by Joan Porter
A child’s plate that celebrates a performing elephant which was bizarrely accused of murdering her keeper will be an unusual highlight at Towy Events’ last antiques and fleamarket of the year.
The jumbo in question, Mademoiselle D’Jeck, performed all over the world, first creating a sensation in July 1829 in Paris, where she appeared at the Cirque Olympique in a performance entitled L’éléphant du Roi de Siam.