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
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…
Coalport plate, wreath and scroll moulding, flower sprigs, 1835
Coalport plate with wreath & scroll moulding, printed & painted with flower sprigs in the Vincennes/Sevres manner, a simple blue…
Coalport tureen stand , wreath & scroll border, flower centre,
Coalport tureen stand, superbly painted to the raised centre with a rose and group, the plinth with bell flower gilt…
Chinese Export mug, European decoration, c. 1780
Chinese Export mug, the simple form with ornate double strap handle with fruit & leaf terminals, enamelled in Europe with…
Wedgwood creamware plate, botanical prints, c. 1880
Wedgwood creamware plate, decorated with large scale botanical prints. Impressed WEDGWOOD, other small letters, Circa 1880…
A Sample from our Furniture
French Rosewood card table, Louis XVIII style, c. 1870
French Rosewood card table, with Louis XVIII style legs and carving, the interior with a green felt edged with tooled…
Japanese 4-fold lacquer screen, high relief landscape, c. 1910
Japanese 4-fold lacquer screen, the curved top panels each decorated in high relief with a complex night time landscape, with…
Victorian Toleware coal scuttle, Japanese ‘lacquer’ decoration, c. 1885
Victorian ‘Japanned’ toleware coal scuttle, the front flap painted with a Japanese style scene of gilt bamboo & a colourful…
Arts & Crafts Oak ‘Monks Table’, profusely carved dated
Arts & Crafts Oak ‘Monks table’, transforming from table to settle to coffer, with paneled base on short feet, the…
Anglo-Indian Teak Chess table with inlaid alabaster board, twin drawers,
Anglo-Indian Teak/Mahogany Chess table with finely inlaid alabaster & semi-precious stone board, set into a shaped top, on a base…
A Sample from our Art
Dennis Adams oil on canvas, ‘Decks Awash’, mid-20th century
Dennis Adams (1941-2001) ‘Decks Awash’, oil on canvas laid onto board, a dramatic scene of the rolling deck of a ship with…
Original oil painting, still life, vase of roses, c.1920
Framed original oil painting of of a vase of roses, painted on canvas, signed N ENCEIL Circa 1920…
Oval hand painted miniature of a maiden, signed, c. 1920
Oval miniature of a classical maiden, shown in blue dress holding a basket of flowers, a wreath in the other…
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…
Watercolour, Thatch Cottages by a bridge, 19th century
English watercolour of good quality, depicting an evening scene in the countryside, a shepherd leading his flock toward a stone…
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…