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LOT 2176
Silver Memento Mori Skull Ring
MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (10.80 grams, 31.65 mm overall, 19.41 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T 1/2, USA 9 3/4, Europe 21.89, Japan 21)).
Round-section shank developing to scrolled palmette shoulders flanking a skull, hollow to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Arundel, West Sussex, UK, 1980s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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