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LOT 1868
Georgian Silver 'Not All of me Will Die' Memento Mori Ring with Skeleton on Hoop
CIRCA 18TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (6.79 grams, 23.27 mm overall, 18.13 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
With flat-section hoop, scooped shoulders, bezel with domed cruciform motif; incised image of a skeleton to the underside, inscribed within 'non omnis moriar' (not all [of me] will die). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s.
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LOT 1868
Georgian Silver 'Not All of me Will Die' Memento Mori Ring with Skeleton on Hoop
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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