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
Bin Thuan shipwreck Buddhistic Lion bowl, Ming Dynasty c. 1608
Chinese porcelain bowl painted with a Buddhistic lion and a brocade ball within a double line circle, traces of colourful…
Paris Porcelain medium size mug, scenic panel on pink marble
Paris Porcelain small tankard, colourfully painted with a large central scenic panel with fishermen within an Italianate landscape, set on…
Sylha pottery oval dish, Melbourne, mid 20th century
Australian Pottery dish, the oval form with split foot rim, glazed in a creamy white tone. Marked ‘SYLHA, MELBOURNE, 715’ mid 20th…
Derby Dish oval lobed, scattered flowers, c. 1790
Derby lobed oval dish, decorated with sparsely scattered cornflower sprays with gilt leaves. Red crown & baton mark, Circa 1790 29x22cm 7cm high Condition: wear…
Newhall teapot stand, pattern 1341 – flowers on blue, c.
Newhall teapot stand, the rectangular from hand painted with pattern 1341 – bright flowers and leaves reserved on blue ground…
Dr Wall Worcester slop bowl, 3 flowers pattern C.1770
Dr Wall Worcester slop bowl printed in underglaze blue with the 3 flowers pattern, the interior with single spay to…
A Sample from our Furniture
Large English Oak dresser, 18th century
Large English Oak dresser, 18th century Height: 2.18m Width: 1.45m Depth: 56cm…
Armorial carving, probably English 16th century or earlier
Large carved oak armorial carving, with a shield bearing an armorial of white roses on red ground, also three annuals…
French ebonised pier cabinet with floral inlay and ormolu mounts,
French ebonised pier cabinet with floral inlay and ormolu mounts, circa 1885 Height: 110cm Width: 79cm Depth: 33.5cm Old borer, small repairs to ebonised…
English Oak Mule Chest, 4-panel front & 3 drawers below,
English Oak Mule Chest, the four panel front with lift up lid , three drawers below, with chamfered corners and…
Louis XV style beech Boudoir window-seat with arms, champagne striped
Louis XV style beech window seat, with padded arms on elegant curved supports, on lightly carved cabriole legs, finished in…
A Sample from our Art
Portrait miniature of Lady Parkes, wife of Sir Henry Parkes,
Rare portrait miniature of Lady Eleanor Parkes, ne-Dixon, as a young girl, a painted miniature by John Botterill over a…
Western Australia engraved boab-tree nut, birds & fish, latter 20th
Western Australia Aboriginal engraved boab-tree nut, the whole decorated with a continuous panel of birds & fish. Latter 20th century…
Colonial Watercolour – India landscape with ox cart, circa 1835
Interesting Indian Colonial watercolour, depicting a mountainous landscape with a traditional ox card in the foreground, the whole with a…
Chinese Export watercolour painting of musical instrument, Qin Harp, 19th
Large Chinese Export gauche painting, depicting a ‘Qin’, a seven-string Zither / Harp, with dark & light banded frets, a long…
Albert Hanson, Cows in a Farmyard, signed & dated 1902
Albert Hanson (1866-1914) Cows in a Farmyard, Australia signed & dated 1902 43x29cm Minor signs of age, displays very well – unframed This watercolour is…