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
Worcester spoon tray, fisherman pattern, c.1780
Worcester spoon tray, printed underglaze with the ‘fisherman’ pattern. Underglaze Crescent mark almost…
German porcelain snuff box, gold mounts, c.1760
Interesting German porcelain snuff box, well painted with scattered flower sprigs, the lid with similar, with gold mounts. No marks, Circa 1760 Small…
Doulton Lambeth stoneware jug, silver mount , C 1910
Doulton Lambeth salt glaze jug of typical two- toned form, sprigged with ‘toppers’, trees, a windmill and a hunt scene,…
Worcester plate with flowers, ex- Zorensky Collection C. 1765
Worcester plate of lobed rim form, painted with large flower groups and individual sprigs and leaves, within a thick brown…
Vienna coffee pot, ‘fels und vogel’ underglaze with bright ‘clobbered’
Interesting Vienna porcelain coffee pot & cover, painted underglaze with the ‘fels ud vogel’ (bird & rock) pattern, enhanced with…
A Sample from our Furniture
Mahogany vitrine coffee table, beveled glass, 20th century
Useful Mahogany low Vitrine / Coffetable, with beveled glass sides and top, one side sliding out for access to display…
Thonet bentwood and seat armchair, c. 1905
Thonet ornate bentwood armchair, the back with turned sections and knobs to the ends, the seat caned. Circa 1905 221 stamped to…
Elm Windsor Child’s high chair, C . 1870
Elm Windsor Child’s high-chair, with bentwood back and arms, the solid seat on four turned legs ( 1 plain!), with…
Large French Fauteuil, scroll arms, Louis XIV, Circa 1700
Large French fauteuil, with sweeping arms ending in superb cutout scrolls, supported on bobbin-turned legs and ‘H’-shaped stretcher, upholstered in…
Continental Oak dresser, 2 shelves with a cover, c.1700
Continental oak dresser, the cupboard panel base with diamond panel doors, with two shelves and plate rack above, the upper…
Nest of 4 Mahogany Regency style Tables, Late 19th Century
Nest of four Mahogany Regency style tables, with four finely turned simulated bamboo legs on spreading feet , the tops…
A Sample from our Art
Kenneth Jack, ink sketch – General Store, Post Office, Church,
Kenneth Jack (1924-2006) Ink sketch inscribed “General Store, Post Office, Church, + Garage, Swan Reach, Victoria” Signed & dated 1964 63 x 44cm Frame Work:…
Japanese scroll, calligraphy, 19th/20th century
Japanese calligraphy scroll, with central inscription and several smaller. 19th/20th century Work 139x55cm total 190x61cm…
Fine quality portrait miniature of a man, in lacquer frame,
Fine quality portrait miniature, painted in black & subtle colouring on card, depicting a man facing left dressed in a…
Watercolour portrait of a lady, signed A Sleger 1840
Fine portrait miniature of a lady, sketched in pencil & well detailed in watercolour. Signed in pencil lower right ‘A” Sleger…