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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 on 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

the head of the ring is hinged and within it lie two

miniature enamel portraits, one 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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