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
Closed Thursday 25th April – Anzac day
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
English pottery yellow mug with bat print, silver lustre, c.
English yellow glazed pottery mug, decorated with a bat print of figures & sheep before a country house, set within…
Japanese Imari plate, pierced rim, vase of flowers pattern, 18th-19th
Japanese porcelain plate with pierced ‘ring’ rim, painted in Imari colours of underglaze blue & iron red with a central…
Worcester small tankard, large flower groups, C. 1765
Dr Wall Worcester small tankard, well painted with large polychrome flower groups. Unmarked, circa 1765 9cm high, rim 7cm wide Condition: large crack to…
Newhall cup and saucer, shell pattern c. 1800
Newhall shell pattern cup and saucer, freely painted with a large yellow shell on a bed of green seaweed with…
Set of 6 Derby plates, colourful flower pattern, c. 1820-30
Set of 6 Derby plates, hand painted with colourful scattered flower groups, within a gold line rim. Red crown & baton…
A Sample from our Furniture
French Trumeau mirror, with gilt pillars & landscape, c. 1840
French Empire style ‘trumeau’ mirror, with classical gilt pillars flanking each side of the glass, topped with a finely painted…
Empire Art Co, Pty, Ltd Sydney Australia frame, C.1920
Empire Art Co, Pty, Ltd Sydney Australia frame, the gesso wood, frame with arch top and grained finish. Circa 1920 48cm high 33cm…
French Louis XV style rosewood card table, c.1875
French rosewood card table in the Louis XV style with elegant long fluted rococo legs, the body carved with rococo…
Elm wall hanging candle box, 19th c.
Primitive Elm hanging ‘candle box’, with small enclosed shelf and tall arched back. 19th century, probably European 60 x 12cm Good antique condition…
Georgian mahogany carver armchair, carved & pierced, c. 1785
Georgian Mahogany Hepplewhite carver chair, the back with pierced vase-shape splat and leaf-carved crest rail, the elegant arms with scroll…
A Sample from our Art
W.H. Weatherhead (1843-1903), ‘Preparing the Evening Meal’, oil on canvas
William Harris Weatherhead ‘Preparing the Evening Meal’ depicting a lady seated in a stone cottage, with a large kitchen hearth to her…
Pastel of Poppies, French ? C.1920
Pastille of Poppies, depicted life-size against a greenish ground. Possibly French, early 20th century 28x45cm good condition, unframed (can be supplied framed)…
Robert Hollands Walker, Mapleton Village scene , watercolour c. 1890
Robert Hollands Walker (1852-1920) Mapleton Village scene, watercolour, finely detailed with figures in conversation by the blacksmiths forge, a church tower in the…
Raffaele Moretti – The Card Game – watercolour, Rome, c.
Raffaele Moretti – The Card Game Large watercolour, depicting the interior of a large stone-paved hall, hosting a card game…
Angus Winneke (1911-82) watercolour , ‘Arcadia’, mid-20th century
Angus Winneke (1911-82) ‘Arcadian interlude’ Watercolour painted one brown card, of a group of pale ladies and dark men carrying baskets laden…