Antique Italian Seal Ring Intaglio Hardstone Memento Mori Skulls 18k Gold c1850

I am pleased to offer from my private collection this astonishing mid 19th Century  Italian Memento Mori Skulls Doctor's 18k solid  gold and hand carved hardstone Intaglio ring,c1850 made in Neo-Roman style.

Excellent original condition! 
Size 6
8.60g heavy.

A must for every serious collector.

 

This is a link to the tradition of the memento mori - an object designed to remind us that life is brief and that we should seize the moment while we are here.

Since the beginning of time,the skull is been used as a symbol of mortality, victory, the ultimate Memento Mori.

The skull represented the contemplation of eternity.

In Elizabethan England, it was an emblem of bawds, rakes and sexual adventure. Its a symbol men, in particular, have always loved to paint, carve, cast, and wear.

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