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
Chinese Export plate, underglaze garden & ducks, c.1750
Chinese Export plate, well painted underglaze with a garden scene including gnarled pine, bamboo, chrysanthemum flowers and a curious bamboo…
Staffordshire tabby cat seated one blue cushion, Late 19th C
Staffordshire tabby cat, modelled seated on a blue cushion with blue ribbon around neck. Late 19th Century 18cm Condition – Bruise to one…
Staffordshire figures, Victoria & Albert with baby, c. 1840
Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, a fine pair of Staffordshire Pottery figures depicting the enthroned monarchs, with Victoria nursing a…
Kanxi moulded tea bowl, underglaze flower garden, rabbit mark c.
Delightful Chinese porcelain teabowl with moulded ribbed walls & scalloped rim, painted underglaze to the outside with a flower garden…
Royal Worcester plate with painted flower groups, c. 1885
Royal Worcester plate with hand painted flower groups within a gilt dentil rim. Printed mark, Circa 1885 23cm excellent condition…
Pair of staffordshire spaniels, purple lustre dec, early 20th century
Pair of staffordshire spaniels with purple lustre decoration Early 20th century 19cm H one with very worn lustre, other wise good condition…
A Sample from our Furniture
Louis XV walnut salon chair with Aubusson covers, C.1770
Superb Louis XV walnut salon chair, the crest rail carved with a wheel motif, the arms with elegant scrolls, covered…
Australian Cedar serpentine fronted side table, c. 1870
Australian Cedar serpentine fronted side table, of simple construction on four turned legs. Circa 1870 93x45cm, 76cm high Good condition, pleasant waxed surface…
Louis XVI giltwood ‘fauteuil a la Reine’ with chinoiserie silk
Louis XVI giltwood fauteuil ‘a la Reine’, with rounded back edged in acanthus carving, the supports with acanthus leaf flourishes,…
Chinese hardwood ice bucket on stand, early 20th century
Chinese hardwood ice bucket, with tapered square sides bound with brass bands, a large handle to either side, a removable…
Edwardian Tea Trolley, Oak ‘Elizabethan’ style, c.1910
Edwardian tea trolley of ‘Elizabethan’ style, with three shelves, the top a removable tray on 4 open cast spoked wheels. Circa…
George III oak dresser rack, three shelves, c. 1790
George III oak hanging dresser rack of simple form, with a pediment above three shelves. Circa 1790 120 x 153 cm some losses…
A Sample from our Art
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – Chillies with flower
Original hand-painted botanical illustration – Chillies with flower From an unknown 20th century Botanical publication. 24.5 x21cm (unframed) …
Small early Victorian watercolour of a child with parrot, c.
Early Victorian watercolour, the finely detailed work depicting a child seated on a cushion by a basket of fruit, feeding…
Topographical survey watercolours for railway line near Einasleigh, QLD, c.
Rare colonial sketchbook leaves, illustrating a surveyors plots for a railway route through challenging terrain, with two options plotted, one…
Hand Coloured Bird print ‘Goshawk’by Rev. Morris 1868
Coloured engraving of a ‘Goshawk’ From “A History of British Birds”, by The Rev. F. O. Morris B.A., published by George…
Grand Tour Sepia Italian landscape, ‘Mina’, signed & dated EE
Well-painted sepia landscape, with two figures strolling along a path through a valley, a lake to one side with a…
Miniature of a Regency Lady in filigree ormolu frame, early
Hand painted miniature on ivory, depicting a Regency beauty in stylish dress, set in an ornate filigree ormolu frame. Indistinct signature…