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Tudor Period Enamelled Gold Memento Mori Ring with Skull Tudor Period Enamelled Gold Memento Mori Ring with Skull Tudor Period Enamelled Gold Memento Mori Ring with Skull
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LOT 0381

Tudor Period Enamelled Gold Memento Mori Ring with Skull

16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.

3/4 in. (3.84 grams, 19.30 mm overall, 16.87 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12)).

Comprising a plain D-section hoop, discoid bezel with radiating spurs, central enamelled skull motif surrounded by a ring with legend '*MEMENTO*mori'.

Provenance

Private collection, UK.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12740-235714.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0381

Tudor Period Enamelled Gold Memento Mori Ring with Skull

Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500

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