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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]
ProvenancePrivate 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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Commonwealth Vellum Document
Dated 1654 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Relating to an agreement concerning a messuage, a cottage and other appurtenances. 11 grams, 40 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
The Commonwealth and Protectorate Records consist of the documents left by the English authorities in Ireland, who governed the country from 1649 until 1660, when the regime was removed following the restoration of Charles II to the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland. The Commonwealth Records originally comprised a discrete collection of approximately 56 bound volumes in the Four Courts, containing 22,500 pages of handwritten records. -
Post Medieval 'Thames' Decorated Ceramic and Glass Marble Collection
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
With applied linear decoration, in various sizes. 72 grams total, 12-24 mm
Found Billingsgate spoil from the Thames foreshore, London, UK, circa 1984. Property of an Essex collector. -
Post Medieval Silver Palindrome Ring
Circa 16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Comprising D-section hoop with mane-in-fede motif to underside, incised segments and cross to each shoulder, rectangular bezel with incised apotropaic palindrome 'SATOR / AREPO / TENET / OPERA / ROTAS', the text admits four symmetries and may be read: top to bottom, bottom to top, left to right, right to left, and can be rotated 180 degrees and still be read the same way. 13.40 grams, 27.84 mm overall, 18.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)
Private collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1975-late 1990s. Accompanied by a previous original handwritten collector's cataloguing page.
