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The Cost of Domestic Items in 1869:
Bernard Lane kindly sent (Aug 2017) the following information from J W Lane's "Notebook of Domestic Purchases of 1869". Not only is t interesting to see how prices have changed (the approximate value of £1 in 189 is £104 in 2017), it is also interesting to read just what items were bought at that time:
Apr 10: Clock (?Shoreditch) 9s 6d.
Picture frames (pair) 2s 6d
Vases (pair) 9d.
May: Hand glass 2s
Aug: Hat brush 2s
Sep: Black lead brush1s
Dust pan and hearth brush 10d
Meat hook 2d
Hassock 1s 6d
Carving knife and fork 3s
Oct 8: Leather bag 2s
Nov 13: Blacking brushes 2s 3d
Nov 20: Lamp 3s
Coal shoot 2s
Kettle 2s 9d
Brush 1d
Pail 1s
Two dishes 1s 4½d
12 plates 2s 1½
2 wines 6d
Vegetable dish 1s 9d
2 tumblers 1s
6 plates 2s 9d
6 cups and saucers 2s 9d
Bedstead 26s
Pallias 10s 6d
Blanket 15s 6d
Slop 1s
Stand and ware 15s
Rug 4s 6d
Table cover 8s 6d
8 spoons 3d
12 knives and 7 forks 13s
Jug 4½d
Candlestick 6d
Basin 4d
Fire iron 5s 6d
Sifter 4½d
Saucepan 1s 4d
Dish 5d
2 B&B plates 1s 9d
Tray 2s 6d
Toilet Pale (sic!) 2s 6d
Basins 3½d
Carpet brush 1s
T spoons 1s
Nmeg grater 1d
Bed cord 2d
H bowel 1s 8d
Counterpane 17s 6d
Damask curtains £1 0s 5d
Tassells 2s 3d
Toilet cover 1s 6½d
Canvass 8¼d
Easy chair 18s
Merino Curtains 5s 6d
Quilt 1s 6d
Sundries 3s
2 candlesticks, -do-trays, snuffers 1s
Dec 21 Feather bed, bolster and pillows £1 15s
Glass sugar bowl & lee (?) 1s 6d
Cornice pole and blinds 6s
Counterpane 7s
Tea cups & saucers & lee(?) 1s
3 box irons, 3 sundries do 1s 6d
Looking glass 2s
Indian matting 1s
Sale Scringe bellows, brooms,
Baking tins, cinder sieve
White wash brush
Wood basket, suit board
Show brushes - all 6d
Jan: Table mahogony 3s
Clothe horse & do board 1s 6d
Sale Steps, bench, wash tup &co 1s 6d
Baking tins, saw &co 1s
Towl horse 6d
Feb 2 Two blankets, 1 quilt 3s
Iron foot stools, boxes etc 1s 6d
