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Historical Archive: Nef of St. Ursula carnelian, gold, silver gilt, copper, and enamel 46 x 28 x 16.5 cm (18.1 x 11 x 6.5 inches) attributed to Pierre Rousseau or Raymond Guyonnet/Rémon Guinnot, Tours table ornament given by the city council of Troyes to Queen Anne de Bretagne, 1500 sailors/soldiers/courtiers replaced by saints, Henry Duzen 1505 probably in use as a reliquary by 1537 presented by Henri III to Reims cathedral 1574 5 women added 17th c.; decking reworked 19th c. inscription on base: Henry III, king of the French and Poles, has presented this little ship to the Virgin Mother of God, so that France, long tossed about by waves of sedition, may with divine help finally return to the tranquil sea of the ancestors. Crowned in 1574. Reims, Palais du Tau full, side with Ursula vessel only, side with Ursula full, oblique from stern; base: arms of France full, oblique from prow; base: arms of Poland St. Ursula, gold/enamel companion of Ursula, silver/enamel base inscription of Henri III animal at ship's prow