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
Staffordshire pottery ‘Topper’ pepper pot, pretty pink hat, c. 1870
Staffordshire pottery pepper pot, modelled as a topper standing with tankard, in blue coat & pretty pink tricorn hat, a…
Keeling (Factory X) spiral fluted teabowl, uncertain pattern (similar X135),
Interesting Keeling spiral fluted teabowl, painted in the French taste with small flower head sprigs. Circa 1790 8cm wide, 4.5cm high small chip…
Rich Bishop & Stonier plate with raised gold Chinoiserie, c.
Bishop & Stonier porcelain plate, richly decorated with raised gold Chinoiserie patterns on a deep blue ground. Printed Caduceus mark,…
Chamberlains Worcester plate with green flower decoration, C. 1825
Chamberlains Worcester ‘Regent China’ plate with gadrooned edge & well-painted oriental style green flowers over a printed black outline. Unmarked, Circa 1825 26cm…
A Sample from our Furniture
French Louis XV style rosewood card table, c.1875
French rosewood card table in the Louis XV style with elegant long fluted rococo legs, the body carved with rococo…
Pair of Victorian gilt wood corner brackets, c. 1880
Pair of Victorian gilt wood corner brackets, the hinged sections carved with foliage & supporting two oval shelves. Circa 1880…
George III mahogany bureau, circa 1780
George III mahogany fall-front bureau, the interior fitted with drawers, green leather desktop & pigeon holes, four drawers down the…
Early Victorian rosewood card table, flower carved, c.1840
Elegant English Rosewood card table, with four flower-carved legs supporting a central hexagonal column, the top sliding to reveal a…
Arts & Crafts oak hanging shelf, C. 1900
Arts & Crafts oak hanging shelf, with 3 shelves and top brace simply carved, the whole pegged together at the…
A Sample from our Art
Pair of Oil on Board paintings in the Flemish Style,
Fine quality pair of oil-on-board paintings, depicting landscapes in the Flemish 17th century manner, each with a large feature tree…
Chinese ancestor portrait, Grandmother in red coat, 19th century or
Chinese ancestor portrait, depicting an enthroned Grandmother on a chair with dragon arms, an elaborate headdress on her hair. Rank badge…
The Sphinx & Pyramids, Egypt, Watercolour by H. Brahm, c.
H. Brahm, watercolour: The Sphinx & Pyramids, Egypt, Circa 1915 visible 25x35cm Some minor flaws including fading & staining, original mount & frame showing…
Painted profile silhouette of a student in academic hat, early
Portrait Silhouette, hand-painted with different washes of ink, depicting a student in academic hat & gown, in original papier mache…
Framed watercolour, jug of pansy flowers dated 1842
Finely detailed watercolour on paper of a posy of pansies in an elaborate ceramic jug painted with roses. Ineligible signature, dated 1842 visible…
Persian Qajar period reverse-painted mirror, bird & iris, later 19th
Qajar Iran reverse painted small mirror, painted in colours with a bird before flowering plants including a large iris, set…