Description
The elephant of the bestiaries is a very remarkable animal. First, it has no knees, and if it falls down it cannot get up. It is afraid of mice, and of pigs, and there is eternal enmity between elephants and dragons. They are naturally chaste and have sex only to procreate. Indians and Persians fight from wooden turrets placed on the backs of elephants, and shoot arrows from there. And there is much else to be learned about this animal.
In spite of all this, William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont, used the heraldic device of an elephant with a tower on its back. William supported the Lancastrian cause and was twice stripped of his land and titles by Yorkist rulers who were not amused. In the end, he fought for Henry Tudor at Bosworth, and within a handful of months was restored to his former position.
The original of this brooch can be found online at https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1856-0701-2152
Time period: 15th-16th Century
Origin: England
Materials: Pewter
Product Dimensions: 4.0cm width x 3.9cm height
Crafted by Billy and Charlie in Pennsylvania, USA, from lead-free pewter
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