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Object Type
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Museum number
OA.2480
Description
Box; silver cylindrical; sides, top and bottom decorated with open-work scrolls; portrait bust of Queen Henrietta Maria on bottom; Charles I on top; contains thirty-six silver engraved silver counters each with royal portraits on obverse and shield of arms on reverse. Includes kings and queens of England with numbers of years reigned, death date and place of burial; also other members of the Stuart royal family.
Production date
17thC
Materials
silver
Technique
engraved
Dimensions
Diameter:
2.80 centimetres
(counters)
Height:
2.60 centimetres
Location
Not on display
Subjects
heraldry
king/queen
Associated names
Representation of:
Charles I, King of England
Representation of:
Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I
Representation of:
Harold II, King of England
Representation of:
Edward the Confessor, King of England
Representation of:
William I, King of England (William the Conqueror)
Representation of:
William II, King of England
Representation of:
Henry I, King of England
Representation of:
Stephen, King of England
Representation of:
Henry II, King of England
Representation of:
Richard I, King of England, the Lionheart
Representation of:
John, King of England
Representation of:
Henry III, King of England
Representation of:
Edward I, King of England and Duke of Aquitaine
Representation of:
Edward II, King of England and Duke of Aquitaine
Representation of:
Edward III, King of England and Duke of Aquitaine
Representation of:
Richard II, King of England
Representation of:
Henry IV, King of England
Representation of:
Henry V, King of England
Representation of:
Henry VI, King of England
Representation of:
Edward IV, King of England
Representation of:
Edward V, King of England
Representation of:
Richard III, King of England
Representation of:
Henry VII, King of England
Representation of:
Henry VIII, King of England
Representation of:
Edward VI, King of England
Representation of:
Mary I, Queen of England
Representation of:
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
Representation of:
Mary, Queen of Scots
Representation of:
Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley and Duke of Albany
(?)
Representation of:
James I, King of England (James VI of Scotland)
Representation of:
Anne of Denmark, Queen of James VI and I
Representation of:
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
Representation of:
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
Representation of:
Frederick II, King of Prussia
(?)
Representation of:
Karl I Ludwig, Elector Palatine
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
OA.2480
