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LOT 1588
French Silver 'Consider the End' Memento Mori Skull Ring
18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (14.59 grams, 25.38 mm overall, 18.78 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
D-section hoop with lobed flanks to the shoulder and inset garnet cloisons; discoid bezel with inscribed skull on a stand with snake twined round the stem and legend 'avis la fin' (consider the end) [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Sussex, UK, private collection.
Property of a Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 1588
French Silver 'Consider the End' Memento Mori Skull Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
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