This figurine
3099, “Queen Elizabeth I ” was sculped by Pauline Parsons in 1886 and is a
limited edition of 5000 and this is number 3422 as shown on authentication
certificate.
It was Pauline
Parsons who was asked by a director at Royal Doulton to create a “Queen of the
Realms” to include Victoria and three others,Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Anne and
Mary Queen of Scots. She successfully created the four portraits from paintings
and drawings of the times and from inputs from other artists. The result is four
colourful figurines as they would have dressed in their time as queen.
Queen Elizabeth
I wears an elaborate red and white dress with a wasp like waist. She carried a 22
gold face mask as the aristocracy were wont to do to hide their true
identity.The figurine is 23cm tall and weighs 570gms The photos are part of the
description