Elizabeth I Brooch: Pelican in Her Piety, Tudor jewel, Historical re-enactment.

The Pelican in Her Piety brooch 🌹
This is my own design, a replica of the breast pin worn by Elizabeth 1st in the "Pelican portrait".
The Pelican Portrait is an oil painting of Elizabeth I of England on a wood panel, named for the pelican pendant shown on Elizabeth's breast. It is generally attributed to Nicholas Hilliard, on the basis of a scientific study and similarities to his other work.
The work was painted around 1575, when Queen Elizabeth was about forty-two. Its name comes from a rich jewel shown on her breast: a pendant in the form of a pelican in her piety. The female pelican was then believed to feed its young with blood from its own body, and the one in the pendant has its wings outstretched and is pecking its breast. This is taken as an allusion to Elizabeth as a self-sacrificing mother of the English nation, and the Queen was herself fond of the symbolism of the pelican.
In the portrait Elizabeth is magnificently dressed and is wearing other elaborate jewellery. On her right upper arm is a decorated armlet. Her headdress and velvet gown are richly bejewelled, especially with large pearls, which are a symbol of chastity and link the Queen to Artemis, the goddess of the Moon and chastity in Greek mythology.
This is the pelican jewel: I also make the headdress, the armlet, and necklace (available in separate listings).
The brooch is made with gold plated alloy and enamel. The brooch is set with one red rectangle siam crystal stone. The piece measures approx 65 x 65 mm. It has a pin back.

The brooch is photographed on a Tudor gown to show you the full effect.
The brooch will come wrapped in my gift box.