Papers by Leighton Gillibrand
This article considers a Flemish-style Gothic clock, dated 1567, which is probably the earliest s... more This article considers a Flemish-style Gothic clock, dated 1567, which is probably the earliest surviving domestic clock made in England. Details of the movement and its modifications, especially to the striking work, are described. The names of the clock’s first owner and its maker are stamped on the dial in a very unusual
manner and the type of punches that were used is discussed. The clock was made by James Porrvis, who has not yet been identified but was probably an immigrant
clockmaker from Flanders, for John Webbe, a wealthy Catholic cloth merchant of Odstock Manor near Salisbury.
This article considers a Flemish-style Gothic clock, dated 1567, which is probably the earliest s... more This article considers a Flemish-style Gothic clock, dated 1567, which is probably the earliest surviving domestic clock made in England. Details of the movement and its modifications, especially to the striking work, are described. The names of the clock’s first owner and its maker are stamped on the dial in a very unusual manner and the type of punches that were used is discussed. The clock was made by James Porrvis, who has not yet been identified but was probably an immigrant clockmaker from Flanders, for John Webbe, a wealthy Catholic cloth merchant of Odstock Manor near Salisbury.
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Papers by Leighton Gillibrand
manner and the type of punches that were used is discussed. The clock was made by James Porrvis, who has not yet been identified but was probably an immigrant
clockmaker from Flanders, for John Webbe, a wealthy Catholic cloth merchant of Odstock Manor near Salisbury.
manner and the type of punches that were used is discussed. The clock was made by James Porrvis, who has not yet been identified but was probably an immigrant
clockmaker from Flanders, for John Webbe, a wealthy Catholic cloth merchant of Odstock Manor near Salisbury.