For the remainder of years see Parts I and III.
Note that only items for which there is a recorded price are mentioned here, each year has more purchases of English objects but the list is too long to provide. There are a total of 6,362 entries on the Pitt Rivers Museums collections management database for English items that were purchased from 1884.
|
Accession number |
Who purchased from? |
What was it? |
What price paid? |
Where was funding said to come from? |
Equivalent 2006 price £ * |
Anything relevant in annual reports for year and following? |
|
1900.61.4 |
Fred Snare |
Stone tool |
7/6 |
P.R. [sic] |
27.90 |
No |
|
1900.61.5-11 |
Fred Snare |
Stone tool, arrows |
7/- |
P.R. [sic] |
26.04 |
No |
|
1900.66.1 |
J. Bateman |
Part of calendering machine |
1.1.0 |
Petty cash |
78.11 |
No |
|
1900.67.1, 3 |
J. Bateman |
Oboe, Vessel |
5/- |
Petty cash |
18.60 |
No |
|
1900.70.6 |
Stevens Auction Rooms |
Weaving machine |
3.7.6 |
By cheque [paid by H.B.] |
251.06 |
No |
|
1901.61.2 |
J. Bateman |
Bellows |
5/- |
Petty cash |
18.66 |
No |
|
1901.67.1-38 |
Thomas James Carter |
Stone tools |
2/6 |
Petty cash |
9.33 |
No |
|
1902.69.12-31 |
George Fabian Lawrence |
Stone tools etc, tools |
1.17.6 |
Cash account |
139.94 |
There is a reference to 'The annual grant from the University for the maintenance of this Museum is still quite inadequate to meet even the necessary expenses, and the financial situation cannot but be regarded as highly unsatisfactory' which is taken as referring to the physical fabric of the building rather than the M.M.F. |
|
1902.70.3-7 |
Thomas William Taphouse |
Flutes, Clarinet, Aeolian harp, viol, |
1.19.0 |
Cash account |
145.54 |
In 1902 Annual Report it details the new musical instrument displays of that year |
|
1902.73.1 |
Thomas James Carter |
Natural stone |
1/6 |
Petty cash |
5.60 |
No |
|
1902.74.1-15 |
Thomas James Carter |
Stone tools |
3/- |
Petty cash |
11.20 |
No |
|
1902.75.1 |
R.H. Bedford |
Stone tool |
5/- |
Petty cash |
18.66 |
No |
|
1903.44.1 |
Via Francis Darwin |
Basket and photo |
11/- |
Petty cash |
40.60 |
1903 Annual Report mentions that some New Caledonian stone tools were purchased from a special grant from the Museum delegates. |
|
1903.50.1 |
Mr Bateman [?J. Bateman] |
Calendar, splitters for basketry, |
25/- |
Petty cash |
92.28 |
No |
|
1903.51.1 |
Unknown labourer |
Stone tool |
7/6 |
Petty cash |
27.68 |
No |
|
1903.57.1 |
Thomas James Carter |
Morris bells |
3/6 |
Petty cash |
12.92 |
No |
|
1904.49.1-46 |
Francis Howe Seymour Knowles |
Stone tools, fossil beads |
1.0.0 |
Petty cash |
74.06 |
No |
|
1904.52.3-7 |
Thomas James Carter |
Games, stone tools |
10/- |
Petty cash |
37.03 |
No |
|
1904.57.1-4 |
Mr Cassell |
Arrow heads |
1/- |
Petty cash |
3.70 |
No |
|
1905.67.1 |
Unknown labourer |
Sword |
10/- |
Petty cash |
36.91 |
No |
|
1905.69.1-12 |
George Fabian Lawrence |
Key, stone tools, |
2.12.6 |
By cheque |
193.78 |
No |
|
1905.71.1-4 |
Charles Dack |
Playing cards |
4/- |
Petty cash |
14.76 |
No |
|
1905.72.1-9 |
J.H. Powell |
Stone tools |
1.1.0 |
By cheque |
77.51 |
No |
|
1905.74.1-12 |
S.G. Hewlett |
Bronze and iron objects, burnishing stones, sheep accessories |
1.13.0 |
By cheque |
121.80 |
No |
|
1905.75.1-? |
Thomas James Carter |
Large number of stone tools |
8/- |
Petty cash |
29.53 |
No |
|
1905.76.1 |
Thomas James Carter |
Net weight |
4/- |
Petty cash |
14.76 |
No |
|
1906.67.1 |
Laura Emily Bland |
Bobbin winder |
6/6 |
Petty cash |
24.02 |
No |
|
1906.69.1-2 |
Mr Rogers [could be ?G.L. Rogers] |
Stone tools |
1/6 |
Petty cash |
5.54 |
No |
|
1906.69.3-7 |
Mr Rogers [could be ?G.L. Rogers] |
Arrowhead, stone tools |
2/6 |
Petty cash |
9.24 |
No |
|
1906.70.1-16 |
George Fabian Lawrence |
Stone tools |
14/6 |
Petty cash |
53.58 |
No |
|
1906.75.1-53 |
J.T. Hill |
Stone tools |
5.0.0 |
Petty cash |
369.51 |
No |
|
1907.64.1 |
Mr Jones |
Sword |
5/- |
Petty cash |
18.18 |
No |
|
1907.64.2 |
Mr Jones |
Sword and sheath |
10/- |
Petty cash |
36.35 |
No |
|
1907.64.3 |
Mr Jones |
Sword and sheath |
10/- [NB could be same 10/-] |
Petty cash |
36.35 |
No |
|
1907.65.1 |
J. Hutt |
Stone tool |
4/- |
Petty cash |
14.54 |
No |
|
1907.67.3 |
Mr Jones |
Flint-lock carbine converted to percussion lock |
10/- |
Petty cash |
36.35 |
No |
|
1907.74.1 |
A.J. probably Albert J. Luckhurst |
9 pottery vessels |
1.0.0 |
Petty cash |
72.71 |
No |
|
1908.60.1-30 |
Francis Howe Seymour Knowles |
Stone tools |
7/6 |
Petty cash |
26.92 |
There were amendments to the stone tool displays listed in the 1908 Annual Report |
|
1908.60.31 |
Francis Howe Seymour Knowles |
Stone tool |
10/- |
Petty cash |
35.89 |
There were amendments to the stone tool displays listed in the 1908 Annual Report |
|
1908.62.1-4 |
E.E. Whitehead |
Stone axes and tools |
1.1.0 |
Petty cash |
75.37 |
There were amendments to the stone tool displays listed in the 1908 Annual Report |
|
1908.64.2-4 |
Stevens Auction Rooms |
Lot 283, skate, pin rests |
4/- |
By cheque |
14.36 |
No |
|
1908.67.1-2 |
Walford and Spokes |
Torch extinquisher |
1.15.0 |
By cheque |
125.62 |
No |
|
1908.75.1 |
G. Shorey |
Bicycle |
10/- |
Petty cash |
35.89 |
No |
|
1909.57.1 |
Thomas James Carter |
Bobbin |
2/6 |
Unknown |
8.95 |
No |
|
1909.60.1, 4, 5 |
Edward Lovett |
Token, sheep tallies |
1.1.6 |
By cheque |
77.00 |
No |
|
1909.66.1-109 |
Francis Howe Seymour Knowles |
Stone tools |
30/- |
Petty cash |
107.45 |
There were amendments to the stone tool displays listed in the 1909 Annual Report |
|
1909.66.110-239 |
Francis Howe Seymour Knowles |
Stone tools |
30/- [NB could be same payment as above] |
Petty cash |
107.45 |
There were amendments to the stone tool displays listed in the 1909 Annual Report |
|
1909.71.1-3 |
J. Bateman |
2 Percussion pistols, Sword |
3.12.6 |
By cheque |
259.66 |
No |
|
1910.64.1-12 |
W.A. Ford |
Horse brasses |
9/- |
Petty cash |
31.57 |
No |
|
1910.67.1-3 |
Rowland Lee or Lea |
Photos |
15/- |
Petty cash |
52.61 |
No |
|
1910.72.1-69 |
Raymond Wilson |
Stone tools |
10.0.0 |
By cheque |
701.45 |
No |
|
1910.73.5 |
Samuel Margerison |
Light holder |
5.0.0 |
By cheque |
350.72 |
No |
|
1910.75.1-216 |
Francis Howe Seymour Knowles |
Stone tools, fossil beads |
2.8.6 |
By cheque |
170.10 |
No |