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
Victorian copper lustre goblet, raised flowers, c1860
Copper lustre goblet with moulded flowers enamelled in bright colours on a blue band. Circa 1860…
Minton Pearlware coffee can, large-scale blue flowers print, c.1820
Minton Pearlware coffee can, printed in blue with a large-scale blue flowers pattern, the interior with a band of similar…
Vienna coffee pot & cover, superb flower panels in gilt
Vienna coffee pot & cover, the baluster shape decorated to each side with superb oval panels of flowers within borders…
John Luck retailed ‘Parade – Tunbridge Wells’ porcelain mug, circa
Interesting English porcelain mug, well printed in black with a street scene populated by fashionable folk shopping, titled ‘Parade -…
Derby plate with flower sprays in gold & red, c.
Derby plate with spiral fluted rim,decorated in gold & iron red, the centers with scattered bellflower sprigs, the rims with…
A Sample from our Furniture
Set of 4 Victorian Gothic Rosewood chairs, c. 1865
Handsome set of four Victorian Gothic Rosewood chairs, the balloon back with pierced quatrefoil openings, the cabriole legs with angular…
English Oak Bible Box on stand, 17th century & later
English Oak Bible Box on stand, the front with two shallow carfed ovals within rectangles. The box 17th century, the stand…
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…
Thebes stool, Arts & Crafts stained oak, prob. Liberty &
Rare Egyptian Revival ‘Thebes’ stool, in stained oak with turned legs & early use of a layered ply steam-pressed seat. Unmarked,…
George III mahogany and elm Chippendale commode chair, c.1780
George III mahogany and elm Chippendale commode chair, with typical pierced splat back & extra-deep seat containing comode beneath lift-up…
Oak coffer with tulip carving, C. 1680
English oak coffer, the front well carved with three panels of tulip flowers below a scrolling tulip frieze, the lock…
A Sample from our Art
Miss Marsh of Collompton, after John Raphael Smith portrait 1808,
Miss Marsh of Collompton, a pastel portrait with small dog, a garden with fountain in the background, after an original by John…
Norma Bull – Corio Bay & the You Yangs, oil
Norma Bull (1906-1980) View over Corio Bay towards the You-Yangs, Oil on Tin Circa 1950’s frame 38x48cm, work 30x40cm Good condition, in period frame with…
Alexander Wagemans (1879-1955) Oil, – The Flower Markets, Amsterdam
Alexander Wagemans (1879-1955) Oil on Canvas, – The Flower Markets, Amsterdamearlier 20th century…
French School Hunt Scene, oil on canvas, early 18th century
Hunt scene in forested landscape, French School, oil on canvas Early 18th century work 39x48cm Condiotion: relined & restored to small areas around theedge,…
Gouache painting of a day’s hunt, 19th century
Gouache painting of hunting trophies, showing dead game including ducks and quail, grouped around a leather hunt bag. Early 19th…