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
Derby plate with superb flowers, c. 1810
$295.00 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- Jewellery, Pottery & Porcelain, including Masons, Worcester,
Welcome to Moorabool’s latest Fresh Stock release – a fine selection of items, fresh to the market. We’re also beginning…
Fresh Stock – Torquay Art Pottery + more…
Welcome to another Moorabool ‘Fresh Stock’. This one features a collection of English ‘Art Pottery’ from the distinct Devon potters…
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’…
Featured Items & Essays
A Rare Pair: Meissen copies of Sèvres, by J.G. Loehnig,
Sometimes, things don’t turn out to be what they look like. While that’s usually a pre-cursor for disappointment when we discover something is made later, or badly damaged – our recent…
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…
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
Wedgwood octagonal plate with orange printed spiral border and botanical
Wedgwood octagonal plate with orange printed spiral border and botanical specimen. Impressed ‘Wedgwood’ & date codes, Dated 1883 24.5cm restored rim chip…
Newhall coffee can, bat-print coloured landscape panels, pat. 1053 c.
Newhall coffee can, decorated with black bat-print landscape ovals, hand coloured and edged in gold, one of a bridge, the…
Pair of Staffordshire spaniels, white with fine moulding, c. 1875.
Pair of Staffordshire spaniels, left in the white with gold dashes to the fine moulded fur, a chain & padlock…
Coalport shell shaped dish, scroll moulded & flowers, c. 1820
22cm Some minor scratching to enamels…
Spode Imari plate, pattern 496, c. 1825
Spode Imari plate, painted in pattern 496, a rich Imari pattern. Circa 1825 18.5cm Crack & associated chip to back…
A Sample from our Furniture
English oak dropside table with turned legs and single drawer,
English oak dropside table with turned legs and single drawer, the top with some fine figuring. Circa 1830 top: 86 x 88cm Height:…
Black Forrest birds & nest wall pocket carving, circa 1880
Black Forrest carving of superb quality, depicting two birds & their nest forming a wall pocket, nestled amongst oak branches. Circa…
Victorian Cedar Gents chair, c. 1875
Victorian Cedar Gents chair on curvy cabriole legs, covered with pale green upholstery. Circa 1875…
English oak gateleg table, carved edge, 18th century & later
English oak gateleg table with floral carved edge and apron & drawer. Table 18th century, 19th c. Victorian carved edge Open 109x94cm 72cm high…
Early Victorian Mahogany dropside table c.1840
Early Victorian Mahogany dropside table, the rectangular top on slender turned legs with bands of ebonised rings, a single drawer…
A Sample from our Art
Original Bird watercolour, Mallee Fowl, from book ‘Australian Birds’, signed
Original Robin Hill watercolour, “Mallee Fowl” Illustration used in his ‘Australian Birds’, published 1967 39x36cm Robin Hill was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1932….
Stair Wood Cartoon original – “What is your favourite bus
Original Stair Wood cartoon, titled “What is your favourite bus route, conductor?” pencil sketch of a well dressed lady sitting on a…
Chinese Export watercolour painting of musical instrument, Guzheng, early 19th
Large Chinese Export gauche painting, depicting a ‘Guzheng’, a half-tube Zither / Harp, with pale soundboard and dark carved sides, a…
John C. Aisbett (1896-1964) ‘Farmyard Haystacks’, Oil on Board signed
John C. Aisbett (1896-1964) ‘Farmyard Haystacks’, Oil on Board signed & dated lower right 1946 50x37cm Condition: fair, some warpage to board & minor marks. John…