Lot 42
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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY

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ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Elisabeth I (1558-1603) in jewel encrusted dress with ruff and pearls in her hair
mounted on the lid of a tortoiseshell-lined red bonbonnière
1 7/8 in. (48 mm.) diam.; a gilt-metal mounted porcelain snuff box the sides and cover decorated with putti in relief
rectangular, 2 1/8 in. (54 mm.); and a leather-mounted trinket box, the cover set with a needlepoint of roses (3)
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Lot Essay

Elizabeth I was born in 1533 to Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Although she entertained many marriage proposals, she never married or had children. Elizabeth, the last of the Tudors, died at seventy years of age after a forty-four year reign.

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