A Fine Quality English Carved Oak Grandfather / Longcase Musical Clock
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A Fine Quality English Carved Oak Grandfather / Longcase Musical Clock with rolling moon dial. The case is heavily caved, in the carving is a Coat of Arms with the motto "Strike, Dakyns, the Devil's in the Hempe," which was granted to General Arthur Dakyns of Linton (East Riding) in 1563, and if generals then commanded on the water as well as on the land, it may allude to some most gallant hacking at the enemy's hempen cords. |
| Circa: 1870 |
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