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
Child’s plate, printed with Mother & Child, flower moulded border
Child’s plate with moulded flower wreath border picked out in colour, the center with a print in blue of a…
English pearlware blue printed plate, Lotus ‘Tendril’ pattern, c.1815
English Pearlware plate with 8-lobed rim, printed in blue with a ‘Tendril’ pattern imitating a Chinese ‘Lotus’ design, in particular…
Doulton Lambeth Silica Ware tobacco jar, c.1895.
Doulton Lambeth Silica Ware ewer, with bands of sprigged flower fragments in blue white & brown on a buff ground….
A Sample from our Furniture
Oak side table with dummy drawer, 18th century style, c.
English Oak small side table on cabriole legs, a dummy drawer to one end. Old timbers, probably early 18th century, Re-constructed earlier…
Australian cedar box, inlaid panel, mid 19th C
Australian cedar box, the simple form with inlaid panel, possibly Banksia wood. mid-19th Century…
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…
Mahogany dropside table with fine square legs and brass castors,
Faded mahogany dropside table with fine square legs and brass castors. Circa 1800 Height 70cm Top 91 x 102cm…
Windsor Child’s Chair, 20th century
Child’s chair in the Winsdor style, made from solid elm 20th Century 87cm high Condition: excellent…
A Sample from our Art
Chinese Export watercolour painting of musical instruments, Trumpet & Tambourine,
Large Chinese Export gauche painting, depicting a ‘Haotong’ copper signal Pipe / Trumpet, above a set of disk bells in pairs,…
Rare Japanese lacquer plaque, gold printed Mt Fuji view H.Musino
Rare Japanese lacquer plaque, printed in pure gold with a view of Mount Fuji. Red stamp marks on the back, H.Musino patent c.1900 27×20.5cm Condition:…
Original oil painting, still life, vase of roses, c.1920
Framed original oil painting of of a vase of roses, painted on canvas, signed N ENCEIL Circa 1920…
Ink & wash study, ‘The Wellington Shield’ & ‘Indian Camel
Interesting double-sided ink study of the elaborate ‘Wellington Shield’, with a mirror-image ink sketch of the high relief original, a…
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – sago palm, ‘Metroxylon sagu’
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – palm tree, ‘Metroxylon sagu’, Sago palm. From an unknown Botanical publication, 20th century 24.5 x 21cm Metroxylon sagu,…
Victor Cobb ‘The Tower- Melbourne Grammar School ‘ etching, signed
Victor Cobb ‘The Tower- Melbourne Grammar School ‘ etching no.11/85, signed & dated 1931. Good condition, very minor mount shadow. Plate mark 25.5×17.5cm, page 26.5x38cm Rarely…