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Оригинал взят у в Queen Elizabeth's locket ring, ca.1575
This locket ring was removed from Elizabeth I’s
finger after her death оn March 24th 1603
The Elizabethan ring is mother-of-pearl, the band
is set with rubies and the ‘E’ contains six diamonds
set over a blue enamel ‘R’. A pearl is also clearly visible
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the head of the ring is hinged and within it lie two
miniature enamel portraits, оne of Elizabeth c. 1575 and
one of an unnamed woman. The woman wears a French
hood and costume of Henry VIII’s reign - maybe it is
her mother Anne Boleyn.
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
by Nicholas Hilliard (ca. 1547-1619)
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