NECKLACE

Description: HORSESHOE CHARM AND SCENT BOX ATTACHED TO NECKLACE. HALLMARKS IN SCENT BOX. G, DP IN A BOX, B AND A HORSE SHAPE BOX WITH DP IN IT AND AN ANCHOR DESIGN. TRANSLUCENT PURPLE SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES AND PEARLS SET IN CHAIN. SCENT BOX HAS GOLD PLATED INTERIOR AND NICKEL PLATED EXTERIOR WITH SCROLL DESIGNS. SCENT BOX AND HORSESHOE ARE DETACHABLE.

History: *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS, A PORTION OF WHICH WERE DONATED BY HENRY ARTHUR SHOOBERT. NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE ARTIFACTS WAS DISCOVERED, BUT AN OBITUARY FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON FEBRUARY 27, 1981 PROVIDES THIS BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON THE DONOR: "BORN, RAISED AND EDUCATED IN ENGLAND, THE LATE MR. SHOOBERT CAME TO CANADA IN 1991 TO WINNIPEG AND CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1921 WHERE HE HAS RESIDED UNTIL HIS PASSING. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE KIWANIS, LIFE MEMBER OF ANAF, AND A MEMBER OF THE LETHBRIDGE ELKS CLUB." CONTACT INFORMATION FOR NEXT OF KIN WAS NOT FOUND. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19662390000-GA FOR HARDCOPY OF OBITUARY.; *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES INCLUDING A NECKLACE DONATED BY H. A. SHOOBERT. IN 2018, PUNDYK CONNECTED WITH HENRY ARTHUR SHOOBERT'S SON, WESTLEY (WES) SHOOBERT REGARDING; THE DONATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.