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Description: | A brass token issued by Pidcock's Menagerie of Exeter Change, the Strand in London between c1795 and 1801. The token depicts an elephant on the obverse and a two-headed cow on the reverse.Obverse: An elephant (Chunee) facing left. PIDCOCKS EXHIBITIONReverse: A two-headed cow facing right EXETER CHANGE STRAND LONDONChunee the elephant was shot as he was becoming bad-tempered and he was finally harpooned (see attached illustration).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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