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
Chelsea-Derby cup & saucer, bird-in-branches & pinecone moulded, c. 1775
Rare Chelsea-Derby cup & saucer, the cup moulded in high relief with two birds perched on a flowering prunus branch…
Early Minton plate pat. 85 -grapevine with gilt details, c.
Rare early Minton bone china plate, painted in pattern 85, with all-over gilt vines bearing bunches of purple grapes and…
Staffordshire pottery mug, seated Gent C. 1870
Victorian staffordshire pottery jug formed as a seated gent with a beer mug in his hand hand and a turban…
English Porcelain ‘owl’ jug, oakleaves, c. 1870
English Porcelain ‘owl’ jug, the white bird resting amongst green oakleaves, an orange ‘branch’ forming the handle. Unmarked, c. 1870. 11cm high Some…
Graingers Worcester plate “Gloster” shape, with a bird, C. 1840
Graingers Worcester plate of Gloster shape, painted in the center with a whimsical bird surrounded by gilt ‘twigging’ and within…
A Sample from our Furniture
Persian carpet, pale colours, Iran latter 20th century
Small pure wool Persian carpet, with very fine knotting, decorated with a traditional pattern in pale colours. Iran, latter 20th century 160x78cm Good…
Pokerwork Art nouveau fire screen, C. 1910
Australian pokerwork fire screen , the single panel decorated with stylized flowers in the art nouveau manor, with stippled beveled…
George III mahogany bedside cabinet, C. 1790
George III mahogany bedside cabinet, with gallery top above cupboard, the drawer below pulling out with split front leg support. Circa…
Victorian mahogany carver, unusual balloon-back design, c. 1865
Victorian mahogany carver of unusual ballon back from with broad scroll arms, upholstered in pale green fabric Circa 1865 Condition :Upholstery in…
A Sample from our Art
Four watercolours depicting views of a Georgian house, early 19th
Set of four topographical watercolours, depicting the same Georgian house from different angles, the foregrounds with interesting landscapes and features…
Warwick A. Andrews, “Dreadnought” clipper ship, 1973
Warwick A. Andrews (1930-2021) “Dreadnought” watercolour, signed & dated 1973 Good condition Warwick Anthony Andrews was born in Sydney in 1930, and grew up to…
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…
Ernest Arthur Chapman – v. large NZ landscape, Otago Heads,
Ernst Arthur Chapman (1847-1945) View of Otago Peninsular, with Otago Heads, Sawyer’s Bay, and Port Chalmers. Watercolour on full sheet, set in…
A Roseberry, watercolour, ‘Country farm with cows’, mid 20th century
A. Roseberry, watercolour, ‘Country farm with cows’, Signed lower right, mid 20th century…