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
Continental Porcelain coffee can with classical dec, serpent handle, c.
Continental Porcelain coffee can, the straight sided form richly enamelled with classical motifs including scallop shell and fabric swags (supporting…
English pearlware plate with Chinoiserie in blue, C. 1780.
English pearlware plate with feathered rim and double swag moulding, painted with a chinese figure and pagoda in a chinoiserie…
Chamberlain’s Worcester plate, turquoise border, 1847-50
Chamberlain’s Worcester silver shaped plate turquoise and gilt border Impressed CHAMBERLAINS mark for 1847-50 Minor nibbles to rim 22.5cm W…
Derby plate – ‘Haddon Hall, Derbyshire’, Bloor Derby c. 1830
Derby plate well painted with a large country house by a stream with a bridge, within a scrolled foliate border…
Spode spill vase, pat. 3420 – deep blue & enamelled
Spode spill vase, the heavily potted form with tapered sides and flared lip, glazed in a deep blue with scattered…
Meissen saucer, Watteauesque scenes in green, c.1765
Meissen saucer with ‘Green Watteau’ scenes, within scrolling borders of scale pink & gold. Crossed swords mark, Circa 1765…
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…
Japanese large wooden screen, carved with birds & flowers, ex-
Handsome large Japanese room screen, well carved with both sides different, one side with shallow carved-out panels of lifesize plants,…
George III mahogany and elm Chippendale commode chair, c.1780
George III mahogany and elm Chippendale commode chair, with typical pierced splat back & extra-deep seat containing comode beneath lift-up…
Australian Cedar hall table, single drawer, c. 1860
Australian Cedar hall table, the simple form with single drawer. Circa 1860 Condition: good colour, original patination with a few marks, front…
Victorian fine quality Mahogany Hall Chair, circa 1840
Fine early victorian sold mahogany hall chair, the back with central shield supported within horse shoe shaped back, the crest…
A Sample from our Art
Daisy Wood water colour, Nestia Daisies, signed, c. 1975
Daisy Wood water colour of Nestia Daisies on a turquoise background, signed “Daisy Wood” at flower stems, framed and mounted Circa…
Pair of Oil on Board paintings in the Flemish Style,
Fine quality pair of oil-on-board paintings, depicting landscapes in the Flemish 17th century manner, each with a large feature tree…
Oil painting of a ship on rough seas, 19th/earlier 20th
Original oil painting of a sailing ship on rough seas, framed in a period Birdseye Maple frame. 28x23cm framed 41.5x 37.5cm excellent…
Black Basalt plaque of a Philosopher, in early Australian Cedar
Late 18th century Black Basalt portrait plaque of an unknown philosopher, depicted with long hair & beard facing left, interestingly framed…
Arnold Jarvis (1881-1951) – rare large watercolour, English Thatch Cottage
Arnold Jarvis (1881-1951) English Thatch Cottage with Steamship, a panoramic coastal view with an English thatch cottage on the right, within wildflower…