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 pepper pot – topper – c. 1870
Staffordshire pottery pepper pot, modelled as a topper standing with tankard, in yellow tricorn hat. Circa 1870 14.5cm Some chips to hat, signs…
Paris porcelain sucrier, white with gilt fruiting vine, c. 1825
Paris porcelain sucrier with white ground and decorated with gilt fruiting vine Circa 1825 Inscribed Roman numerals XI 18cm W crack to handle…
Staffordshire model of a Zebra, c. 1860
Rare Staffordshire figure of a zebra, facing left and standing on a grassy mound base. Unusually…
English brown glazed stoneware apothecary jars, c.1845
Early Victorian brown glazed stoneware apothecary jar with an applied moulded royal coat of arms and lacquer label, with replacement…
English green ground cup+saucer, Circa 1880
Elegant English porcelain cup and saucer, the cup on a pedestal base, printed & painted with flowers on a green…
Rare William Reid polychrome pickle dish, ex-Watney Collection, c.1756-61
Rare Liverpool leaf form pickle dish, with unusual iron red feathered rim, the center with a flower bud sprig with…
A Sample from our Furniture
George III Mahogany sarcophagus shape wine cellar, c. 1820
George III Mahogany sarcophagus shape wine cellar, with panelled sides and bun feet, interior vacant. …
English mahogany half size children’s/nursing chair, c.1865
English faded mahogany half sized children’s or nursing chair of slipper form and upholstered in green velvet. Circa 1865 63cm H 65cm…
Early Victorian rosewood card table, flower carved, c.1840
Elegant English Rosewood card table, with four flower-carved legs supporting a central hexagonal column, the top sliding to reveal a…
Victorian turquoise beaded footstool with flowers, c.1860
Victorian footstool with intricately hand embroidered and beaded flowers on a burgundy ground, surrounded by bright turquoise beads and floral…
Fine quality crystal cabinet, walnut veneer c.1925
Fine quality crystal cabinet, the curved front with 3 vertical glass panes to each of the twin doors, the whole…
A Sample from our Art
Frederick Strange – ‘View of Launceston’, Important Colonial Masterpiece c.
Frederick Strange (c.1807-1873) ‘View of Launceston’ , watercolour Depicting the city as viewed from near present-day Sandy Hill, a heavily-laden flour cart…
Original Watercolour of a Amazon Macaw Parrot, inscribed to back
Well painted watercolour of a large Amazonian Macaw Parrot, seated on a branch against blue sky. Inscribed to back ‘To Permee…
Victorian round glass hanging with reverse-painted + printed cherub, c.
Large Victorian hanging plaque, the thin round glass panel with reverse-printed & hand painted depiction of one of Raphael’s chreubs…
Robbie Burns oil on card, after Alexander Nasmyth, early 19th
Good quality portrait of Robbie Burns, the Scottish poet, after the original by Alexander Nasmyth, depicting him young and dressed…
Miniature painting – ‘Drunken Silenus supported by Satyrs’ after Van
‘Drunken Silenus supported by Satyrs’, after Van Dyck’s 1620 painting now in the National Gallery, London. Miniature on ivory, finely painted…