清中期以来我国金银业所面对的客户群体逐渐复杂起来,陈志高先生的《中国银楼与银器款识》1一书便辑录了近代金银业商户7000余家。这其中既有主要服务于本土客户的银楼首饰行,又有面向西方人士的银器商和百货店,以及在“十里洋场”之类的通商大埠中同时应对土洋两方面来客的大型银楼金店。而这种客户群体多样性其实在很大程度上也是近代东方,特别是远东地区的普遍状况。 Since the mid-Qing Dynasty, China’s gold and silver industry has gradually become more complicated with its customer base. Mr. Chen Zhigao’s book “China’s Silver Building and Silverware” 1 recorded more than 7,000 merchants in the modern gold and silver industry. Among these are the silver jewelry shops and department stores that mainly serve local customers as well as the silver wares and department stores for the western people as well as those dealing with both the mainland and the mainland in the " Large silver floor gold shop. In fact, the diversity of such customer groups is in fact also the common situation in the modern East, especially in the Far East.