A FINE MARINE-THEMED PRESENTATION CLOCK BY JONES & SONS, PARIS, CIRCA 1877

composed as a 12-spoke double helm inscribed around the rim BEAUMARIS REGATTA JULY 30 1877. WON BY "CORAL". CHARLES H. BELOE. the hub inset with 3in. aneroid barometer signed as per title, with 8-day platform escapement clock with Roman numeral enamel dial behind, mounted on a capstan with sprung ratchets to base and two capstan poles, the top with gimbal mounted compass the needle on jewelled pivot, the whole set of a brass bed plate on tapered red marble base with brass lining -- 12 x 9½in. (30.5 x 24cm.) overall

Coral was a 36ft cutter of ten tons built by Fairlie of Fife in 1868 and whose home port was Liverpool - a short distance from Beaumaris in Anglesea.