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LOT 2181
Post Medieval Silver Memento Mori Ring with Skull and Crossed Bones
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (7.9 grams, 24.6 mm overall, 21.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)).
Openwork fronds to the shoulders, rectangular plaque with raised border, incuse skull motif over two long bones crossed, script capital 'B'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex East Sussex private collection, 1970s-1980s.
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LOT 2181
Post Medieval Silver Memento Mori Ring with Skull and Crossed Bones
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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