Excerpt from Catalogue of English Porcelain, Earthenware Enamels Etc, Vol. 1: Collected by Charles Schreiber, Esa;, M. P., And the Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Schreiber, and Presented to the Museum in 1884 The great advance made in the study of English pottery and kindred arts since the publication of the original Catalogue of the Schreiber Collection in 1885 has rendered necessary a considerable expansion as well as revision of the material. The catalogue has consequently been divided into three parts dealing respectively with the porcelain; the earthenware, stoneware, etc.; and the glass and enamels. The present volume the first comprises the objects numbered from i to 817 in the original catalogue, with five additional pieces received from Lady Charlotte Schreiber in 1889; the second will comprise Xos. 818 to 1372, together with 17 additional examples; and the third will comprise Nos.1373 to 1813. The second and third volumes are now in preparation and will be published as soon as possible. The preface to the original catalogue by Lady Charlotte Schreiber, giving a brief account of the formation of the collection, is reprinted on page vii below. This catalogue has been prepared by Mr. Bernard Rackham, Assistant Keeper of the Department of Ceramics. The thanks of the Board are due to many friends of the Museum for information given and facilities afforded to him. Among these are Sir Hercules Read, Mr. R.L. Hobson, and Mr. A.M. Hind, of the British Museum; Mr. A. J.Toppin, of the National Museum of Science and Art, Dublin, Mr. Richard Quick, of the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Mr. P.Entwistle, of the Free Public Museums, Liverpool, and Mr. B. Howard Cunnington, of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society; M.G. Papillon and M.G. Lechevallier-Chevignard, of the Manufacture Nationale, Sevres; and Mr. Roland H. Ley. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.