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
Easter Hours
– closed Good Friday, open Sat 10am -1pm
Closed Monday
Open as usual Tuesday
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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Remarkable set of 7 Chinese Ivory child musicians, late Qing Dynasty, c.1900$6,600.00 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
Silver plated wine bottle holder 20th C
$95.00 AUD
Silver plated wine bottle holder 20th C
$140.00 AUD
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.
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,…
Fresh Stock – from Children’s Chairs to Moser Glass
Welcome to the latest Fresh Stock release on moorabool.com . This is a terrifically diverse one, bringing together a series…
Asian Arts – Chinese & South-East Asian Ceramics
Welcome to our Asian Special. We’re actually in Asia for this one! Paul & Glenys, your proprietors at Moorabool Antiques,…
Nod if you like Antiques….. a collection of ‘Nodders’ +
Today’s Fresh Stock is a bit of a laugh….. These classic bits of Victorian are the ultimate ….. ‘kitsch’! A…
Featured Items & Essays
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….
A Phar Lap Australian Silver Charm
A remarkable momento of the epic 1930 Melbourne Cup win by Phar Lap, commemorating J.E. Pike’s win, this rare Australian Sterling Silver medallion is Fresh to Moorabool’s stock – just in time…
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
Bendigo pottery blue glaze pottery boat vase. C.1930
Bendigo pottery vase shaped as a boat with blue speckled glaze. Circa 1930 32x 10 cm 8 cm high…
Creamware frog mug, Motto – May the honest heart never
Creamware frog mug, of straight sided tankard form, painted with a motto – May the honest heart never feel distress-…
Coalport armorial cup & saucer, Temple family C. 1810
Chamberlains Worcester armorial cup & saucer, with wide laurel border of naturalistic leaves and large red berries on a gold…
Worcester saucerdish, gilt flowerhead pattern, c.1775
Worcester saucerdish, simply decorated with a gilt flowerhead pattern within a dentil rim. …
Meissen cabinet plate, pierced with Watteau scene, c.1880
Meissen cabinet plate with pierced rim, the well with deep blue ground reserving a finely painted ‘Watteau’ scene, the whole with rich…
Chelsea-Derby plate with swags of roses, C. 1780
Chelsea-Derby plate with elegant lobed rim and slight moulding, painted with a central rose head, the rim with swags of…
A Sample from our Furniture
Arts & Crafts Oak open Bookcase, c.1895
Interesting English Oak Arts & Crafts bookcase, the simple design with three segments fixed by pegs to the sides, the…
Louis XV style fauteuil, early 20th century
Louis XV style fauteuil, small size, well made with carved flowers to legs & back, upholstered in a soft blue…
Georgian Mahogany padfoot dropside table, circa 1760
Georgian mahogany dropleaf table with rounded corners, on pad foot, with French Polish finish. Circa 1760 Condition: some marks to top, very…
Elegant Georgian mahogany dressing table mirror, c. 1770
Elegant Georgian mahogany dressing table mirror, the oval glass with veneered frame and striped inlaid border, the fine lyre-shaped support…
A Sample from our Art
Dorca Charles Sewell, ‘Inverneill’, watercolour c.1970
Dorca Charles Sewell (1907-79) ‘The Inverneill’, depicted under sail with a tug and barge nearby, a large black & white buoy…
Original hand-painted botanical illustration -Cotton, ‘Gossypium Hirsita’
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – ‘Gossypium Hirsita’, Cotton From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th century 25 x 22cm Gossypium hirsutum, also known as…
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…
Continental Plaque painted with a Gypsy girl with rose, 19th
Continental porcelain plaque, finely hand painted with a Gypsy girl with a rose, set in an ornate metal frame stamped…
Pencil Sketch by Frederick Bennett- ‘Timber Walk Bridge Swiss Alps’
Original Victorian pencil sketch depicting a wooden bridge structure over a waterfall in a mountainous landscape Back marked ‘Frederick Bennett 1872…