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Lady Charlotte Guest Manuscripts
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Journal of ceramics-collecting

Collecting tour journal of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, April-August 1876, November 1876-July 1877, in Belgium, Germany, Holland, France, Italy and Austria; also Canford and London (pp. 1-77); together with records of purchases, May-August 1876, November-December 1876, March-August 1877 (pp. 1-33 at end of volume, inverted text).
Loose papers found with the volume have been filed separately (Charlotte Guest MS XXIIIa).

Miscellaneous papers

Various papers found loose in MS XXIII and now filed separately. They include a note in French, 1876, on Wedgewood items; letters, 1876, from Lady Charlotte's daughter, Blanche, and her husband, Edward Ponsonby, later Lord Bessborough; addresses and business cards of various dealers; bills and draft accounts of purchases; photograph of a vase, and of A. Cerutti; two letters, 1876, on financial matters; and a letter of introduction in French, 1876, from W. H. Waddington to Edgar Waddington, Paris.

Journal of ceramics-collecting

Ceramic-collecting journal of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, November 1877-September 1878, including collecting tours in Spain, France, Germany, Turkey and Austria (pp. 1-117); together with records of purchases for the same period (pp. 1-11 at end of volume, inverted text).
Papers loose within the volume (9 ff.) include draft accounts of purchases, 1878.

Journal

Journal, April 1887-November 1888, of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, at Bournemouth, London, Uffington and Canford, and in Italy.

Journal

Journal of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, September 1879-November 1881, including tours in Holland, Germany, Belgium, Sweden and France; also Canford, London and Margam (pp.1-106); together with records of purchases, September-October 1879, September-November 1880, September-November 1881 (pp. 1-42 at end of volume, inverted text).

Journal

Journal of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, November 1881-October 1882, including tours in Belgium, Holland, Germany; also Canford (pp. 1-23); together with records of purchases, September-October 1882 (pp. 1-6).

Journal

Journal, April 1883-October 1885, of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, at Folkestone, the Isle of Wight, South Africa, Portugal, London and Canford.

Iron and coal

Manuscripts, 1818-1853, relating to the iron and coal industries at Dowlais, Glamorgan, comprising a notebook of Sir John Guest, 1818-1841, and transcripts of reports, 1851-1853.

Notebook of Sir John Guest

Notebook, 1818-1841, of Sir John Guest containing various memoranda relating mainly to the iron and coal industries, including analysis of iron ores and various technical data; notes of tonnage of iron made at Dowlais and transported by canal; record of prices of bar iron; numbers of men, boys and girls working at Dowlais, 1818; together with a few political notes, notably an estimate of 'supposed influence in Glamorgan Boroughs'.

Guest, Josiah John, Sir, 1785-1852

Coal reports

A volume containing transcripts of reports, 1851-1853, on the Dowlais Collieries, prepared by Thomas E. Wales, Nicholas Wood, [George] Martin, [mine agent], and John Evans, [works manager], addressed to Sir J. J. Guest and later to Lady Charlotte (pp. 1-94, 155-178). Also included are details of the power of engines used at the Dowlais Works (pp. 204-206).
Loose in the volume is a manuscript statement concerning a strike at Dowlais in 1853 (9 ff.).

Printed books

Copies of printed works, 1888-1895, by Lady Charlotte Schreiber, comprising Etchings, 1830-1834 ([s.l.], 1889), Fans and Fan Leaves, 2 vols (London, 1888-90) and Playing Cards of Various Ages and Countries, 3 vols (London, 1892-95).

Playing cards

A copy of Playing Cards of Various Ages and Countries, selected from the collection of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 3 vols (London, 1892-5), III (1895) [cf. GV 1235 S37 (folio)]. Following the death of Lady Charlotte in January 1895, the work was completed by A. Wollaston Franks.

Franks, Augustus Wollaston, 1826-1897

Playing cards: Vol I

A copy of Playing Cards of Various Ages and Countries, selected from the collection of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 3 vols (London, 1892-5), I (1892) [cf. GV 1235 S37 (folio)].

Playing cards: Vol. II

A copy of Playing Cards of Various Ages and Countries, selected from the collection of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 3 vols (London, 1892-5), II (1893) [cf. GV 1235 S37 (folio)].

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