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
Derby dish with apple & bugs, C. 1765
Derby dish, of oval shape with moulded scroll rim and overlapping terminal handles, well painted with a large apple on…
Early Staffordshire figure, ‘Sacrifice’, circa 1800
Staffordshire Pottery figure of ‘Sacrifice’, depicted as a standing classical figure by an altar bearing a goat, in the process…
Rockingham cup & saucer, yellow flowers on green and white
Rockingham cup & saucer with yellow flowers on green and white ground, with gilt vine decoration to outer side of…
Staffordshire pottery jug, birds & flowers, poss. Deakin c.1830
Staffordshire pottery jug, printed in puce with birds & flowers on a fine stippled ground. Printed ‘3’ to the base, possibly Deakin circa…
Pratt-type pottery satyr head mug with frog inside, c. 1810
English creamware ‘frog mug’, modelled as a satyr head with details in Pratt-type high fired colours of underglaze blue, ochre,…
A Sample from our Furniture
Three tiered corner shelves with rose carving & mirror, Sweden
Three-tiered corner shelves with period mirrored back, the Baroque strapwork decorated pediment and side pillars decorated with flower carving, with…
English Chinoiserie black lacquered corner cabinet, 17th/ early 18th century
English Chinoiserie black lacquered corner cabinet, decorated in multicolour lacquerwork with an oriental scene, including figures, a rice paddy, and…
Petite French Fauteuil, gold silk, Louis XV period c.1760
Petite French fruitwood Fauteuil, of elegant rococo Louis XV design, the legs and top rail with flowerhead carving, upholstered in…
Set of four American chairs, by Smith Ely, NYC, circa
Set of four American birdseye Maple chairs, with shapely ‘klismos’ backs and cane seats. Two marked to…
Oak three decanter tantalus, plated mounts, c.1885
Three decanter tantalus in lockable oak case with silver plated mounts. Circa 1885…
A Sample from our Art
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…
Silhouette full-length portrait of a black child, c. 1810
Unusual small portrait of a black African child, painted in profile standing, with a red-handled whip in their hand. Circa 1800 frame 13×10.5cm small…
Superb quality paper mache tray with ruins, c.1825
English paper maché tray, superbly painted rim to rim with an atmospheric landscape including figures with camels in a ruined…
Pencil Sketch by Frederick Bennett- ‘Timber Walk Bridge Swiss Alps’
Original Victorian pencil sketch depicting a wooden bridge structure over a waterfall in a mountainous landscape Back marked ‘Frederick Bennett 1872…
Victorian flower group watercolour, mid 19th century
Victorian watercolour, well painted with life-size lilly-of-the-valley, bluebells, and white roses. Mid 19th century 21x24cm Condition: Faded pale colours (pinks & whites), the…
French Terracotta plaque, children in high relief, c. 1880
French terracotta plaque moulded in high relfief with a young child holding a younger sibling, in original ebonised turned wood…