An 1861 rowing trophy in the form of an electroplate-mounted amber glass wine bottle, the mount inscribed WEST LONDON ROWING CLUB, ESTD. 1855, EIGHT O

An 1861 rowing trophy in the form of an electroplate-mounted amber glass wine bottle, the mount inscribed WEST LONDON ROWING CLUB, ESTD. 1855, EIGHT OARED RACE, OCT.5 1861, WON BY, E A MOUTLET ESQE., No.5 The West London Rowing Club was founded in 1856, and consequently was one of the oldest clubs on the Thames. References are made to the location of its boathouse in Hammersmith, Wandsworth and Putney. The club was dissolved in 1887. Interestingly, the club also organised the first open amateur athletics meeting in 1861, the same year as the present rowing trophy.