Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CONVENTION DELEGATE, "LOUISVILLE"

Date Range From

1878

Date Range To

1888

Materials

BRASS, ENAMEL

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.8

Length

10.1

Width

4.6

Description

PIN, BRASS, GOLD COLORED. BANNER DEPICTS CROWN WITH RED ENAMEL WORK AND ALTERNATING BLUE AND GREEN STONES, MARKED “LOUISVILLE, QUEEN OF THE SOUTH.” MIDDLE TIER HAS BLUE, YELLOW AND RED ENAMELED SHIELD MARKED “F, C, B.” RECTANGULAR NAMEPLATE BELOW ENGRAVED, “C. F. P. CONEYBEARE, MANITOBA.” BOTTOM TIER DEPICTS WOMAN IN RIDING HABIT BETWEEN TWO HORSE’S HEADS, PIECE MISSING FROM BOTTOM OF PIN.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

ASSOCIATIONS

History

ACCORDING TO DONOR, CARLA SAMUELS (NEE CURRIE), AT THE TIME OF DONATION, SHE ACQUIRED THE PIN IN 1991 UPON THE PASSING OF HER FATHER WALTER CURRIE. DONOR HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PIN'S EXISTENCE PRIOR TO HER OWNERSHIP OF IT. SAMUELS WAS UNABLE TO GAIN CONTEXT FROM HER MOTHER WITH REGARD TO HER FATHER'S ACQUISITION AND OWNERSHIP OF THE PIN. SAMUELS' FATHER WAS THE SECRETARY FOR THE KNIGHTS OF PHYTHIAS (KOP) LODGE FROM THE LATE 1960'S TO THE EARLY 1970'S. IT IS PRESUMED HE ACCUMULATED THE MATERIAL AS A RESULT OF HIS MEMBERSHIP WITH THE KOP. THE PIN ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO C.F.P. CONYBEARE WHO WOULD HAVE ACQUIRED IT PRIOR TO COMING TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1888. SEE P20090021001 AND PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Catalogue Number

P20090021002

Acquisition Date

2009-07

Collection

Museum

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