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
-
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
-
Remarkable set of 7 Chinese Ivory child musicians, late Qing Dynasty, c.1900$6,600.00 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
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
Rare Chinese Export Strawberry ‘straining dish’, copying Worcester, c.1770
Rare Chinese Export straining dish, from a strawberry set, directly copying a classic Worcester product with rings of holes within…
Aynsley tea cup & saucer, soft Oriental Flower pattern
Aynsley tea cup & saucer, printed & painted with a soft ‘Oriental Flower’ pattern #13277 Cup with printed mark & ENGLAND, Circa…
English bone china dessert plate with seascape, red ground, C.
Staffordshire bone china dessert plate, the claret ground with gilded bands, the centre painted with seascape of fishermen in boat,…
Pottery Child’s plate ‘THE SEAMANS RETURN’ c.1830
English Pottery Child’s plate, the rim moulded with scrolling foliage, the center printed in black with a sailor approaching a…
Samuel Alcock ‘lavender-sprigged’ porcelain mug, countryfolk, c. 1835
Delightful Samuel Alcock bone china mug, the white ground decorated with 9 evenly spaced sprigs in lavender clay, each depicting…
A Sample from our Furniture
Victorian Cedar Gents chair, c. 1875
Victorian Cedar Gents chair on curvy cabriole legs, covered with pale green upholstery. Circa 1875…
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…
George II oak tallboy, 8-drawer on cabriole legs, c. 1750
George II oak tallboy, with 5-drawer upper and 3-drawer stand on tall cabriole legs, a scalloped apron across the front,…
Rare Australian ‘Apprentice Chest’, barley twist, c. 1860
43×23.5cm, 45cm high Provenance: sourced in Geelong in the 1960’s, ex- Moorabool Antiques, Private Collection…
A Sample from our Art
James Stinton (1870-1961) – pheasants in a landscape, c. 1900
James Stinton (1870-1961) – “Pheasants in a Landscape”, watercolour on card, c. 1900 Signed lower left. James Stinton was the youngest son…
Large framed pastel of poppies, G. Snow, late 20th c.
Large & colourful pastel of life-size poppies, realistically depicted with a plain background. Signed ‘G. Snow’ later 20th century Framed 82 x 59cm work…
Portrait miniature of Lady Parkes, wife of Sir Henry Parkes,
Rare portrait miniature of Lady Eleanor Parkes, ne-Dixon, as a young girl, a painted miniature by John Botterill over a…
Bertha Rhodes, ‘Haymaking’ , watercolour signed & dated 1908
‘Haymaking’ Bertha Rhodes, active 1905-1912 watercolour with white highlighting, signed & dated 1908 work 25x18cm, frame 37x30cm some slight browning evident in sky, minor discoloration…
William W. Short senior (1833-1917) -Oil painting, Figures on a
William Short senior (1833-1917) Figures on a bush track Oil on card, Signed & dated lower left, ‘Wm Short / 1895’ William Wackenbarth Short was…