Georgian Silver 'My Fate Today Shall be Yours Tomorrow' Memento Mori Skull Ring

LATE 18TH CENTURY A.D.

1 in. (12.5 grams, 23.13 mm overall, 19.30 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).

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. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Sussex, UK, private collection.
Property of a Buckinghamshire, UK, gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 1465