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LOT 1996
Post Medieval Silver Memento Mori Ring with Skeleton in Coffin Flanked by Rearing Snakes
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
3/4 in. (5.28 grams, 20.97 mm overall, 16.91 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
With facetted hoop, quatrefoil bezel with serpents flanking a coffin with skeleton inside; italic script legend to reverse 'jeap[...]'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex East Sussex private collection, 1970s-1980s.
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LOT 1996
Post Medieval Silver Memento Mori Ring with Skeleton in Coffin Flanked by Rearing Snakes
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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