Post Medieval Memento Mori Coffin Pendant with a Skeleton

Hoop with stylised skull to the outer face and incised copperplate legend 'In memory R F obt 13 Feb 83' to the inner with indistinct maker's mark '?.S'. 3.23 grams, 20.3 mm overall, 18.1 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)



Found Shrewton, Wiltshire, UK.

Lentoid in section, probably a glove ring. 2.55 grams, 24.5 mm overall, 21.76 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Y 1/2, USA 12 1/4, Europe 28.20, Japan 27)



Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.

Conical segmented body with a tubular socket above to accept a separate crest; the surface of the fastening segments decorated with opposing triangles and an eagle at the base, the central segment decorated with an expanding arm cross at the base; the browband with an embossed inscription 'D[ominus] N[ostrum] IVSTINIANUS PERP[etuus] AVG[ustus] IN NOMINE XP[isti] VINCAS SEMP[er] = Our Lord Justinian, forever August, be always victorious; series of perforations on the lower rim, internally the lower part lined with corroded iron; supplied in a custom-made display case. 1.2 kg, 19.9 cm high



Ex property of a European gentleman. Accompanied by an academic report on this reproduction by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12918-245690.