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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth
@carolinemccaff.bsky.social
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Historian & Curator | Senior Lecturer in French & British History of Art 1600-1900 at University of Edinburgh |Director, Global Premodern Art MSc |Ceramics,Glass & History of Collecting
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · Dec 19
Finally moved over to BlueSky. Welcome folks! I’m an art historian & curator specialising in early modern French & British material culture, with a focus on decorative arts, histories of collecting and women’s lives. Also Director of Global Premodern Art History Masters @edinburghuni.bsky.social
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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 6d
Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth’s long-awaited study of this great Victorian collector has just been published by Lund Humphries. www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...
Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Extraordinary Art Collector
This book emphasises Lady Charlotte Schreiber (1812-1895) — also known as Lady Charlotte Guest, née Bertie — as one of the most significant women in the history of collecting. An extraordinary collect...
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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 6d
Lady Charlotte Shreiber was a woman who subverted gendered norms and challenged Victorian conventions, Schreiber made major contributions to ceramic history and cultural education, and played an influential role in transnational artistic networks.
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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 6d
@carolinemccaff.bsky.social gives the first in our autumn online lecture series on 21st October. 🧵
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · 8d
Earlier this week I celebrated the official launch of my new book with @lhartbooks.bsky.social at Bonhams auction house in Knightsbridge with a room bursting with excellent people & some wonderful ceramics on display ✨ 📚 🏺 www.lundhumphries.com/products/lad...
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · 13d
Full draft of my second book done and sent off to my editor. Wine please 🥂 📚 💤
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · 14d
Delighted to be giving a lecture on my new book at the V&A Museum on 23rd October- it’s free and open to all www.vam.ac.uk/event/E7WLeV...
Lunchtime Lectures: The Extraordinary Art Collection of Lady Charlotte Schreiber - V&A Academy Talk at V&A South Kensington · V&A
This talk is part of the free lunchtime lecture series. No booking is required.
www.vam.ac.uk
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · 16d
Catticus Finch is looking extra floofy and doing some excellent assisting as I continue to edit my book draft 📚
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · 16d
Erika, I couldn’t have done any of this without your incredible support!
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 16d
I am excited that this marvelous book is now published! Lady Charlotte was extraordinary in *many* ways, really...

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Extraordinary Art Collector
By Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth / @carolinemccaff.bsky.social
www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...
@lhartbooks.bsky.social 2025
Five photos of the same book - on the top row are pics of the front and back covers. On the bottom row are three pics of internal pages, showing both pics and text.
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · 18d
Really chuffed with this review of my new book! @theartnewspaper.bsky.social www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/t...
The 19th-century heiress whose avid collecting was just part of a rich, scholarly life
The exceptional legacy of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, best known for her scholarly collecting of ceramics, is explored in a new biography
www.theartnewspaper.com
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · 20d
It’s PUBLICATION day!!! www.lundhumphries.com/products/lad...
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · 21d
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Lady Charlotte Schreiber
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · 24d
Thank you so much to Bonhams Edinburgh for inviting me to give a lecture on my new book and the formidable collector Lady Charlotte Schreiber. Special thanks to Sophie von der Goltz & May Matthews for organising www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · Aug 23
A snoozy Caturday with Miss Catticus Finch
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · Aug 22
Tales of heroic knights, love, dragon fights & giants…no this isn’t Game of Thrones, it’s the Mabinogion! A collection of Welsh medieval tales- It’s thanks to the remarkable antiquarian & collector Lady Charlotte Guest (later Schreiber) that these stories were rediscovered & translated in the 1830s
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · Aug 18
Readers interested in women's contributions to the decorative arts will also be interested in this imminently forthcoming book:

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Extraordinary Art Collector
by @carolinemccaff.bsky.social
www.lundhumphries.com/products/lad...
@lhartbooks.bsky.social, Sept 2025
Book jacket - a colorful porcelain artwork against a black background, with title and author info in white text.
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · Aug 18
Beyond Blue and White
The Hidden History of Delftware and the Women Behind the Iconic Ceramic
By Genevieve Wheeler Brown
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Beyond...

"... allows us to craft a more complete picture of female experience through the lens of material culture."
A book cover with mostly white text reversed out of an azure background. The image is a silhouette of a woman, filled in with Delftware designs, positioned in the right half of the book cover.
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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · Jul 30
🧵 How beautiful is this #embroidered #map sampler of #Ireland by Sarah Curran? Coloured #silk threads on a piece of satin backed with linen #canvas, mounted in a modern frame and glazed, 1801.

🪡 Zoom in to see the detail: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0....
Embroidered map of Ireland
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · Jul 26
So excited to see an advance copy of this fabulous book!

Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Extraordinary Art Collector
by @carolinemccaff.bsky.social
www.lundhumphries.com/products/lad...

It is forthcoming from @lhartbooks.bsky.social on Sept 19 (should be available in the US warehouse by Jan 2026).
Book jacket - a colorful porcelain artwork against a black background, with title and author info in white text.
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · Jul 24
Congratulations Hardeep! 🎉
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · Jul 9
My first few author copies have arrived 📚 ✨ 📖 feeling completely overwhelmed. You can pre-order your copy here: www.lundhumphries.com/products/lad...
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · Jul 1
Object handling at the Gilbert Collection today 🤩
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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @carolinemccaff.bsky.social · Jun 21
Flowers for days @saatchigallery.bsky.social
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jun 18
'DMU had collaborated with United Arab Emirates-based Study World Education Holding Group, a private company, to build its Dubai branch campus, which commenced operations in September 2021.' 1/2
De Montfort University in legal dispute over axed Dubai campus
Ex-partner demands reimbursement for £42 million investment in now-defunct branch campus
www.timeshighereducation.com
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Tom Hamilton @tombhamilton.bsky.social · Jun 10
If you published your first book in French history in 2024, you might like to submit it for the Society for the Study of French History Book Prize, deadline 31 July 2025 and more details here: frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/ssfh-book-pr...

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SSFH Book Prize – SSFH
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