• Title
  Item 01: Watch presented to Anna Elizabeth Walker (nee Blaxland) by her mother, Mrs John Blaxland, in 1823, dated ca 1800
• Call number
  SAFE/R 278
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 64
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  ca. 1800
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  414035
• Physical Description
  Objects - 18 carat gold watch with enamel face - 5 cm. (diam.)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Anna Elizabeth Blaxland, the fourth child of John and Harriott Blaxland, nee de Marquet, married Thomas Walker, Deputy Assistant Commissary General of Tasmania.
  
  This watch was presented to Anna Elizabeth Walker on her wedding day, 4 January 1823, by her mother, Harriott Blaxland.
  
  Reference:
  W.P. Leighton Bailey in Sydney Morning Herald, 12 November, 1932
• Scope and Content
  The glass is thick and dome-shaped, with a flat centre. The dial is of white enamel, around the edge of which are the hour numerals, 12, 3, 6, 9, each being separated by small stars, representing the other hours.
  
  Inside the cover is engraved the Blaxland coat of arms, with the motto 'Be just and fear Not'.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Watch was given to Anna Elizabeth by her mother, Harriott Blaxland, on the day of her wedding to Thomas Walker, 4 January 1823.
  Digital order no:a126027
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Blaxland family coat of arms with a banner on which is written `Be just and fear not' -- inside back cover of watch
• Name
  Blaxland family
  Blaxland, Harriott, 1777-1852
  Walker, Anna Elizabeth, 1804-1889
  
• Topic
  watches
  wedding presents
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Private Lives: Families of N.S.W. - State Library of New South Wales (1 January, 2001 - 3 February, 2002)

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