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Victorian Silver Memento Mori Lidded Coffin-Shaped Casket with Skull and Crossed Bones Victorian Silver Memento Mori Lidded Coffin-Shaped Casket with Skull and Crossed Bones Victorian Silver Memento Mori Lidded Coffin-Shaped Casket with Skull and Crossed Bones Victorian Silver Memento Mori Lidded Coffin-Shaped Casket with Skull and Crossed Bones Victorian Silver Memento Mori Lidded Coffin-Shaped Casket with Skull and Crossed Bones Victorian Silver Memento Mori Lidded Coffin-Shaped Casket with Skull and Crossed Bones
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LOT 2372

Victorian Silver Memento Mori Lidded Coffin-Shaped Casket with Skull and Crossed Bones

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

1 3/4 in. (21.9 grams, 45 mm).

Trapezoidal in plan with hinged lid, panels of scrolled foliage within undulating borders to each face; applied rose-gold cross bottony to lid above a skull and crossed longbones; inside, glazed panel to accept a lock of hair (absent); pierced lug at foot aligning with hole in the lid to secure it. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Previously from the house sale of a late English collector.
Ex USA private collection, 1970s-1980s.

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LOT 2372

Victorian Silver Memento Mori Lidded Coffin-Shaped Casket with Skull and Crossed Bones

Sold for (Inc. bp): £312

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