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Pottier : works on ceramics

The Earl of Bessborough describes events following Lady Charlotte Schreiber and her husband's sale of 'a gourd-shaped bottle of Wedgwood ware' bought at Rotterdam in 1873, following assessment of it as of 'no value whatsoever': 'In August 1874 the Schreibers were in Rouen, and according to their custom visited the Museum. What was their dismay when they found exactly similar bottles on the most conspicuous shelf in the place of honour. They immediately consulted the magnificent quartos of Pottier, the well-known archaeologist and ceramic expert, and learnt that there was nothing in Europe so rare as those productions, the work of one Dorio, an Italian, who made a few fine things at Rouen when on his way to Holland, where he introduced the same style in a few pieces.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles and Lady Charlotte Schreiber     Print: Book

 

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