Lot Essay
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (c. 1532-1588) was sentenced to death but liberated in 1554 and went on to become a favourite of Elizabeth I
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Margaret Bingham, later 1st Countess of Lucan
Carr Earle of Somerset, wearing a black doublet slashed to reveal white and ruff, a gold medal suspended from a blue ribbon; and Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, in a gold-embroidered black coat and fur over his shoulders, wearing a hat
both inscribed in gold, the latter inscribed on obverse 'Dudley Earl of Leicester in the Colln of', gilt-metal frames
ovals, 2½ in. (63 mm.) and 2 1/8 in. (54 mm.) high; a decorative miniature of a young lady in a striped blue dress and wearing a lace cap
with added signature Maxim, mounted on the lid of a brass box decorated with leaves
2 in. (51 mm.) diam. (3)
Carr Earle of Somerset, wearing a black doublet slashed to reveal white and ruff, a gold medal suspended from a blue ribbon; and Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, in a gold-embroidered black coat and fur over his shoulders, wearing a hat
both inscribed in gold, the latter inscribed on obverse 'Dudley Earl of Leicester in the Coll
ovals, 2½ in. (63 mm.) and 2 1/8 in. (54 mm.) high; a decorative miniature of a young lady in a striped blue dress and wearing a lace cap
with added signature Maxim, mounted on the lid of a brass box decorated with leaves
2 in. (51 mm.) diam. (3)
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