Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I Document Up For Auction

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A rare Queen Elizabeth document heads to auction in February through Clars Auction Gallery in Oakland, California. We don't often see a lot of documents dating back to the 1500s coming up for sale in California but this one, a signed indenture by Queen Elizabeth I, dated 1563, was in the hands of a major San Francisco Area estate. The framed piece tsates the terms of a loan Queen Elizabeth I took out through her financier Sir Thomas Gresham. It is signed on the reverse by Privy Council, Robert Dudley, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Sir William Cecil, Sir Nicholas Bacon, William Howard of Effingham, and Sir Francis Knollys. Bidding is expected to reach $30,000-$50,000. The Clars upcoming February Fine Estates sale will be held Saturday, Feb. 5, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific and Sunday, Feb. 6, at 10 a.m. Previews will be Friday, Feb. 4, from 1-6 p.m. and 9 a.m. each auction day and by special appointment.

[via Auction Central News]

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Montblanc's Queen Elizabeth I Fountain Pens

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Writing Instruments

Montblanc's newest Patron of Art Edition celebrates the legendary Queen Elizabeth I. Queen Elizabeth I built up 16th century England into a world power and her legacy is celebrated with two fountain pens the "Limited Edition Patron of Art Elizabeth I" is limited to 4810 fountain pens and a finer edition is limited to 888 writing instruments.

Both pens are covered in lacquer modeled on the monarch's royal garments. The Tudor rose and the cross of the British Crown are also featured on the cap and the clip is topped with a synthetic green garnet cabochon. The words "Video et taceo" (I see and say nothing--one of Elizabeth's mottoes) are engraved on the cap ring.

The 4810 fountain pens have a body and cap of black precious resin with gold-plated inlay. The Elizabeth I Limited Edition 888 is a 750 solid gold fountain pen with a red lacquered barrel and cap. The 18K gold nib features a bejeweled gold crown in which Elizabeth I ascended the throne in 1559.

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