Queen Elizabeth I’s teapot sells for £1,000,000
From The Telegraph:
A unique Chinese tea kettle that belonged to Queen Elizabeth I fetched more than £1 million pounds at auction yesterday.
The Queen is said to have given the 10 inch high kettle - one of the first pieces of imperial porcelain to arrive in England - to her chaplain, the Bishop of Worcester, Henry Parry, who was at her deathbed in 1603.
Full article (including picture)
Lara said,
April 11, 2007 @ 1:52 pm
Holy Crap! That’s nearly the list price for Rochford Hall!
Amazing what people will pay for historical objects. But if I had money to burn, you KNOW I’d own a few!
Lara said,
April 11, 2007 @ 1:55 pm
Yep, me too! In particular some of those books and papers that go up for auction every so often…