Royal Exchange Indian Goods Auction Notice (9 August 1694)

From Artifacts of Capitalism


Artifact Summary
Artifact type Gazette
Creator/author The London Gazette
Date 9 August 1694
Period Stuart
City and country of origin Royal Exchange, London, England
Abstract

Entry

  • Imprint/call number: The London Gazette, issue 3000 (9 August 1694), page 1
  • Keywords: Gazette; London Gazette; Gazette notice; Auction Notice; Auction; Colonial Goods; Luxury Trade; Retail
  • Latitude: 51.5134
  • Longitude: -0.0875
  • Current location:
  • Economic theme: Auction; Colonial Goods; Luxury Trade; Retail
  • Practice/technology: Print culture; Gazette notice
  • Capitalism status:
  • Religious context:
  • Legal/political context: Printed notice in The London Gazette; commercial and official print culture
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[The London Gazette, issue 3000 (9 August 1694), page 1.] Source page: issue page.

At the West End of the Royal Exchange, formerly called the Outropers Office, on Thursday the 16th instant, at 3 in the afternoon, will be sold by auction Indian cabinets, feathers, tapestry hangings, silk and worsted, old and new toys, indigo, striped calicoes and stuffs, Persian carpets, and pictures; where the goods may be viewed till the time of sale, and bills of sale had.

Editorial note: Recovered from a shared OCR segment that also contains unrelated loss and reward notices. Mapped to the Royal Exchange in the City of London. Retained as a strong witness to luxury-goods circulation and auction culture in the City of London.