Posted 02/04/2015 7:52 pm
Hello and welcome. 
We can say for certain a few things about what your object is not. It is not a coin, nor a token, nor anything with a likely monetary function. Beyond this, I can't say much for certain. Given that it was in a jewellery box, I would assume it to be a piece broken off a brooch or some similar piece of jewellery.
I'm not sure what the "map" side is supposed to depict, but it doesn't really look like a world map to me. And to me, your "elephant" or "dinosaur" bears a striking resemblance to a waving Kool-Aid Man - which might also fit in with the letters appearing to real "KOOL". But I will add this: the recessed areas, with the stippling at the bottom, is probably not how this piece originally looked when first made. These kinds of recessed areas are typical of how a jeweller or badge-maker would prepare a metal surface prior to being enamelled. So we have to imagine the recessed areas filled with epoxy resin or colourful glass-like vitreous enamel - and with a design that probably made a lot more sense than how it appears now.
We can say for certain a few things about what your object is not. It is not a coin, nor a token, nor anything with a likely monetary function. Beyond this, I can't say much for certain. Given that it was in a jewellery box, I would assume it to be a piece broken off a brooch or some similar piece of jewellery.
I'm not sure what the "map" side is supposed to depict, but it doesn't really look like a world map to me. And to me, your "elephant" or "dinosaur" bears a striking resemblance to a waving Kool-Aid Man - which might also fit in with the letters appearing to real "KOOL". But I will add this: the recessed areas, with the stippling at the bottom, is probably not how this piece originally looked when first made. These kinds of recessed areas are typical of how a jeweller or badge-maker would prepare a metal surface prior to being enamelled. So we have to imagine the recessed areas filled with epoxy resin or colourful glass-like vitreous enamel - and with a design that probably made a lot more sense than how it appears now.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
