Object Description
Victorian double steering-wheel desk clock and barometer racing trophy for the Beaumaris Regatta July 30 1877 – won by ‘Coral’ Charles H Beloe, comprising two brass steering wheels, one enclosing a clock and the other a barometer, set upon a rotating capstan with arms flanked by cannonballs, surmounted by a gimballed compass, the clock face inscribed ‘Jones & Sons’. English, c 1877.
Footnote: Charles H Beloe was the author of ‘Liverpool Waterworks’ published in 1875.