DESCRIPTION

HERE IS A PORTRAIT OF AN ELEPHANT BEING DISPLAYED IN

 THIS NICE BLACK GLITTER GLASS CARNIVAL BUTTON.   

INSIDE THE MIDDLE OF THE PORTRAIT THE ELEPHANT IS 

WEARING A FANCY BLANKET TRIMMED WITH GOLD AND THEN

THE BUTTON FRAME IS MATCHED AS IT IS OUTLINED IN GOLD.

THE TIME FRAME MAYBE AS OLD AS 1882-1883

HISTORY

 

IN THE BE GINNING BUTTONS OF THIS SORT WERE CREATED TO WEAR ON COATS FOR BIG GAME HUNTS.  IN 1880 A HUGE AND FAMOUS ELEPHANT 12FT TALL NAMED JUMBO WAS BROUGHT FROM EGYPT AND SENT TO THE LONDON ZOO. 
PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND CAME TO SEE THE ATTRACTION KNOWN AS THE JUMBO MANIA WHICH WENT THROUGH ENGLAND AND AMERICA THIS CREATED HIGH DEMAND OF JUMBO BUTTONS BEING MADE. 
THEN A MAN NAMED BARNUM CAME AND BOUGHT THE ELEPHANT FOR 10,000 THE CHILDREN WERE SAD TO SEE THEIR OLD FRIEND LEAVE.  PARLIAMENT WAS MAD BUT THE DEED WAS DONE. 
NOT LONG AFTER JUMBO'S RIDE TO NORTH AMERICA THERE HE CAME TO SAY GOOD BY TO US ALL WHEN HE CAME TO MEET HIS FATE WITH DEATH IN AN ACCIDENT ON A TRAIN RIDE TO CANADA.

BUTTON DETAILS

SIZE                         3/4 INCH

WIDTH                    3MM

DEPTH                     1