A STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURE OF 'JUMBO'

CIRCA 1880

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A STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURE OF 'JUMBO'
Circa 1880
Modelled as a grey African elephant supported on a mound painted in yellow, iron-red and green, named in black, above an oval base enriched with a gilt line
10½in. (26.6cm.) high

Provenance

With Oliver-Sutton Antiques, London

Lot Essay

See Pugh, E462, pl. 103, fig. 211. Jumbo was an African elephant obtained by the London Zoo in 1865. In 1881, he became dangerous and the Showman P.T. Barnum agreed to purchase him. The loss of Jumbo caused a great public outcry. In the end his stay in the Americas was short lived as Jumbo was killed charging a locomotive in Ontario in 1885.

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