TAYMOUTH CASTLE INTEREST: SIR WILLIAM THOMSON'S PATENT SHIP'S BINNACLE AND COMPASS J. WHITE, with 10-inch dial, within mahogany and brass pillar case, the removable top with oval glass viewing aperture flanked by two illuminating lanterns and with hinged door to the rear, the pillar case fitted with two compensation brackets and a circular brass chart holder to one side

(61cm wide, 350cm high, 61cm deep)

Provenance: The Earls of Breadalbane

Footnote: Note: By Family repute this binnacle came from one of the ships belonging to the Loch Tay Steam Boat Company. The Earl of Breadalbane created the Loch Tay Steam Boat Company in 1882, providing services that sailed between Killin and Kenmore via Ardeonaig, Lawers, Ardtalnaig and Fearnan. The principal passenger steamers were SS Lady of the Lake and SS Queen of the Lake although there were four other steamers, principally used for cargo although the Carlotta was sometimes used as a private yacht by the Marquis of Breadalbane.