From the Collection: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937
Published / Created:
circa 1918
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1400
Container / Volume:
Box 74
Image Count:
2
Description:
Copper and enamel pendant made by the Artificers’ Guild Ltd., London. It was presented by Barrie to his friend Elizabeth Lucas who was for fifteen months director of an orphanage she founded in a château at Bettancourt, near Rheims, France; Barrie had partially funded her work. The inscriptions "JMB / Vive la France / EL" and "Chateau de / Bettancourt / 1915-16" are worked in copper wire set in blue enamel on opposite sides of the pendant. Accompanied by two notes of explanation and five photographs of the children and their nurses.