Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1965

Date Range To

1975

Materials

BRASS, GLASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.7

Diameter

2.6

Description

BROOCH IS MADE UP OF TWO RINGS, ONE WITHIN THE OTHER EXCEPT FOR SET ABOVE. OUTER RING CONSISTS OF 18 DARK RED GEMS EACH SET IN BRASS. THE INNER RING CONSISTS OF 10 DARK RED GEMS, AND 3 CLEAR GEMS. BACK OF BROOCH HAS A STRAIGHT PIN AND ROTATING CLASP.

Subjects

ADORNMENT

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

ITEMS CAME FROM THE HOME OF PEARL AND JACOB LIEBELT, WHO LIVED IN WARNER, FARMED EAST OF WARNER, AND RETIRED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1996. PEARL WAS BORN IN WARNER TO GEORGE AND ETTA MAE WOITTE, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918. JACOB WAS BORN IN ANAMOOSE, NORTH DAKOTA AUGUST 1, 1910. JACOB WENT TO WORK AT THE AGE OF 12 OR 13 IN THE MILK RIVER AND WARNER AREA. EVENTUALLY MET AND MARRIED PEARL WOITTE, NOVEMBER 12, 1938, AND BUILT A SUBSTANTIAL FARMING OPERATION. PEARL WAS SECRETARY OF THE WARNER SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE, WOMEN'S INSTITUTE GIRLS CLUB, AND FARM WOMEN'S UNION OF ALBERTA. SHE WAS ALWAYS VERY PROPERLY DRESSED WITH HATS AND GLOVES WHEN SHE ATTENDED LOCAL FUNCTIONS. JACOB WAS VERY INVOLVED IN FARMING, SPORTS, LIONS CLUB, AND ELKS CLUB. SEE P20010047001 FOR LIEBELT FAMILY HISTORY AND P20010047047 FOR DONOR (ELAINE LIEBELT) HISTORY. ___________ AT THE GALT’S REQUEST, DONOR ELAINE LIEBELT PROVIDED MORE DETAILS WITH REGARDS TO HER FAMILY'S AND HER OWN USE OF RESPECTIVE OBJECTS IN THE LIEBELT COLLECTION ON 31 AUGUST 2011. HER ORIGINAL COMMENTS AS TO THIS OBJECT ARE AS FOLLOWS: “NOT SURE IF THIS WAS PEARL’S OR IF IT BELONGED TO GRANDMA (MAE WOITTE). PEARL DID WEAR IT FROM TIME TO TIME. THERE WERE THREE RUBIES MISSING FROM THE BROOCH AND WERE THEY WERE REPLACED BY THREE CLEAR STONES. I DOUBT THEY ARE DIAMONDS!” “MOST OF THE WOMEN’S JEWELLERY ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE DONATION WERE GIFTS FROM JACOB TO PEARL. MOST ARE GOOD QUALITY “FASHION” PIECES, TYPICAL OF THE PERIOD, RATHER THAN ACTUAL GEMSTONES. JACOB BOUGHT PEARL THE VERY BEST QUALITY HE COULD AFFORD. MOST EVERY CHRISTMAS AND BIRTHDAY, PEARL RECEIVED JEWELLERY OF SOME TYPE FROM HER HUSBAND. FROM JACOB’S PERSPECTIVE THIS WAS HIS WAY OF DEMONSTRATING HIS PROSPERITY AS WELL AS HIS AFFECTION FOR HIS WIFE.”

Catalogue Number

P20010047024

Acquisition Date

2001-12

Collection

Museum

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