Queen Elizabeth Artifacts

June 26, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

One of the most recognizable monarchs of all time is Queen Elizabeth I of England. Four hundred and fifteen years after her death she is still revered as one of the best monarchs in history. She reigned for forty-five years and her rule was known as the Age of Gloriana. Not bad for the illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, eh?

On my Facebook page I love to share images of artifacts belonging to different monarchs of the time and that led me to creating this article for your viewing pleasure. Where I was able to obtain the proper credit information I listed below the image. These images cannot be used without permission from the proper source. I did my best to ensure that these images were sourced as accurately as possible. Please let me know if I have something sourced incorrectly.
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Gloves (Queen Elizabeth I gloves), 16th century

IDENTIFIER AKG5729536 SOURCE: HERITAGE IMAGES CREDIT LINEHeritage Images / Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford / akg-images

Queen Elizabeth I’s Cradle

Queen Elizabeth I’s cradle, (1896). Princess Elizabeth (1533-1603) spent much of her early childhood at the Royal Palace of Hatfield, Hatfield House.

IDENTIFIER: AKG5191288, SOURCE: HERITAGE IMAGES, CREDIT LINE: Heritage-Images / The Print Collector / akg-images

Queen Elizabeth Ring

Queen Elizabeth I Ring, c. 1560. Found in the collection of the Chequers Estate. The images inside the ring are of Elizabeth and her mother, Anne Boleyn.

IDENTIFIER: AKG5691178, SOURCE: HERITAGE IMAGES, CREDIT LINE: Heritage Images / Fine Art Images / akg-images

Queen Elizabeth Cameo

Cameo carved with the portrait of Elizabeth I, c1575. The queen in profile, wearing a ruff. An example of the type often presented by the queen to favoured people. From the Cheapside Hoard, part of a goldsmith’s stock found buried beneath a floor in Cheapside, in the City of London.

IDENTIFIER: AKG4867764, SOURCE: HERITAGE IMAGES, CREDIT LINE: Heritage-Images / Museum of London / akg-images

Queen Elizabeth’s Virginal

Queen Elizabeth I’s virginal, made in Italy circa 1570. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins, ‘Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique,’ Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated ‘The Royal House of Stuart'(1890), ‘Naval and Military Trophies'(1896), and others.

IDENTIFIER: AKG2002525, SOURCE:FLORILEGIUS, CREDIT LINE: akg-images / Florilegius

Queen Elizabeth Half Pound Coin

Elizabeth I Half Pound Coin. Dated 16th Century; akg-images / WHA / World History Archive,AKG5519928

Queen Elizabeth Coins

Elizabethan coins, (1896). Coins from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Illustration after the originals in the British Museum, London, from a work published by Boussod, Valadon & Co, (1896).

IDENTIFIER: AKG5191300, SOURCE: HERITAGE IMAGES, CREDIT LINE: Heritage-Images / The Print Collector / akg-imagesTIME PERIOD

Great Seal of Queen Elizabeth

Great Seal of Queen Elizabeth I, 16th century, (1896). Illustration after the original in the British museum, London, from a work published by Boussod, Valadon & Co, (1896).

IDENTIFIER: AKG5191309, SOURCE: HERITAGE IMAGES, CREDIT LINE: Heritage-Images / The Print Collector / akg-images

Wax Impression of Great Seal

Wax impression of great seal of Elizabeth I (incomplete), 1586-1603.

IDENTIFIER: AKG5729885, SOURCE: HERITAGE IMAGES, CREDIT LINE: Heritage Images / Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford / akg-images

Queen Elizabeth Medal

Queen Elizabeth I medal, 16th century, (1896). Illustration after the original in the British Museum, London, from a work published by Boussod, Valadon & Co, (1896).

IDENTIFIER: AKG5191310, SOURCE: HERITAGE IMAGES, CREDIT LINE: Heritage-Images / The Print Collector / akg-images

Pearl Sword

The Lord Mayor’s Sword of State and Pearl Sword. The State sword originates from the mid-seventeenth century. The Pearl Sword was used according to legend, by Elizabeth I at the opening of first Royal Exchange in 1571.