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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]
ProvenanceEx 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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Georgian Silver 'My Fate Today Shall be Yours Tomorrow' Memento Mori Skull Ring
Late 18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Hexagonal in plan with epigraphic and figural panels: memorial cross with serpent; 'hodie mihi' and 'cras tibi' (my [fate] today [shall be] yours tomorrow); mane-in-fede clasped hands; angel with sword; skull and crossed bones among foliage. 12.5 grams, 23.13 mm overall, 19.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)
Ex Sussex, UK, private collection. Property of a Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
