The Northern Ceramic Society presents its 4th annual winter weekend on the topic "Collectors & Collecting," to be held at the University of Manchester from January 26-28, 2007.

Talks
"Lady Charlotte Schreiber: The Doyenne of Ceramic Collectors"
Ann Eatwell

"A Dealer's View of Collectors and Collecting"
Geoffrey Godden

"Augustus the Strong and 'La Maladie de Porcelaine'"
Errol Manners

"Dr J. W. L. Glaisher (1848-1928) and His Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum"
Julia Poole

"'A Roomful of Crockery': H. R. Marshall and His Collection of Early Worcester"
Dinah Reynolds

"'I've Got Three of Those!': Bernard Watney as a Collector"
Simon Spero


Other highlights
"A Box, A Fox, and Two Goats: A Collector's Reverie"
Simon Spero
Friday evening

"The Highest Prices: The Market in Ceramics, Past and Present, East and West"
Errol Manners
Saturday evening

Pot session

Chancellors is the University of Manchester's residential conference center. Accommodation is in single bedrooms with en-suite bathroom, TV, telephone, and tea/coffee making facilities. The center is 3 mi from Manchester city center and easily reached by road, rail, or air and has ample parking.

Residential registration £199 (includes accommodation, tuition, tea/coffee, meals, wine reception); nonresidential £189. Nonrefundable deposit £30, balance due December 1. Early booking recommended. Personal cheques in pounds sterling only.

Contact
Seminar Organiser
9 Newton Lane
Chester CH2 3RB
UK

The 52nd Wedgwood International Seminar on "The Wedgwood World," including Wedgwood and his associates, will be held May 23-26, 2007, in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Tremont Plaza Hotel.

Talks
"Thomas Bentley"
Gaye Blake Roberts

"Thomas Byerley"
Lynn Miller

"Wedgwood Glass"
Susan Tobin

"Ladies: Their Lives, Times, & Travel"
Brian Dolan

"Hackwood: The Man & His Art"
Nancy Ramage

"Norman Wilson"
Sharon Gater

"Medallions for the Many"
Monie Kanter

"Appraisals & Auctions"
Stuart Slavid


Other highlights
Walters Art Museum visit
commentary by Gaye Blake Roberts, Lynn Miller, & Sharon Gater

see ceramics at the Baltimore Museum of Art
commentary by Diana Edwards & David Curry

The Tremont Plaza Hotel is at 222 St. Paul Place in central Baltimore. Rate $139/day plus tax double or single. Hotel reservation deadline April 25, 2007. Call the Tremont Monday through Friday 8 to 5 at 1.800.873.6668 and specify WEDGWOOD for group rate. Fly into Baltimore/Washington Airport, take Super Shuttle to hotel, about $15; must buy shuttle tickets in advance at 1.800.BLUEVAN. Taxi fare $25-35.

Registration $490 (payable in two installments of $245; includes two dinners, annual banquet, museum visits , gift, exhibit, receptions, speakers, and publication). Final payment due April 1. Payments refundable until May 18. All participants must be WIS members. Contact membership chair Mickey Hightower at 1.800.801.8171. Registration information Keith McLeod 1.416.489.7761.

Send registration and payment by check payable to WIS-52 to
Mr. E. Knowles
1616 Hollins Street
Baltimore, MD 21223