Catalogue of English Porcelain Earthenware Enamels and Glass collected By Charles Schreiber Esq. M.P. and The Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Schreiber and presented to the Museum in 1884 (3 volumes, complete set)
Hardbound
1930 · London
by Rackham, Bernard
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1930. Hardbound. VG- (Pages have aged with some instances of light foxing; newer binding is impeccable.). Brown buckram with gilt letters on spines. Vol. 1: xviii, 226 pp., followed by 96 pp. of bw plates illustrating hundreds of items. Vol. 2: xii, 139 pp., followed by 86 pages of bw reproductions. Vol. 3: 102 pp., followed by 48 pages of bw plates illustrating hundreds of items. Titles on spines begin: Catalogue of the Schreiber Collection. The full-three volume matching set of this reference, with books published at various times and in various revisions. All outline portions of the collection amassed by English academic and politician Charles Schreiber (1826-1884) and his wife, Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Schreiber (1812-1895). Volume 1 addresses Porcelain, with 825 items inventoried and described. Volume 2 addresses Earthenware, with 645 items described. Volume 3 addresses Enamels and Glass, with 444 items described. (Inventory #: 106105)