Attributed to Hans Klingenberg (active Königsberg, circa 1593-after 1626) or Georg Schreiber (active Königsberg, circa 1600-1648)
Amber pendant with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
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100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Attributed to Hans Klingenberg (active Königsberg, circa 1593-after 1626) or Georg Schreiber (active Königsberg, circa 1600-1648)
German, Königsberg, circa 1600
Amber pendant with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
inscribed: ELISABET · D · G · ANG: FRAN: HIB: ET: VIR: REGI: F: D + [ELIZABETH THANKS BE TO GOD QUEEN OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, IRELAND AND VIRGINIA DEFENDER OF THE FAITH]
yellow amber, inset with a cameo probably carved from white amber or a tin rich compound, with gilt highlights, and painted foil or verre églomisé, within an 18th-century pendant mount
41mm., 1⅝in.
John Malcolm, 1st Baron Malcolm of Poltalloch (1833-1902), Argyll, Scotland;
By family descent until sold Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh, 12 November 2025, lot 3;
Where acquired by the present owner
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1879, no. 377
Catalogue of Bronzes and Ivories of European Origin, exhibited in 1879, exh. cat. Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1879, no. 377
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