Enamel Pocket Watch Presented to Miss Laura Clifton

Western Australian interest. 18ct yellow gold and enamel half…
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Western Australian interest. 18ct yellow gold and enamel half hunter presentation pocket watch with inscription 'Presented To Miss Laura E.J. Clifton By The Officers Of The Convict Establishment Portland On The Occasion Of Her Marriage, November 1877'. Laura Clifton was born in Fremantle W.A. in 1856, daughter to the renowned botanist George Clifton who had moved to Fremantle to take up a position with the newly formed Western Australia Water Police. After a period of some years George returned to England and assumed the position as Governor of the Portland Convict Establishment. 5 cm high.

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  • Half Hunter - A half-hunter (or "demi hunter") pocket watch is one in which the outer lid over the face of the watch has a cut out centre section, enabling the owner to view the hands to tell the time, without having to open the lid. On some half-hunter watches, the hours are marked on the outer lid.

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