Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth

@CarolineMcCaff

Historian & Curator | Senior Lecturer @ediarthistory French & British Art History 1600-1900 |Director Global Premodern Art MSc |Ceramics & History of Collecting

London and Edinburgh eca.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-car… Joined November 2012

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Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff Nov 5, 2025

Some excerpts from my piece in the current issue of BBC History Magazine on the stories that museums can & should tell with a focus on my new book & Charlotte Schreiber’s incredible collection of over 5,000 objects that are now spread across the V&A & the British Museum

Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff Oct 1, 2025

Earlier this week I celebrated the official launch of my new book with Lund Humphries at Bonhams auction house in Knightsbridge with a room bursting with excellent people & some wonderful ceramics on display lundhumphries.com/products/lady-…

Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff Sep 26, 2025

Full draft of the second book done and sent to my editor. Wine please.

Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff Sep 25, 2025

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 vam.ac.uk/event/E7WLeVaq…

www.vam.ac.uk Lunchtime Lectures: The Extraordinary Art Collection of Lady Charlotte Schreiber - V&A Academy Talk... This talk is part of the free lunchtime lecture series. No booking is required.

Dr Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth @CarolineMcCaff Sep 22, 2025

Really chuffed with this review for my new book theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/02/the…

www.theartnewspaper.com 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