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LOT 2103
Georgian Silver Memento Mori Skull and Crossed Bones Ring
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (14.30 grams, 27.27 mm overall, 18.09 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
The hoop formed as two snakes each with head and tail on the discoid bezel; skull and crossed long-bones above clasped hands and legend 'Ne M' Oubliez' (Forget Me Not). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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LOT 2103
Georgian Silver Memento Mori Skull and Crossed Bones Ring
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
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