Joseph Knibb: Best in black
Undoubtedly the most evocative account of the workshop of the celebrated clockmaker Joseph Knibb comes from a letter written by the Restoration-era politician Richard Legh (1635-87) of Lyme Hall in Cheshire to his young wife, Elizabeth.
It was c.1675 and the Member of Parliament for Newton, Lancashire, had been shopping for a longcas…