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LOT 1762
Georgian Silver Memento Mori Skull Ring with Monogram
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (12.14 grams, 26.33 mm overall, 17.88 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15)).
Substantial hoop with segmented profile, high-relief with clasped hands motif to the underside, ellipsoid bezel with facing skull motif in the half-round, 'cross and M' monogram to the back of the bezel. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
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