Record Number: 27540

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

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

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1874 and 31 Aug 1874

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Rouen

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Charles and Lady Charlotte Schreiber

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

also known as Lady Charlotte Guest. Nee Charlotte Bertie

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Pottier

Title:

works on ceramics

Genre:

Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27540

Source:

Print

Author:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber

Editor:

Earl of Bessborough

Title:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1952

Vol:

n/a

Page:

136

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891 (London, 1952), p. 136, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=27540, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Source ed. goes on to relate how the Schreibers eventually recovered their bottle, after finding it in the Brussels shop of the dealer who had purchased it; see p.136.