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LOT 2290
Victorian Silver Memento Mori Ring with Skull and Crosses Bones
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (9.15 grams, 31.27 mm overall, 20.77 mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20)).
The hoop formed as two parallel sets of long bones set end-to-end; hollow-formed gilded bezel of a skull. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired from a Staffordshire, UK, antiques fair.
Ex Buckinghamshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2290
Victorian Silver Memento Mori Ring with Skull and Crosses Bones
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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