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 theatrical figure Madame Vestris as ‘Broom Girl’, c.
Staffordshire Pottery theatrical figure of Madame Vestris in her role as ‘Broom Girl’ depicted standing with brooms in hands, on…
Bavarian porcelain large soup tureen, painted flowers & lavender
Handsome large soup tureen with soft lavender ground and finely painted flowers. Marked: Tielsch, Altwasser, Bavaria Circa 1880 small star to lid, otherwise…
Handsome Derby plate, Billingsley flowers, c. 1790
Derby plate with spiral fluted rim, superbly painted with a central large group of flowers, including pink rose and various…
Dr Wall Worcester tea bowl & saucer, Mother & Child
Dr Wall Worcester tea bowl & saucer, printed in blue with the ‘Mother and child’ pattern. Underglaze crescent mark, Circa 1780 Saucer diameter:…
Spode Imari teacup + saucer, pattern 1220, circa 1815
Fine Spode Imari cup & saucer, richly painted with an Imari pattern, no. 1220, embellished with thick gilding. Gilt pattern no….
Chinese Export coffee can, Engish dec. circa 1740
Chinese Export coffee can, well painted in a famille rose palette & gold over an underglaze blue pattern with a…
A Sample from our Furniture
Four early Victorian Mahogany chairs, spade back, c. 1860
Four early Victorian Mahogany chairs, with turned front legs and simple spade backs, upholstered in green velvet. Circa 1860 97cm high Some repairs to…
George III Mahogany Secretaire bookcase, elegant arched pediment & gothic
Elegant George III mahogany secretaire bookcase with unusual simple arched pediment above astragal glazing in the ‘Gothic’ taste, the top…
French trumeau mirror & oil painting, C. 1805
French trumeau mirror & oil painting, depicting a lady & gent in a garden by a memorial, the mirror original,…
Pair of George III Hepplewhite Mahogany chairs, c. 1780
A pair of elegant George III Hepplewhite mahogany chairs with horse shoe shaped rib- moulded back supporting an elegant pierced…
Pair of Mahogany work tables, drawers, cupboard & slide, c.
Near pair of mahogany work tables, usable as bedside tables, with twin drawers one side, a fold down door the…
A Sample from our Art
John C. Aisbett (1896-1964) ‘Farmyard Haystacks’, Oil on Board signed
John C. Aisbett (1896-1964) ‘Farmyard Haystacks’, Oil on Board signed & dated lower right 1946 50x37cm Condition: fair, some warpage to board & minor marks. John…
Bernard Walter Evans, ‘Langham Stretch’, watercolour, signed & dated 1883
Bernard Walter Evans (1843-1922) , ‘Langham Stretch’ , a view of the estuary of the River Stour, Suffolk large watercolour, signed &…
Australian fire screen, three oil paintings of Blue Mountains, c.
Australian Hardwood fire screen, the tri-fold frame with plywood panels inset with three landscape oil paintings of the Blue Mountains,…
J. Hine watercolour, Houses on La Trobe Terrace, Geelong
Original Watercolour, titled: Houses on La Trobe Terrace, Geelong Signed J. Hine Late 20th century Framed 36x28cm Work 22x15cm…
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:…
Naive portrait of two young girls, maple frame, c. 1820
Delightful ‘naive’ watercolour portrait of two young girls, shown sitting beneath a large tree in a wooded landscape, a scattering…