FIGURINE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I
Creator(s): Unknown (Sculptor)
On view in: Second Floor Library
About this object
The statuette is of Queen Elizabeth I of England. She is wearing her royal robes with a high collar and a crown. She holds the globus Ornciger in her left hand. The skirts which form the lower part of the statuette open and show a tripartite scene. The two sides show figures in a hall with a high arched roof. The central scene shows the Queen in a forest with several figures and a dog about her.
- Object name:
- FIGURINE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I
- Made from:
- Ivory -- wood
- Made in:
- Dieppe, France
- Date made:
- 1870-1890
- Size:
- 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.22
- Class:
- IVORY
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; LABEL lower part: Entrevue de Elizabeth et Marie Stuart; sticker on back: 365 385
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973