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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