A RARE, POSSIBLY UNIQUE, PAIR OF CHADBURN TELEGRAPH DECK RACE INDICATORS, THOUGHT TO BE FROM THE R.M.S. AQUITANIA, CIRCA 1920

heavily constructed in brass with enamelled game instructions and friction indicator, signed in lower section CHADBURN'S (SHIP) TELEGRAPH CO. LTD. LIVERPOOL -- 36in. (91.5cm.) diameter

(2, a pair)

Provenance: Acquired circa 1980 from the son of a retired crew memeber in Liverpool in whose possession they were understood to have already been for some considerable time and whom it's believed saved them from destruction after a re-fit. As yet we have been unable to trace any period image of them insitu, but the scale and quality - certainly the products of Chadburns factory - testify to a large liner of quality. The gold medal and lantern slides, both for Aquitania, came from the same source.