Zany Elephant Watering Can
By Jan Mayrhofer onWhen I was a child, a friend of the family brought me a carved ivory elephant every time he came to visit. That started my elephant collection. Over the years, I had a beautiful collection of ivory elephants ranging in size from inch to 2 inches. Now I know that it is sadly ironic that these were carved out of the undoubtedly poached tusks of the beautiful creatures that they depicted. Still I loved my collection, being too young to know about the gruesome details involved in acquiring elephant tusks for ivory. So I began collecting all kinds of elephants.
Sadly, my entire collection, including the ivories, was stolen a number of years ago. So even though I still love elephants, I don't really actively collect them anymore. Except the ones my dear sister continues to pick up for me when she sees one she thinks I'll like.
And that is how I happened to receive this zany elephant watering can as a gift! It is just the kind of thing my sister would give me, because it's a little bit crazy looking and just plain fun.
The watering can is made of metal and is painted gray with pink and white accents, then powder coated. It holds about 1 quarts, and then pours through perforations at the end of the elephant's trunk. It sprinkles rather slowly, and really doesn't hold quite enough, but it makes a cute garden accent. And it is another addition to my new and very small collection of elephants.

How sad to hear about your collection being stolen. So nice of your sister to keep your collection going and I think this watering can is adorable. I've never seen anything like it and it makes a beautiful garden accent!!
This sounds adorable!