Trading and Consuming: The Scandinavian East India Companies and Europe Hanna Hodacs

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Trading and Consuming: The Scandinavian East India Companies and Europe Hanna Hodacs

Dansk Østindisk Kompagni Dansk Østindisk Kompagni Asiatisk Kompagni (1 st charter) Asiatisk Kompagni (2 nd charter) : 11 ships : 7 ships : 0 ships 45 ships (?) 98 ships 61 AK ships to China 63 AK ships to India 121 Private ships India (85 “true return expeditions”, 31 “direct expeditions”, 5 Royal East India Packet Service) 48 ships from Java 49 ships from Mauritius 4 ships from Manilla/1 from Penang The Danish East India Company The Swedish East India Company First Charter Second Charter Third Charter Fourth Charter ships to India 19 ships to China 3 ships to India (Surat) 20 ships to China 39 ships to China33 ships to China

Characteristics of the Scandinavian East India Companies Gothenburg and Copenhagen – Peripheral Emporiums – Supplying a Pan- European Market Questions addressed: – Negotiating fashion and quality with distant producers on behalf of distant consumers – Auctions as events – launching goods and setting prices – Whole sellers – product development

Silk and Tea in the North – Scandinavian Trade and the Market for Asian Goods in Eighteenth Century Europe Ch. 1: The Scandinavian East India Companies Ch. 2: Peripheral Emporiums: Retailing Asian Goods in Copenhagen and Gothenburg Ch. 3: The Purchaser of East Indian Goods Ch. 4: Colours in Abundance and Bundles – the Silk Trade Ch. 5: The Quality and Politics of Tea Ch. 6: Conclusion

From Herrborum Castle, Sweden

Sales Catalogue, Swedish East India Company, 1748

Colours of pieces of Poises Damask for sale between 1733 and 1753

MerchantSilk (number of lots)Tea (number of lots) Arfwedson2532 Bagge99 Bartengren22 Campbell37132 Christopherson111 Coppinger360 Grill2527 Hasselgren117 Jacobson5711 Keller122 Kochell & Conrady101 König103 Lauterback52 Lundwall52 Olish15 Sahlgren40164 Smith13 Young12 Merchants purchasing both Silk and Tea in the 1748 sale

Number of colours

Colours of Silk fabric listed in sales catalogue Gothenburg 1748

Colours 31 pieces of Damask Poisies in 16 colours (30 lots) 37 pieces/ 6 colours (1 lot) Carmoise4 Jonguil323 Ponceau2 Brun/Brown1 Pärlfärg/Perl coloured1 Himmelsblå/Sky blue4 Askfärg/Ash coloured22 Skarlet/Scarlet colour23 Turquinblått/Blue Turguin1 Blyfärg/Lead coloured12 Grön/Green23 Mazarine blå/Blue2 Hwita/White2 Citronfärg/Lemon Yellow1 Coul. De Rose/Pink14 Swart/Black2 Price (average) per piece

% Change over time (page 3 and 4 of hand out) of Black and Crimson coloured silk on sale at Swedish East India Company’s Auctions 1733 to 1751

Johan Peter Westring, Svenska lafvarnas färghistoria, (The Colour history of Swedish Lichen) 1805

9857 Pieces of Silk textiles Types 4996 Damask pieces “Meuble” or “Poise” 3250 Taffeta pieces 4, 6, or 8 threads 1040 Paduasoy pieces Standard lengths: m m m Width (when specified) 1.25 m