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Some such vases were rare expensive items, decorated with Gold and Jewel s, used by Royalty in Europe . When Eleanor Of Aquitaine married Louis VII Of France in 1137, she gave him a rock crystal vase as a wedding present. The inscription on it says he, in turn, gave it to the Abbey Of St.-Denis . It is now in the Louvre in Paris and is the only artifact of Eleanor's known to exist today. Another was a crystal and gold Posset set the Spanish Ambassador gave Mary I Of England and Philip II Of Spain as a betrothal gift. It was made by Benvenuto Cellini and the whole set is now on display at Hatfield House ( England ). |
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