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好文章,就是关于价格,我看到几篇文章说法不大一样,我也做了一个小考证
十七世纪的价格:"Pipemaking was almost always a low-class trade carried out in the poorer suburbs of towns and, during the 17th century, pipes could be bought for as little as one to two shillings per gross."1 这里说17世纪要价只有每gross,144支 1-2 先令。
十九世纪初殖民地(澳大利亚)的零售价格:D.D.Mann noted in 1811 that "tobacco-pipes, which, some years ago, at the cheapest periods cost sixpence each, are now manufactured in the settlement, of a very good quality, and are retailed for one penny each." 2这里指出之前澳大利亚(从大不列颠)进口烟斗的时候在市场上最便宜也卖6便士(0.5先令)一个,现在(1881年)本土化生产以后质量很好的烟斗也只要一便士一个。
十九世纪30年代的批发价格(澳大利亚):In December 1831 Joseph Elliott advertised that he was reducing his wholesale price of pipes from 5 shillings to 4 shillings per gross. Aweek later the orice was reduced further to 2 shillings per gross. Aweek later the price was reduced further to 2 shillings 6 pence.3三周内从6先令per gross 降价到2先令6便士per gross。
所以我的理解为陶土烟斗价格在十七世纪为1-2先令每gross,十八世纪末到十九世纪初陶土烟斗的批发价格应该是每114支2到5先令。零售1,2便士一个,最高不超过六便士一个。去除轻微通胀因素,可以理解为基本维持不变。
由此引出的结论是即使是下层低收入吸烟群体,也能负担得起陶土烟斗的频繁更替。平均为一到两周坏一个。
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1. Higgins, David. Clay tobacco pipes: a valuable commodity. The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 1995, 24.1: 47.
2. Gojak, Denis & Stuart, Iain. The Potential for the Archaeological Study of Clay Tobacco Pipes from Australian Sites. Australasian Historical Archaeology, 17, 1999. |
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