Ancient dagger Memento mori

Napoleon III inkwell gilt bronz and champleve enamel Origin France perfect condition circa 1860. The Napoleon III style had its heyday during the 1850s and 1880s. Emperor Napoleon wa...

Saiboat white metal, circa 1900 pewter elcrtro plated base in wood.  

Seal figure bookens Signed ((M. Bertin)) bronze and portoro marble Art Deco, France.

Art and crafts cuts bronze and copper cigars Pelican motif short rare cigar Circa 1920 Very good condition natural wear.

Empire style table clock and inkwell Origin France Circa 1900 The watch has a Paris machine and it works Golden bronze and Onix materials Very good general condition the marble ...

Enamel miniatures living room and piano set Origin Vienna, Austria Circa 1900 Enamel and bronze materials The piano is a music box (it works) The general condition is very good. ...

Antique 18th century fruitwood carved Memento Mori Skull. The skull of petrified display powerfully carved in the form of a human skull consisting of the cranium, upper and lower jaws, the cadaverous face with deliberate missing tooth in brown wash patination throughout. Stood upon a small marble base with the skull attaching via a dowel fitting. The Skull probably from German origin. Notes  From approximately the sixteenth century, skulls were commonly used to remember death as they symbolise the transience of human life. Memento Mori literal Latin translation means remember that you [have to] die. The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity, and appeared in funeral art and architecture of the medieval period. Memento Mori jewellery...

Antique bubble glass paperweight or paper press. Decorated with a base depicting a vanitas Memento-mori, painted in oil, fixed to the back of the ...

Mughal - style Indian dagger. Made with rock crystal and inlaid gold. United Kingdom, late 19th century.

A ceramic collection of sculptural functional objects inspired by the parallel line between the process of ceramic casting and the growth and decay of organic beings. Through experi...

A ceramic collection of sculptural functional objects inspired by the parallel line between the process of ceramic casting and the growth and decay of organic beings. Through experi...

A 19th century Stiletto Dagger made in Florence An exceptional antique early 19th century Italian Florentine stiletto dagger with a beautifully and ...