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 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.
2 comments:
That is wonderfully fascinating. Did she have tiny fingers? What would the size be in today's terms?
i'm so sorry I don't know...I haven't seen any info about her ring size :O(
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