Marjorie Barnard shell necklace / made by Jean Devanny, 1946
Marjorie Barnard shell necklace / made by Jean Devanny, 1946
About this item
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Author / Creator
Date
1946
Call Numbers
R 2100
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Physical Description
Contents
1 necklace - 2 strands, 43.5 cm and 44 cm long - shells
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Necklace of shells made by Jean Devanny for her friend Marjorie Barnard. Accompanied by a typed note from 'Jean' to 'My dear Marjorie' dated 3 November 1946 describing the necklace and its manufacture from 'the skeletons -- freaks, or sports' ... 'of the orbitelites crenata'.
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Full title
Marjorie Barnard shell necklace / made by Jean Devanny, 1946
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Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Update Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.6692 as part of the eRecords Project, 2012-2013
Conservation note
Good condition
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Miss Vera Murdoch, March 1989
Pic.Acc.6692
Administrative / Biographical history
Marjorie Barnard, writer, was born in Sydney in 1897. At Sydney University she met Flora Eldershaw and they formed a long lasting literary partnership. Writing as M. Barnrad Eldeshaw they produced a series of novels and histories. They also published books under their own names. Their final collaborative novel 'Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow' (...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
R 2100
Record Identifier
n5lVV669
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n5lVV669
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Reference code
902690
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