Marilla’s brooch, Green Gables Heritage Place

Gold circular brooch with pink gem in the middle.

Marilla’s “most treasured possession” was her amethyst brooch. It happened to unnoticeably get caught in her shawl, but she insisted that Anne had misplaced it, refusing her attendance to a Sunday-school picnic until she confessed. Anne then told a tall tale about accidentally dropping it into the Lake of Shining Waters in an effort to get to the picnic!