Pillement, John
John Pillement
fl. 1769-1772
Edinburgh, Newcastle & Oxford.
John Pillement must be a member of the French family of that name that worked in Mirecourt, Toulouse and as far afield as Turin. Between 1769 and 1772 a series of adverts were put in newspapers in Oxford, Newcastle and Edinburgh give notice of his trade as a travelling salesman of all kinds of instruments. Adverts may subtly, but overall, they stat that he travelled through Italy and Germany assembling his stick, and that he had many Italian instruments, old and new, at least once stating them to be Cremoa violins, as well as other kinds of stringed and wind instruments. His trade is fairly self-explanatory, but a fairly unusual example of his line of work.
Caledonian Mercury (2 December 1769):
"JOHN PILLEMENT, a foreign Merchant, is lately arrived at this place, with a large quantity of all sorts of MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, viz Cremona violins, new and old, of the first quality ; Tirola violins of all kinds ; violins of other places, of all qualities and prices : superfine basses and tenors, guittars, German flutes, reeds for hautboys and bassoons, Neapolitan and Roman strings of the best kinds, for violins, basses, and in general for all instruments. He spins the strings abovementioned. To be sold wholesale and retail.
He lodges at Mr. Robertson's sign of the Black Bull Head, Canongate, Edinburgh.
N.B. As Mr. Pillement's stay here will be only a few days longer, he will sell at a very low price."
Substantially the same advert has been found in the following:
Oxford Journal (28 April 1770), 'Lodging at the Sun on Cornmarket' , The Newcastle Chronicle (22 February 1772) "Mr Oliver's, The Angel, The Foot of butcher-bank, six days and no longer", and again the Caledonian Mercury (6 April 1772) again at the Black Bull.
Benjamin Hebbert
www.hebberts.com
fl. 1769-1772
Edinburgh, Newcastle & Oxford.
John Pillement must be a member of the French family of that name that worked in Mirecourt, Toulouse and as far afield as Turin. Between 1769 and 1772 a series of adverts were put in newspapers in Oxford, Newcastle and Edinburgh give notice of his trade as a travelling salesman of all kinds of instruments. Adverts may subtly, but overall, they stat that he travelled through Italy and Germany assembling his stick, and that he had many Italian instruments, old and new, at least once stating them to be Cremoa violins, as well as other kinds of stringed and wind instruments. His trade is fairly self-explanatory, but a fairly unusual example of his line of work.
Caledonian Mercury (2 December 1769):
"JOHN PILLEMENT, a foreign Merchant, is lately arrived at this place, with a large quantity of all sorts of MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, viz Cremona violins, new and old, of the first quality ; Tirola violins of all kinds ; violins of other places, of all qualities and prices : superfine basses and tenors, guittars, German flutes, reeds for hautboys and bassoons, Neapolitan and Roman strings of the best kinds, for violins, basses, and in general for all instruments. He spins the strings abovementioned. To be sold wholesale and retail.
He lodges at Mr. Robertson's sign of the Black Bull Head, Canongate, Edinburgh.
N.B. As Mr. Pillement's stay here will be only a few days longer, he will sell at a very low price."
Oxford Journal (28 April 1770), 'Lodging at the Sun on Cornmarket' , The Newcastle Chronicle (22 February 1772) "Mr Oliver's, The Angel, The Foot of butcher-bank, six days and no longer", and again the Caledonian Mercury (6 April 1772) again at the Black Bull.
Benjamin Hebbert
www.hebberts.com
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| Caledonian Mercury, 6 April 1772 |
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| Caledonian Mercury, 2 December 1769 |
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| Oxford Journal, 28 April 1770 |
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| Newcastle Chronicle, 22 Feb 1772 |
