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Silver Memento Mori Ring with Skull and Crossed Bones Silver Memento Mori Ring with Skull and Crossed Bones Silver Memento Mori Ring with Skull and Crossed Bones
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LOT 2302

Silver Memento Mori Ring with Skull and Crossed Bones

LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (3.27 grams, 21.21 mm overall, 17.47 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).

Playing-card bezel with baroque scrolls to the shoulders, incised shield-shaped headstone with skull and crossed long bones above 'Pvlvis / es' legend and three crosses below; stamped to reverse '800'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Arundel, East Sussex, UK, private collection, 1970s-2000.

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LOT 2302

Silver Memento Mori Ring with Skull and Crossed Bones

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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