Which certainly would profit bring
To them, their tenants, and their king.
To show how enormous was the trade with the East Indies at the end of the century, we need only examine the records of sales of the cargoes of three ships at the East India House in 1700. In this we omit all mention of sugar, tea, coffee, bezoar stones, ambergris, drugs of all sorts, sweetmeats, gems, musk, aloes, carpets, rugs, and all kinds of woven silk and cotton goods. The other goods, “besides great quantities unsold of toyes and small goods,” fetched over £200,000, which at the present day might represent three-quarters of a million sterling:
| £ | |
|---|---|
| China-ware pieces | 150,000 |
| Fans | 38,557 |
| Lacquer’d sticks for fans | 13,470 |
| Lacquer’d trunks, escretors, bowls, cups, dishes, etc. | 10,500 |
| Lacquer’d tables inlaid | 189 |
| Lacquer’d panels in frames, painted and carved for rooms | 47 |
| Lacquer’d boards | 178 |
| Lacquer’d brushes | 3,099 |
| Lacquer’d tables not inlaid | 277 |
| Lacquer’d fans for fire | 174 |
| Lacquer’d boards for screens | 54 |
| Screens set in frames | 71 |
| Paper josses | 1,799 |
| Shells painted double gilt | 281 |
| Paper painted for fans | 377 |
| Images of copper, stone, wood and earth | 600 |
| Pictures | 669 |
| Brass and iron leaves for lanthorns | |
| Brass hinges in chests | |
| Embroideries for curtains, valloons and counterpanes |
Among the textiles that were imported from the East Indies, Persia and China at the end of the seventeenth century, and used for curtains, upholstery, cushions, etc., were many varieties of wrought silks, “dyed Bengals,” and printed or stained “callicoes,” known under the following names:
Allibanies.
Allejaes.
Ammores.
Addecannees.
Agentbannies.