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Memento Mori 18th Century

18th Century Italian Silver Gilt Small Memento Mori Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 17th or early 18th century Italian Memento Mori silver gilt frame. This would have originally
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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors

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Mirror, Wood

18th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf Calvarium Ledge Macabre Curio Antique
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A finely carved Memento Mori base to hold the holy cross, now hangs to make for a decorative wee
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Antique 18th Century European Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Hardwood

18th Century, Italian 'Memento Mori' Old Master School of Guido Reni
By Guido Reni
Located in Atlanta, GA
Old Master 18th or possibly 17th century Italian Baroque School religious portrait painting depicting
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Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

German Memento Mori Carved Skull
Located in Newark, England
Antique 18th century fruitwood carved Memento Mori Skull. The skull of petrified display powerfully
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Antique 18th Century German Gothic Mounted Objects

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Marble

German Memento Mori Carved Skull
German Memento Mori Carved Skull
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H 4.33 in W 3.07 in D 3.66 in
Gold Memento Mori Ring
Located in Amsterdam, NL
a concave underside. For the 18th-century wearer, this jewel would have had profound meaning as a
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Antique 1780s German Fashion Rings

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Gold

17th Century Hand Painted Venetian Gondola Funeral Board, Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Venetian "rio's". The piece is hand painted with the universal memento mori symbol of death, the skull and
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Antique Late 17th Century Italian Paintings

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Pine

Italian Marble Bust Vanitas / Memento Mori 19th Century Carved Sculpture Italy
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
message. Memento mori is Latin for “Remember death.” The expression originates from a specific custom
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts

Materials

Marble, Carrara Marble

Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts

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Carrara Marble

19th Century Italian Roman Vanitas Bust Renaissance Revival Memento Mori Marble
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
superb, but this sculpture also carries a beautiful & strong message. Memento mori is Latin for
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts

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Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble, Marble

Post Medieval memento mori ring, 'in god alone we too are one' circa 18th c
Located in London, GB
Post Medieval momento mori ring,'in god alone we too are one'. A rare ring, the exterior of the D
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Antique 17th Century Medieval Band Rings

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Yellow Gold

18-C English Bilston Battersea Enamel Memento Mori, Memory of a Friend Snuff Box
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An 18th century Georgian English Bilston Battersea enameled snuff or patch box, the motto reads
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Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Copper

18th Century French Baroque Crucifix Cushion Mirror
Located in London, GB
An early 18th century crucifix cushion mirror in the late baroque manner. Magnificently carved in
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Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Wall Mirrors

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Giltwood

Crucifix on Calvary, Called Plague of Christ, France, Early 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
his feet the ordeal full of symbols: evil (snake) with the apple, the 'Memento mori' of human bones
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Antique Early 18th Century French Religious Items

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Wood, Paper

Antique rose cut diamond and ruby Giardinetti Mourning ring, Europe circa 1760
Located in Magdeburg, DE
the 17th century but were favoured by aristocratic women during the 18th century and until the
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Antique Late 18th Century European Rococo Solitaire Rings

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Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Silver

Painting The Penitent Magdalene, 17th-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
tradizionale Memento mori. Intorno a lei, tre angioletti la assistono, uno reggendole il vasetto di unguento
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18th Century and Earlier Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Georgian Memorial Ring with Enamel and Diamond in 18 Kt Gold
Located in Stamford, CT
!!! That is jewelry history for you. A memento mori with family memory. With this memorial ring you make
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Antique Early 18th Century British George IV Band Rings

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold

Figure: Female Pedlar, Possibly Peg Woffington, Bow Porcelain, circa 1758
By Bow Porcelain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
(Peg) Woffington, one of the great 18th century actresses. Her career ended through a paralytic stroke
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Antique Late 18th Century English Neoclassical Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Marriage Plate, Delft, Dated 1759
By Delft
Located in Verviers, BE
Dam, pp. 146-147). At the same time it is a memento mori, a reminder of the temporality of human
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Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

Antique Georgian Enamel Gold Memorial Ring Symbolizes Remember Me
Located in Stamford, CT
An 18th century ring of spectacular design in an elongated oval form displays a bow of white hair
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Antique Early 1800s British Georgian More Rings

Materials

Crystal, 15k Gold, Enamel

Still Life Garland of Flowers - Flemish 18thC art Old Master floral oil painting
By Pieter Casteels III
Located in London, GB
This superb 18th century Old Master floral still life oil painting is attributed to Flemish artist
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1730s Old Masters Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Tulip Vase, by Marcel Wanders, Delft Blue Hand-Painted, 2006, Unlimited Unique
By MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Tulip vase Big is available as an exclusive Personal Edition, Marcel's label carrying works of a more personal and experimental nature. The pieces of the Delft Blue series are unlimi...
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Early 2000s Dutch Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Red Gorgonian Branches, Italy 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A pair of fan-shaped red Gorgonian branches from Wunderkammer. The bases are in carved and gilded wood. Italy, circa 1870.
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Pyrite Skull from Peru
Located in New York, NY
Peruvian pyrite bust of a human skull. Pyrite was given the name "Fool's Gold" by prospectors having mistaken it for gold in the 19th century. Its current namesake is derived from t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Peruvian Organic Modern Busts

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Pyrite

Pyrite Skull from Peru
Pyrite Skull from Peru
H 3 in W 3.75 in D 2.25 in
Rare Regency Memento Mori Box
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Decorated with four skulls to top with titles of a Witch, King, Beauty and Beggar to each Skull underneath. Lidded.
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Antique 19th Century English Regency Decorative Boxes

19th C Glass Dome on Ebonised Base with 25 Exotic Birds-Label W.J.Hole
Located in Leuven , BE
Large oval based glass dome/shade with 26 exotic, colourful birds in naturalistic setting comprising Hummingbirds with open wings and on their nests. This Victorian arrangement is in...
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20th Century British Taxidermy

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Organic Material, Wood

Giant Crocodile Fossil Wall Plate, Germany. 180 Million Years Old.
Located in London, GB
This outstanding fossilised skeleton is that of the ancestral crocodile species Steneosaurus bollensis that lived during the early Jurassic period. The skeleton, complete with armour...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier German Decorative Art

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Other

Pair of 19th Century French Louis XVI Carved Painted Chests of Drawers
Located in Dallas, TX
Complete your bedroom with this elegant pair of antique hand painted bedside cabinets. Crafted in France, circa 1880, each commode stands on tapered and fluted legs over a straight a...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Night Stands

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Wood, Paint

Rare Antique French 19th Century Gothic Revival Neo-Gothic Jewelry Box Church
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Exquisite & rare ! This French 19th century Gothic Revival Jewelry box in carved walnut. Amazing craftsmanship and richly decorated with Gothic style carvings on all sides. Each ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

Large Oil on Canvas Winter Landscape by Peter Adolf Persson in Gilded Wood Frame
By Peter Adolf Persson
Located in Miami, FL
Peter Adolf Persson, born 25th September, 1862 in Kvistoftavägen, Scania, died January 15, 1914 in Tyringegatan, Skåne, was a Swedish artist. Persson studied at the Academy of Arts i...
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Antique 19th Century Swedish Romantic Paintings

Materials

Wood, Gesso, Canvas, Giltwood

Antique Oil Print with Black Forest Poacher Scene after Josef Ringeisen
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Oil Print with Black Forest Poacher Scene after Josef Ringeisen A colorful oil print depicting a dramatic poaching scenery in the Bavarian forest. Two poachers are caught in...
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Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Prints

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Glass, Wood

Pair of Russian Neoclassical Style Malachite Obelisks
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A pair of Russian neoclassical style obelisks of malachite. Square, tapered shafts on a raised panel stepped base. Great color to malachite. One obelisk has a slight 'lean' to the up...
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20th Century Russian Neoclassical Natural Specimens

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Malachite, Stone

Fine Taxidermy Tower of Owls by Sinke & Van Tongeren
By Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
We found this beautiful ornament years ago in a London antique shop. We immediately thought ‘Owls!’ But had to wait for four years to collect the right species that matched the measu...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Victorian Taxidermy

Materials

Animal Skin

Agate Grand Tour Obelisks
Located in New Orleans, LA
These impressive Egyptian Revival obelisks are crafted of dynamically patterned agate. The rare 19th-century models were almost certainly made in Italy during the height of the Grand...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Egyptian Revival Natural Specimens

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Agate

Agate Grand Tour Obelisks
Agate Grand Tour Obelisks
H 12.25 in W 3.5 in D 3.5 in
Tyrannosaurus Rex Tooth Fossil
Located in London, GB
The tooth of an adult Tyrannosaurus Rex, dating to the Late Cretaceous, approximately 67 million years old. A large, beautifully preserved specimen, with mottled caramel-coloured ena...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier American Natural Specimens

Materials

Stone

Tyrannosaurus Rex Tooth Fossil
Tyrannosaurus Rex Tooth Fossil
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H 3.75 in Dm 1.38 in
Pair of White-Sand Gorgonian Branches, Italy, 1870
Located in Milan, IT
A big pair of fan-shaped white sand Gorgonian branches from Wunderkammer. The bases are in carved and gilded wood. Italy, circa 1870.
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral

English Gothic Revival Walnut Full Size Bed
Located in New York, NY
English Gothic Revival-style (19th Century) walnut full size bed with carved finial posts. (Includes: headboard, footboard, rails)
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Antique 19th Century English Gothic Revival Beds and Bed Frames

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Walnut

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Early, 18th Century, Gold, Memento Mori Ring
Located in Rochford, Essex
Gold, enamel ring, circa 1750. An exceptional, fine quality memento mori ring detailed with enamel
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Antique Mid-18th Century British More Rings

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Yellow Gold

Renaissance Memento Mori Ring
Located in New York, NY
prepared for death. Memento Mori rings became very frequent during the 16th century, probably due to the
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English More Rings

Georgian Mourning and Memento Mori Ring
Located in New York, NY
Georgian mourning & memento mori ring featuring a skull under square faceted rock crystal in silver
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Antique 1730s Georgian Band Rings

Materials

Crystal, 18k Gold, Silver

Victorian Gold Diamond and Emerald Memento Mori Ring
Located in Sofia , BG
Victorian MEMENTO MORI SKULLS 18k Gold, 1.5ct DIAMONDS & 2.84 ct Colombian Emerald ring! The ring
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Antique Late 18th Century Victorian Engagement Rings

Materials

Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold

Momento Mori Skull and Bones Brooch in 15 Karat Gold with Enamel and Rose Cut
Located in Houston, TX
Antique 15k gold and diamond eyes and natural seed pearl memento mori skull and bones brooch
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Antique Late 18th Century British Brooches

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Diamond, 15k Gold

An 18th Century Memento Mori
Located in London, GB
A Human skull or 'Memento Mori'. This has had the skull cap removed and refitted. There is also a
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Decorative Objects

An 18th Century Memento Mori
An 18th Century Memento Mori
H 5.52 in W 5.91 in D 7.09 in
18th Century Diamond Silver Gold Memento Mori Ring
Located in New York, NY
An early Memento Mori ring comprised of a rose-cut diamond flanked by a small skull and a serpent
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Antique 1760s Georgian Solitaire Rings

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Diamond, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver

18th Century Italian Carved Gilt & Teal Open Casket Memento Mori Planter Urn
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Unusual 18th Century open casket for a small child, carved from softwood with oil gilt decoration
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Antique 18th Century Italian Religious Items

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Copper

Pair of Untouched 18th Century Funeral Hatchments Coat of Arms Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rare pair of 18th century oil on canvas funeral hatchments, each hatchment has the latin motto
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Antique 18th Century English Paintings

Materials

Cane, Pine

Late 18th Century Engraving Human Skeleton by James Neagle Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An late 18th century engraving depicting the internal framework of the human body (skeleton) age
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Antique Late 18th Century English Decorative Art

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Paper

18th Century Gilt, Carved & Lead Lined Infants Wake Morning Cradle Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A 18th century soft wood carved and pierced babies wake cradle, lead lined with foliage, scroll and
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Antique Mid-18th Century European Baroque Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Lead

Important and Rare Italian Memento Mori
Located in Milan, IT
An important and rare Italian Wunderkammer Memento Mori sculpture, depicting a wooden skull.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Sculptures

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Wood

An important Memento Mori candle holder.
Located in Milan, IT
An important and rare Memento Mori candleholder. The round base with moved profile is carved out of
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Candle Holders

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Metal

Early 19th C Maritime Sailor's Coconut “Bugbear” Memento Mori Gun Powder Flask
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Antique nautical sailor's carved coconut “Bugbear” gun powder flask, late 18th/early 19th century
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Antique Early 19th Century European Nautical Objects

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Natural Fiber

18th Century Italian Silver Tabletop Mirror Frame
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful old silver on brass frame. Originally a memento mori and would have held written
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Picture Frames

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Brass

Saint Francis In Meditation Oil On Canvas 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
in front of the Cross, in a deserted place and with a skull in his hands, the memento mori, to
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18th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Canon Oil on Canvas Center-Italian School 18th Century
Located in Milan, IT
fair "memento mori" that is a reminder of the time passing and it reminds to dedicate life to important
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18th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

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Oil

19th Century Italian Sculpture White Carrara Skull, Black Marquina Marble Bust
Located in Firenze, IT
Vanitas or Memento Mori, theme related to the caducity of human existence faced in different epochs in the
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19th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

French Still Life Oil Painting of Various Flowers, circa 1750
Located in Berlin, DE
represent a vanitas (memento mori) aspect, reminders of human mortality and invitations to meditate upon the
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Antique Mid-18th Century Louis XV Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

Rare Antique Georgian Urn Ring with Diamonds
By Glorious Antique Jewelry Collection
Located in Stamford, CT
This 15kt Memento Mori touches the heart with its beauty and with its story. An oval bezel holds a
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Antique Late 18th Century British George III More Rings

Materials

Diamond, 15k Gold

Damien Hirst, 3D 'For The Love Of God' Lenticular Skull, 2012
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
composition. The artwork depicts the famed 18th century platinum cast human skull with 8,601 flawless diamonds
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lenticular

Damien Hirst, 'For The Love Of God' Skull with Diamond Dust, 2007
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
depicts the famed 18th century platinum cast human skull with 8,601 flawless diamonds encrusted in the
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Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints

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Screen

Damien Hirst, 'For The Love Of God' Skull with Diamond Dust, 2007
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
depicts the famed 18th century platinum cast human skull with 8,601 flawless diamonds encrusted in the
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Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints

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Screen

Damien Hirst, 'For The Love Of God' Skull with Diamond Dust, 2007
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
depicts the famed 18th century platinum cast human skull with 8,601 flawless diamonds encrusted in the
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Early 2000s Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Screen

18th Century English Memento Mori, Masonic Horn Beaker
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A late 18th century Masonic horn beaker, with typical Masonic imagery and symbolism The imagery
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Antique Late 18th Century English Historical Memorabilia

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Natural Fiber

Memento Mori
By Johann Elias Ridinger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Memento Mori images were meant as a reminder of the fleeting nature of life, with symbols such as
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18th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

18th Century English Armorial Hatchment of the Knightley Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A highly decorative 18th century Hatchment of extra large proportions, the lozenged oil on canvas
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Antique Late 18th Century English Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Rare Georgian Memento Mori Pendant, Skull and Jesus, 18th Century, Bone
Located in NEWARK, GB
A very rare antique, Georgian, 18th century bone skull and jesus pendant. This is a very scarce
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Antique 18th Century British Georgian Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Steel

18th Century Framed & Glazed 1743 Affidavit Ann Wild Buried In Wool Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
" For centuries the woollen trade had been important to the wealth and prosperity of England, but with
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Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Historical Memorabilia

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Paper

Memento Mori Vesta Case on Chain, 1913
Located in Southbury, CT
enormously popular in the 18th-century as well. And reproduction memento mori jewelry continues to be made
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Vintage 1910s Pendant Necklaces

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Silver, Steel

Memento Mori Vesta Case on Chain, 1913
Memento Mori Vesta Case on Chain, 1913
W 1.56 in D 0.36 in L 1.99 in
Italian Marble Bust Vanitas / Memento Mori 19th Century Carved Sculpture Italy
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
sculpture is superb, but this sculpture also carries a beautiful & strong message. Memento mori is Latin
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts

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Marble, Carrara Marble

Antique Georgian Silver Tea / Serving Tray Memento Mori Memorial Tray 1794
By Elizabeth Jones, London 1
Located in London, GB
handles. The centre of the Tray has an unusual large Memento Mori / memorial engraving reading in French
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Antique 18th Century English Georgian Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

18th C, Late Baroque Style, Still Life, Dutch School, Vanitas Scene with Cherub
Located in brussel, BE
earthly for the heavenly, is typical of a memento mori painting. The skull immediately confronts us with
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18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century Italian Sculpture White Carrara Skull, Black Marquina Marble Bust
Located in Firenze, IT
of Vanitas or Memento Mori, theme related to the caducity of human existence faced in different
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Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Busts

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Carrara Marble, Marble

Damien Hirst 'For the Love of God' signed, limited edition print (Skull)
By Damien Hirst
Located in San Rafael, CA
of a platinum cast of an 18th-century human skull encrusted with 8,601 flawless diamonds, including a
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Still life with dead goldfinch - The mystic blue transcends death -
Located in Berlin, DE
flying. In this tradition, Cruickshanks' painting is a memento mori that is immediately appealing to
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1890s English School Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Enamel and Diamond Skull Ring
Located in London, GB
Georgian-era Memento Mori jewellery. The realistically carved skull is set with white and yellow enamel
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2010s British Modern Fashion Rings

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Diamond, Silver, Enamel

18th Century Louis XV French Provincial Carved Armoire or Wardrobe France 1700s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
from the 18th century is an excellent example of French furniture during the 1700s. With a wonderfully
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Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Wardrobes and Armoires

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Iron

18th Century Memento Mori Garnet Skull Ring
Located in Austin, TX
18th Century memento mori enamel skull garnet and diamond ring. Table cut garnet and rose cut
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Antique 18th Century British Georgian More Rings

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Diamond, Garnet, Gold, Silver

Italian Memento Mori
Located in New York, NY
16th Century Italian Marble Skull has all the grim honesty of a memento mori.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Sculptures

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Marble

Italian Memento Mori
Italian Memento Mori
H 4.5 in W 4.5 in D 4 in
18th Century Oak and Iron Mounted Memento Mori Doorstop Carved as a Human Skull
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The unique oak Momentum Mori door stop, being carved in the round as a slightly larger than life
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Antique Mid-17th Century English George II Sculptures and Carvings

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Iron

18th Century Flemish Miniature Carved Boxwood Skull
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
the teeth. Set on a sloping, stepped octagonal base. A ‘memento mori’ – an object designed to remind
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Antique 18th Century Belgian Models and Miniatures

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Boxwood

Rare and Decorative Memento Mori Lead Skull, 18th Century
Located in Vienna, Vienna
18th century, cast lead depicting a human Skull model.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Austrian Other Models and Miniatures

Materials

Lead

Rare and Decorative 18th Century Memento Mori Human Brass Skull Model
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Cast brass, depicting a human skull made probably for a necklace. Please find the other miniature skulls we've listed here on 1stdibs.
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Antique Late 18th Century Austrian Other Models and Miniatures

18th Century Georgian Full Body Skeleton Ring
Located in Sale, Cheshire
An incredible Georgian Full Body Skeleton Ring dating from the mid 18th Century. Finished in black
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Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Band Rings

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18k Gold

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