Jack Blandiver Wells Cathedral Clock Figure - Somerset England - Postcard SP23

Real photo postcard (RPPC) of Jack Blandiver, the medieval quarter-jack figure on the Wells Cathedral clock, Wells, Somerset, England. Caption and ref. no. 28612 printed on front. Printed in Great Britain. Unused divided back. No publisher identified. Likely 1920s–1940s.

Scene Details:

• Close-up of the Jack Blandiver wooden automaton figure, seated in a niche
• Figure dressed in medieval livery with helmet, holding a hammer to strike the bell
• Large bronze bell suspended at left
• Gothic stone arch framing the figure
• The original Jack Blandiver dates to c. 1392, one of the oldest clock mechanisms in the world
• Black and white real photo format

Printed in Gt. Britain.

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