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
Large porcelain beaker, hand-coloured hunt bat print, initialled ‘JN’, dated
Large English Porcelain beaker, decorated with a large hand-coloured bat print depicting the return from a hunt, one gent with…
Spode ‘New Stone’ dish, ‘Chinese Flowers’ pattern, c.1820
Spode oval “New Ironstone” dish with central ‘Chinese Flowers’ design within a border of flower groups, the two moulded handles…
Framed porcelain plaque with portrait of lady, 19th century
Framed 25.5x20cm Plaque 8×6.5cm…
Pearlware coffee pot, printed blue pagoda scenes, c. 1770
Interesting Pearlware coffee pot, of baluster form, printed with a pagoda pattern in blue & white, circa 1770….
Royal Copenhagen shell-shaped serving dish, ‘Saxon Flowers’, c. 1785
Rare Royal Copenhagen shell-shape dish, well painted in the ‘Saxon Flowers’ pattern with groups of colourful flowers in the Meissen…
Continental porcelain custard cup and cover, Chelsea style, c. 1900
Continental porcelain custard cup and cover, made in the Chelsea style. Circa 1900 9cm H Condition: small chip to foot rim…
A Sample from our Furniture
Georgian Hepplewhite Mahogany sideboard, c.1780
George III Hepplewhite Mahogany sideboard, with central bow-fronted drawer supported on scroll brackets, flanked by pairs of dummy drawers, one…
Set of 6 Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, C.1860
Set of 6 Victorian mahogany balloon back chairs, with small carved scrolls to the back rail. Circa 1860 86 x 62 x…
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…
Spanish elm chair, tooled leather seat, 17th century
Spanish elm chair with shaped stretcher and upholstered and with early tooled leather seats. Mid 17th century 45x37cm, 97cm high…
Late Georgian mahogany corner cupboard, bow front with inlay, c.
Late Georgian mahogany corner cupboard, the curved front with twin doors bearing arched panels of flame mahogany, a drawer and…
French Empire Console Table, mahogany with ormolu mounts, circa 1820
French Empire mahogany Console Table, of tall symmetrical open backed form, with single large drawer mounted with a bronze cornucopia…
A Sample from our Art
Robert Tantau, watercolour- ‘Towards the Bay’, Geelong City view down
Robert Tantau, Original Watercolour, local view titled to the back: ‘Towards the Bay’ looking down Geringhap Street to the Old Post Office…
Robert Tantau (1931-2020), large watercolour, Chicory Kiln, French Island, 1984
Large Original Watercolour, titled to the back: Chicory Kiln, French Island by Robert Tantau Signed & Dated 1994 Framed-94x77cm, Work-74x52cm Robert Tantau was a local…
Clifford Dudley Wood, watercolour, “Snow Fall” c. 1965
Clifford Dudley Wood (1905-1980), watercolour, “Snow Fall” showing skiers in a snowy landscape, probably the Australian Alps. …
Neville W Cayley ‘Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos’ watercolour, early 20th c.
Neville W. Cayley (Junior), ‘Pair of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos’ watercolour, signed lower right ‘Neville W. Cayley’ Circa 1920 Frame 49x60cm, Visible 28x38cm Neville William Cayley is…
Mark Phillips – Cows among Gums – oil on canvas,
Mark Phillips (1951- ) Cows among Gums, 1975 Oil on board, signed & dated lower right Frame 55×47.5cm work 37x29cm Inscribed to the back with…
Georgian portrait silhouette of a Gentleman, c. 1780
Georgian silhouette portrait of a Gentleman, painted in a matt black with shiny black detailing of collar and hair, set…