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Arcadia California Holiday Ornament - Lucky Baldwin’s Peacock

Arcadia California Holiday Ornament - Lucky Baldwin’s Peacock

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Every morning somewhere in Arcadia, a front door opens on a peacock standing on the car. This ornament is for that city: Arcadia's own bird, drawn in the 1880s manner of the man who brought it here, standing in old-brass scrollwork and cream blossoms on a three-inch round of faceted crystal.

It is the one ornament no other town can claim. Hang it for the neighbor who knows that dawn call by heart, send it to the friend who grew up near the Arboretum and moved away, or tuck it in the gift closet for anyone who has ever stopped the car to let a peacock finish crossing the street. The antique gold, sage and peacock blue read from across the room on a lit tree, and it comes boxed and ready to give.

The birds came with Elias J. "Lucky" Baldwin, who made his fortune in Comstock mining shares and in 1875 bought Rancho Santa Anita, then turned it into a showplace of orchards, racehorses and a Queen Anne cottage on the lake. According to the Arboretum, he imported several pairs of peafowl from India in 1879, when unusual animals were the mark of a fashionable estate. When the ranch became the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, the peafowl stayed on.

Baldwin was Arcadia's first mayor when the city incorporated in 1903, and his birds have outlasted him by more than a century. Some two hundred peafowl live at the Arboretum today, more roam the streets around it, and the peafowl has become a symbol of the city itself. Not everyone loves the five o'clock alarm, but nobody mistakes it for anywhere else. Hang this one, and the whole tree says where you're from.

A three-inch (76 mm) round of faceted crystal glass, printed with a white backing so the colors hold against tree lights; the faceted edge catches light from every angle. Choose a white or gold gift box at checkout. Printed and finished to order in the USA.


QUICK FACTS — ARCADIA, CA

Peafowl arrived in 1879, per the Arboretum: several pairs imported from India by Lucky Baldwin

Baldwin bought Rancho Santa Anita in 1875

About 200 peafowl live at the Los Angeles County Arboretum today

Arcadia incorporated in 1903, with Baldwin as first mayor

Three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed print

White or gold gift box, your choice

Printed and finished to order in the USA



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Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

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