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George I Engraved Gold Memento Mori Skull Ring with Black Enamel George I Engraved Gold Memento Mori Skull Ring with Black Enamel George I Engraved Gold Memento Mori Skull Ring with Black Enamel
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LOT 0388

George I Engraved Gold Memento Mori Skull Ring with Black Enamel

DATED 1723 A.D.

7/8 in. (4.99 grams, 20.97 mm overall, 17.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, USA 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13)).

D-shaped in section with black enamelled outer face and reserved skull, bones and foliage; engraving to inner face 'M.P. ob. 19 Aug .1723 aet 47' and maker's mark 'D.M'.

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an East Sussex collector.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12555-231633.
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.

Footnotes

This maker's mark is not listed in the standard works, e.g. Jackson, Sir C.J., English Goldsmiths and Their Marks, London, 1921.

CONDITION
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LOT 0388

George I Engraved Gold Memento Mori Skull Ring with Black Enamel

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120

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