Vintage Rare Silver Ostrich Farm Nameplate Pendant

Name: Vintage Rare Silver Ostrich Farm Nameplate Pendant
Brand: Cawston Ostrich Farm
SKU: 5b7f541c45c8b318ed88a4ca
Price: 250.0 USD
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Vintage, rare Late 19th century, .925 Sterling Silver Nameplate with unique engraved back. The front has the name of its original owner, “Emma Thibery” while the back has an engraving of two ostriches in the middle and the name “Cawston Ostrich Farm Calif.” surrounding an engraved flock of ostriches. The Cawston Ostrich Farm was opened by Edwin Cawston in South Pasadena, CA with 18 imported South African birds. It was America’s 1st first ostrich farm & in operation from 1886-1935.

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12 Comments

sillyhat Oh I am enjoying your closet! I live near the former site of the ostrich farm. :D

Sep 14Reply

frybird504 @sillyhat I never knew the history of this until I did some research before posting this. It’s really interesting. I’m glad you’re enjoying my closet. Let me know if you see anything you like and I’ll cut you an awesome deal 😎

Sep 15Reply

pimpinghandbags This is really interesting. If I am reading this right, Ostriches are not native to the USA? That all ostriches in the USA can be tracked back to these original imports?

Jul 31Reply

cjboken @pimpinghandbags South Pasadena historian here. While the imports from this farm certainly do have a legacy, others were importing them as well. But yes any ostrich in America can be traced back to Africa via one of these imports, after which they were breed to increase the number.

Nov 11Reply

cjboken @frybird504 South Pasadena Historical Museum Archivist here. It’s an absolutely incredible story, not only the bringing of them over but the immense popularity that came about from it. The Disneyland of its day! People would hand feed oranges to the ostriches to watch the lumps travel down their necks. Come visit us at the museum to see many of these artifacts including egg shells, feathers and much more!

Nov 11Reply

frybird504 @cjboken that’s so cool! Thank you for the information!

Nov 11Reply

frybird504 @cjboken I also want to go to ostrich Disneyland

Nov 11Reply

pimpinghandbags @frybird504 me too! Let's schedule a Posh Conference 😉 lol

Nov 12Reply

pimpinghandbags @cjboken Thank you so much for this awesome information. I will add this to my bucket list of places I want to visit.

Nov 12Reply

frybird504 @pimpinghandbags I’m down!!

Nov 19Reply

frybird504 @pimpinghandbags we could see it up by zoom and invite @cjboken