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
Closed Thursday 25th April – Anzac day
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
Newhall coffee can, bat-printed pattern 984, country scenes, c. 1810
Newhall coffee can, bat-printed & hand coloured with two rural scenic views, one of a small stone house, the other…
Early Staffordshire figure, girl with parrot, c.1810
Early Staffordshire figure of a girl with parrot, modelled standing with the long tailed bird beneath one arm, on a…
Swedish silver tripod vase, 18th century
Unusual Baroque Swedish silver tripod vase, the globular vessel supported on three caryatid figures with single hoofed foot. Marked with…
Roman pottery oil lamp, 3rd – 4th century AD
Roman pottery oil lamp, decorated with geometric mouldings. Eastern Mediterranean 3rd – 4th century AD 9cm x 6cm…
Miniature English creamware mug, A PRESENT FOR MY DEAR GIRL
Rare Creamware miniature mug, printed in red with a domestic scene of a mother & father with very young child…
Pair of Paris porcelain spill vases with leaf handles and
Pair of Paris porcelain spill vases, the unusual plain white ground decorated with a central flower spray, moulded leaves with…
A Sample from our Furniture
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…
Louis XV walnut salon chair with Aubusson covers, C.1770
Superb Louis XV walnut salon chair, the crest rail carved with a wheel motif, the arms with elegant scrolls, covered…
Large Welsh Oak Cwpwrdd Deuddarn cupboard, superb patina, carved date
Large Welsh Oak ‘Cwpwrdd Deuddarn‘, (two part cupboard), with nine panels smartly carved with elaborate scrolling panels incorporating flowerheads &…
Country Chippendale elm chair, circa 1780
English ‘Country Chippendale’ elm chair, with pierced splat back & shaped top rail, upholstered in an 18th century style Rosemead…
Large English Oak dresser, 18th century
Large English Oak dresser, 18th century Height: 2.18m Width: 1.45m Depth: 56cm…
French ebonised etargere with intricate marquetry top, ormolu galleries, circa
French ebonised etargere with intricate marquetry and pierced ormolu galleries to the shelves, the leg tops with pinecone finials. Circa 1870 85cm…
A Sample from our Art
Miniature of a regency lady with a white dress and
Miniature of a regency lady with a white dress and blue belt, well painted on a blue ground, in original…
Chinese Export Pith Painting, butterfly & flowers, mid 19thc
Delightful Chinese Export ‘Pith’ painting, with lifelike butterfly and flowering branch. Mid 19th century 28cm Staining and tearsto work, minor watermark to mount ‘Pith’…
Richard Chamerski , ‘A Moment to Play’ – Maldon
Richard Chamerski (1951-2022) ‘A Moment to Play, Maldon’ Oil on board Circa 1975 titled to back on Richard Chamerski Studio sticker, “A Moment to Play…
Barratt, Walter, Watercolour – Bush Landscape – signed & dated
Watercolour of an Australian Bush Landscape. – signed & dated Walter Barratt,1928 38×26.5cm good condition, ready to hang, the frame is maple….
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…
Mark Phillips – Australian Bush scene – oil on canvas,
Mark Phillips (1951- ) “Early Morning Pastoral” 1976 oil on board, signed lower right, dated lower left frame 66.5×56.5cm , work 50x40cm Inscribed on the…