A. Minimum annual spend on English objects 1884-1943
[1884-1943 is period when records were given publicly, however not all purchases have the price recorded which is why this is the minimum amount spent]
|
Year |
Minimum spend per year actual costs £.s.d |
Equivalent 2006 price *£ |
Spend per decade £.s.d. [£] |
|
1889 |
1.5.0 |
94.97 |
1.5.0 [94.97] |
|
1890 |
1.17.0 |
139.92 |
|
|
1891 |
No spend |
No spend |
|
|
1892 |
1.4.7 |
91.84 |
|
|
1893 |
No spend |
No spend |
|
|
1894 |
0.10.0 |
39.13 |
|
|
1895 |
10.4.3 |
889.86 |
|
|
1896 |
5.12.0 |
445.49 |
|
|
1897 |
6.16.6 |
532.32 |
|
|
1898 |
6.5.0 |
478.61 |
|
|
1899 |
1.5.0 |
96.71 |
33.14.4 [2,713.88] |
|
1900 |
5.8.0 |
401.71 |
|
|
1901 |
0.7.6 |
27.99 |
|
|
1902 |
4.6.0 |
320.94 |
|
|
1903 |
2.12.0 |
173.48 |
|
|
1904 |
1.11.0 |
114.79 |
|
|
1905 |
6.12.6 |
489.05 |
|
|
1906 |
6.5.0 |
461.89 |
|
|
1907 |
2.19.0 |
214.48 |
|
|
1908 |
4.7.6 |
314.05 |
|
|
1909 |
7.16.6 |
560.51 |
42.5.0 [3,078.89] |
|
1910 |
18.12.6 |
1,306.45 |
|
|
1911 |
9.15.0 |
682.50 |
|
|
1912 |
3.11.0 |
241.50 |
|
|
1913 |
7.12.11 |
517.00 |
|
|
1914 |
3.17.6 |
321.61 |
|
|
1915 |
2.0.0 |
110.13 |
|
|
1916 |
0.7.6 |
17.48 |
|
|
1917 |
No spend |
No spend |
|
|
1918 |
12.10.0 |
418.44 |
|
|
1919 |
No spend |
No spend |
58.16.5 [3,615.11] |
|
1920 |
1.3.0 |
31.75 |
|
|
1921 |
No spend |
No spend |
|
|
1922 |
15.6.0 |
574.14 |
|
|
1923 |
1.0.0 |
39.20 |
|
|
1924 |
7.10.0 |
294.00 |
|
|
1925 |
2.3.0 |
84.28 |
|
|
1926 |
8.12.0 |
343.08 |
|
|
1927 |
26.6.0 |
1,079.13 |
|
|
1928 |
1.15.0 |
72.46 |
|
|
1929 |
0.17.0 |
35.52 |
62.12.0 [2,553.56] |
|
1930 |
32.3.6 |
1398.26 |
|
|
1931 |
0.17.0 |
39.69 |
|
|
1932 |
No spend |
No spend |
|
|
1933 |
5.7.0 |
261.01 |
|
|
1934 |
19.1.0 |
929.41 |
|
|
1935 |
7.14.6 |
368.65 |
|
|
1936 |
No spend |
No spend |
|
|
1937 |
1.8.0 |
62.08 |
|
|
1938 |
1.5.0 |
54.85 |
|
|
1939 |
20.16.7 |
887.50 |
88.11.7 [4001.45] |
|
1940 |
25.14.0 |
964.38 |
|
|
1941 |
18.6.4 |
623.34 |
|
|
1942 |
10.15.6 |
345.14 |
|
|
1943 |
11.17.0 |
366.23 |
|
|
Total minimum spend |
|
18,356.95 |
|
* Purchasing power relatively from year object was purchased until 2006 using the retail price index. Information provided by http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/. On that site is a discussion of the relative values etc used in the calculations. I have used the standard calculator. Like is being compared to like
B. Years with biggest known spend (over £500 pa) on English objects at the Pitt Rivers Museum in descending order
|
Year |
Minimum spend per year actual costs £.s.d |
Equivalent 2006 price *£ |
|
1930 |
32.3.6 |
1,398.26 |
|
1910 |
18.12.6 |
1,306.45 |
|
1927 |
26.6.0 |
1,079.13 |
|
1940 |
25.14.0 |
964.38 |
|
1934 |
19.1.0 |
929.41 |
|
1895 |
10.4.3 |
889.86 |
|
1939 |
20.16.7 |
887.50 |
|
1911 |
9.15.0 |
682.50 |
|
1941 |
18.6.4 |
623.34 |
|
1922 |
15.6.0 |
574.14 |
|
1909 |
7.16.6 |
560.51 |
|
1897 |
6.16.6 |
532.32 |
|
1913 |
7.12.11 |
517.00 |
NB some of these totals might include a few non-English artefacts costs.
C. Comparative minimum spend on different types of objects over period 1884-1943 (equivalent 2006 price)
|
Type of object |
Money spent [2006 equivalent] |
Percentage of overall English spend |
|
Weapons [excl. stone] |
£1,574.81 |
7.5 % |
|
Stone tools and weapons |
£10,445.56 |
50.3% |
|
All other objects |
£8,710.74 |
42% |
NB some of these totals might include a few non-English artefacts costs, however they only include artefacts falling within the above types
i.e. over half of all known spend on English objects between 1884 and 1943 (when recording of price stopped) was on stone tools.
NB it is not known whether there is a deliberate bias here, ie whether only certain types of objects routinely had their price recorded, but this does not appear to be the case, rather it is the case that certain types of artefacts were purchased more often than others
D. Top prices paid for definite English objects
|
|
Accession number / Type of object |
Donor |
Price paid [2006 equivalent] £ |
|
1 |
1941.7.3-4 / 1942.1.1-3 Looms and Carpet machines and photos |
D. and B. Gladding |
340.31 & 320.32 total = 660.63 |
|
2 |
1940.11.2 Clock |
H.W. Jones and Son |
562.87 |
|
3 |
1939.5.11 Portrait |
Lafayette Ltd |
541.13 |
|
4 |
1918.57.1-90 Stone tools |
William Johnson Sollas |
418.44 |
|
5 |
1895.54.1-23 Stone tools |
Benjamin Harrison |
396.83 |
|
6 |
1922.63.1 Stone tool |
George Fabian Lawrence |
375.25 |
|
7 |
1906.75.1-53 Stone tools |
J.T. Hill |
369.51 |
|
8 |
1910.73.5 Light holder |
Samuel Margerison |
350.72 |
|
9 |
1913.70.1-46 Stone tools * |
Mrs S. Warrington |
346.55 |
|
10 |
1926.91.1-42 Stone tools * |
Sydney Gerald Hewlett |
333.11 |
* part of larger purchases, but mostly English