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LOT 0386
Charles II Engraved Gold Memento Mori Skull Ring
DATED 1687 A.D.
7/8 in. (4.74 grams, 21.20 mm overall, 18.16 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
With stylised skull flanked by foliage to the outer face, engraved in copperplate to the inner face: 'T.D - obyt - 8.Octo=87'.
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an East Sussex collector.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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