Lady Charlotte Schreiber's journals : confidences of a collector of ceramics & antiques throughout Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Austria & Germany from the year 1869 to 1885 / ed. by her son, Montague J. Guest, with annotations by Egan Mew, illustrated by upwards of one hundred plates, including eight in colour & one in photogravure...
By: Guest, Charlotte, Lady [author.]
Contributor(s): Guest, Montague John [editor.] | Mew, Egan | Victoria and Albert Museum. Schreiber collection
Publisher: London : New York : John Lane ; John Lane company, 1911.Description: 2 volumes (503, 542 pages) : frontispiece., 113 leaves of plates (color and black and white, including portraits) ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Pottery -- Private collections | Art objects -- Private collections | Collectors and collectingOwnership: Bookplate 'Donated by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to the British Museum, opened December 2000.'; Bookplate 'This book belongs to Mrs. Nathan Mark, "Vredehoek," Bedford Farm [...] December 1937"
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British Museum | Britain Europe and Prehistory | Rare | BEP RARE 94 (v.2) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 10022397 | |||
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British Museum | Britain Europe and Prehistory | Rare | BEP RARE 94 (v.1) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 54060000185800 |
In 1884, Lady Schreiber presented 2000 pieces of English pottery, from her collection, to the South Kensington museum, as a memorial to her husband, Charles Schreiber.
Binding: Illustrated cloth case binding. Spine and upper cover with title, author and publisher in gilt.
UkLoBM Bookplate 'Donated by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to the British Museum, opened December 2000.'
UkLoBM Bookplate 'This book belongs to Mrs. Nathan Mark, "Vredehoek," Bedford Farm [...] December 1937"