Lady of Fashion’, Apulian 4th
Greek red-figure oinochoe with high strap handle, the body decorated with the profile head of a woman facing left, flanked…
A Sample from our Furniture
Australian Cedar serpentine fronted side table, c. 1870
Australian Cedar serpentine fronted side table, of simple construction on four turned legs. Circa 1870 93x45cm, 76cm high Good condition, pleasant waxed surface…
Australian primitive fretwork box, cedar & pine, ‘A PRESENT FROM
Australian ‘primitive’ box, with cedar corner pillars and fretwork panels featuring scrolling plants, the front incorporating ‘A PRESENT FROM A.T.’ applied…
Mahogany card table, felt playing surface, c. 1835
William IV Mahogany card table, the fold-over top swivelling to reveal a compartment, with felt playing surface, the plinth base…
Pair of Regency Rosewood chairs, nicely carved details, c. 1825
Pair of Regency Rosewood chairs, with nicely turned & carved front legs, a fine ‘anthemion’ carving to the back rail,…
Set of 4 Early Victorian Mahogany dining chairs, c. 1855
Set of well-build English Mahogany dining chairs, with robust double-arched back design, the front legs turned. Unupholstered , circa 1855 89cm high Good condition…
Early English oak joined arm chair, Charles II, c. 1680
A Charles II oak panel back open armchair, the rectangular double back-panel carved with scrolling foliage, headed by a double-…
A Sample from our Art
Watercolour of a Renaissance Maiolica oval dish, c. 1920
Interesting watercolour of a Renaissance Italian Maiolica charger, Urbino 16th century style, depicting a central goddess surrounded by grotesques. Circa 1920 54x39cm (unframed) An…
Victor Cobb ‘The Tower- Melbourne Grammar School ‘ etching, signed
Victor Cobb ‘The Tower- Melbourne Grammar School ‘ etching no.11/85, signed & dated 1931. Good condition, very minor mount shadow. Plate mark 25.5×17.5cm, page 26.5x38cm Rarely…
Pencil Sketch by Frederick B Bennett- House by lake 1872
Original Victorian pencil sketch depicting a house beside a lake, sailboat and mountains in background. Back marked ‘Frederick Bennett 1872’ Unsigned, from…
Black Basalt plaque of a Philosopher, in early Australian Cedar
Late 18th century Black Basalt portrait plaque of an unknown philosopher, depicted with long hair & beard facing left, interestingly framed…
Australian oil on board, “The old bridge at Warrandyte’, signed
John Forman, “The old bridge at Warrandyte”, oil on board signed lower left later 20th century…