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Georgian Carved Memento Mori Skull Stick Pin
Located in Boston, Lincolnshire
: "remember that you must die". Memento mori jewellery was very popular at the Georgian time. The stick pin is
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Brooches

Materials

Silver

Georgian Carved Memento Mori Skull Stick Pin
Georgian Carved Memento Mori Skull Stick Pin
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H 0.6 in W 0.36 in L 3.47 in
Wendy Brandes Memento Mori Skull and Bones 18K Yellow Gold Drop Earrings
By Wendy Brandes
Located in New York, NY
Skull imagery has long been used in memento mori jewelry. The Latin phrase "Memento Mori" means
Category

2010s American Contemporary Drop Earrings

Materials

Rhodium, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold

Regency Natural Untreated Ruby Diamond Rare Memorial 18 KT ring
Located in Napoli, IT
work of art and unique example of the memento mori jewellery, 18 KT solid gold Designed with an
Category

Antique 1840s British Regency Signet Rings

Materials

Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold

Gold Memento Mori Ring
Located in Amsterdam, NL
tangible connection to death. In an era before photographs, such jewellery served as a palpable reminder
Category

Antique 1780s German Fashion Rings

Materials

Gold

18 Karat White Gold Memento Mori Style Thorns Ring with Heart Shape Sapphire
By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery
Located in Berlin, DE
This Memento Mori Style Thorns ring is in 18 karat white gold, can be ordered in black gold. Can
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21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Fashion Rings

Materials

Purple Sapphire, Sapphire, Rose Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold

Crest Signet Ring Skull Unisex Memento Mori Style
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Angeles Inspired by Memento Mori, medieval Latin Christian theory and practice of reflection on mortality
Category

2010s American Contemporary Signet Rings

Materials

Bronze

Crest Signet Ring Skull Memento Mori Style J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Skull Memento Mori Style J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece " Secret Doors
Category

2010s American Contemporary Signet Rings

Materials

Bronze

Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Diamond J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Style Gold 6 Gem Black Diamond J Dauphin Hand made in Los
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Black Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold

Skull Emerald Memento Mori Medal Chain Necklace Victorian Style
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Emerald Victorian Style Memento Mori Medal Necklace Skull Chain J Dauphin Gold Plated Brass Chain
Category

2010s American Contemporary Chain Necklaces

Materials

Emerald, Brass, Bronze, 10k Gold, Gold Plate

Emerald Victorian Style Memento Mori Medal Necklace Skull Chain
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Emerald Victorian Style Memento Mori Medal Necklace Skull Chain J Dauphin Gold Plated Brass Chain
Category

2010s American Contemporary Chain Necklaces

Materials

Emerald, 10k Gold, Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze

Antique Georgian Memento Mori Pocket Watch Key, Ca. 1800
Located in Rotterdam, NL
weight is 11.2 grams. The watch key will be gift-wrapped in a black and gold jewelry box.
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Georgian Pocket Watches

Materials

14k Gold

Crest Signet Ring Memento Mori Style Gold Skull J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Memento Mori Style Gold 10k Skull J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece " Secret
Category

2010s American Contemporary Signet Rings

Materials

Gold, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold

Crest Signet Ring Memento Mori Style Gold Skull J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Memento Mori Style Gold 10k Skull J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece " Secret
Category

2010s American Contemporary Signet Rings

Materials

Gold, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold

Crest Signet Ring Skull Memento Mori Style Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Skull Memento Mori Style Bronze J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece " Secret
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Bronze

Crest Signet Ring Skull Memento Mori Style Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Skull Memento Mori Style Bronze J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece " Secret
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Bronze

Crest Signet Ring Gold Vermeil Victorian Memento Mori Style Skull
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Gold Victorian Memento Mori Style Skull J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Vermeil, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Emerald Ruby Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Style Silver
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Emerald Ruby Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Style Silver J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Ruby, Emerald, Silver

Crest Signet Skull Ring Silver Memento Mori Style J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Skull Ring Silver Memento Mori Style J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece " Secret
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Silver

Black Diamond Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Style Silver
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black Diamond Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Style Silver J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Black Diamond, Silver

RIMA Jewels Memento Mori Diamond Slice Hyperrealist Fly Stud Earring
By RIMA JEWELS
Located in New York, NY
putrefaction for the lover of memento mori gems and insect jewelry alike. Sold individually but pairs nicely
Category

2010s American Artist Stud Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Garnet, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver

Yellow Gold Diamond Victorian Mourning Brooch -14k Mine Memento Mori Antique Pin
Located in Greensboro, NC
Diamond Cut: Mine Style: Mourning Brooch Fastening Type: Hinged Pin and C-Clasp Theme: Memento Mori
Category

Antique 1860s Victorian Brooches

Materials

Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Crest Signet Ring Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Emerald, Bronze

Crest Signet Ring Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Emerald, Bronze

Crest Signet Ring Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Emerald, Bronze

Crest Signet Ring Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Emerald, Bronze

Emerald Crest Signet Ring Memento Mori Style Skull Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Emerald Crest Signet Ring Memento Mori Style Skull Material: Bronze Designer: J DAUPHIN Size: 7 1
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Emerald, Bronze

Crest Signet Ring Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Emerald, Bronze

Crest Signet Ring Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Emerald, Bronze

Crest Signet Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Gold J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Gold J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Emerald, Gold

Crest Signet Ring Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Emerald, Bronze

Crest Signet Ring Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Emerald, Bronze

Crest Signet Ring Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Emerald, Bronze

Crest Ring Signet Gold Skull Memento Mori Style Aquamarine J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Ring Signet Gold Skull Memento Mori Style Aquamarine J Dauphin Hand made in Los Angeles
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Aquamarine, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Crest Signet Gold Memento Mori Style Ruby Skull Ring J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Gold Memento Mori Style Ruby Skull Ring J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece " Secret
Category

2010s American Contemporary Signet Rings

Materials

Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Crest Signet Ring Gold Victorian Memento Mori Style Skull J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Gold Victorian Memento Mori Style Skull J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Gold Crest Signet Ring Skull Victorian Memento Mori Style J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gold Crest Signet Ring Skull Victorian Memento Mori Style J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Contemporary Signet Rings

Materials

Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Crest Signet Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Gold Ruby J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Memento Mori Style Skull 14k Gold Ring Ruby Eyes J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Crest Signet Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Gold Ruby J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Memento Mori Style Skull 14k Gold Ring Ruby Eyes J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Crest Signet Ring Gold Victorian Memento Mori Style Skull J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Gold Victorian Memento Mori Style Skull J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Crest Signet Ring Skull Victorian Style Memento Mori Style J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Skull Victorian Style Memento Mori Style J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Contemporary Signet Rings

Materials

Bronze

Crest Ring Signet Gold Skull Memento Mori Style Aquamarine J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Ring Signet Gold Skull Memento Mori Style Aquamarine J Dauphin Hand made in Los Angeles
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Aquamarine, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Crest Ring Signet Gold Skull Memento Mori Style Aquamarine J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Ring Signet 14k Gold Skull Memento Mori Style Aquamarine J Dauphin Hand made in Los Angeles
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Aquamarine, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Style Silver Emerald Black Diamond
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Style Silver Emerald Black Diamond J Dauphin J DAUPHIN
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Black Diamond, Emerald, Silver

Emerald Crest Signet Ring Memento Mori Style Skull Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Emerald Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Emerald, Bronze

Crest Signet Ring Gold Aquamarine Memento Mori Style Skull J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Gold Aquamarine Memento Mori Style Skull J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Contemporary Signet Rings

Materials

Aquamarine, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Black Diamond Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Unisex J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black Diamond Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Unisex Victorian Style J Dauphin Hand made in
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Black Diamond

Emerald White Diamond Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Style Silver
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Emerald White Diamond Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Style Silver J Dauphin J DAUPHIN
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

White Diamond, Emerald, Silver

Crest Signet Skull Ring Silver Memento Mori Style Unisex J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Skull Ring Silver Memento Mori Style J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece " Secret
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Silver

Crest Signet Skull Ring Silver Memento Mori Style Unisex J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Skull Ring Silver Memento Mori Style J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece " Secret
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Silver

Crest Signet Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Gold Ruby J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Memento Mori Style Skull 14k Gold Ring Ruby Eyes J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Emerald Black Diamond Crest Signet Skull Ring Sterling Silver Memento Mori
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Emerald Black Diamond Crest Signet Skull Ring Sterling Silver Memento Mori Style By J Dauphin J
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Black Diamond, Emerald, Silver, Sterling Silver

Emerald White Diamond Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Style Silver
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Emerald White Diamond Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Style Silver J Dauphin J DAUPHIN
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

White Diamond, Emerald, Silver

Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Skull Memento Mori Style J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Skull Memento Mori Style J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Crest Signet Ring Skull Memento Mori Pinky Ring Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Skull Memento Mori Pinky Ring Bronze J Dauphin "Secret Doors" crest signet ring
Category

2010s American Contemporary Signet Rings

Materials

Bronze

Crest Signet Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze Ruby J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze Ruby J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Contemporary Signet Rings

Materials

Ruby, Bronze

Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Skull Memento Mori Style J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Ring Sterling Silver Skull Memento Mori Style J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Sterling Silver, Silver

Emerald White Diamond Crest Signet Ring Memento Mori Sterling Silver Skull
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet Skull Ring Memento Mori Style Sterling Silver Emerald White Diamond J DAUPHIN
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

White Diamond, Emerald, Sterling Silver, Silver

Black Diamond Crest Ring Signet Ring Gold Skull Memento Mori Style
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Ring Signet Ring Black Diamond Gold Skull Memento Mori Style J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Black Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Crest Signet Aquamarine Memento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze J Dauphin
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Crest Signet AquamarineMemento Mori Style Skull Ring Bronze J Dauphin J DAUPHIN signature piece
Category

2010s American Contemporary Signet Rings

Materials

Aquamarine, Bronze

Crest Signet Ring Ruby Skull Memento Moris Style Bronze Victorian StyleJ
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Doors" Hand made in Los Angeles Inspired by Memento Mori, medieval Latin Christian theory and practice
Category

2010s American Victorian Signet Rings

Materials

Ruby, Bronze

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About Memento Mori and Mourning Jewelry

Memento mori and mourning jewelry are often lumped together, but they’re actually quite different, if not in style, then in purpose. While memento mori pieces serve as reminders of death in general, each item of mourning jewelry was designed or customized as a remembrance of a specific person.

“Remember that you must die.” Translated from Latin, this is the meaning of memento mori, a message that spurred a style of jewelry. Dating as far back at the 16th century, memento mori jewelry is designed to remind wearers of their mortality, with designs that incorporate symbols of death like skulls and crossbones, coffins and snakes. Given the relatively short life expectancies for people at that time, did people need a reminder that they were going to die (and probably sooner than later)?

“Memento mori jewelry was rooted in deeply held Christian belief and the concept of a judgement day,” says Lindsay Salmon, part of the duo behind jewelry line Erica Weiner, which offers both original designs and antique pieces. “Wearing a piece of this jewelry is a constant physical and visual reminder that one day you will die, and when you do, you will be held to account for your sins. In other words, lead a virtuous life or spend an eternity damned to the fires of hell." She also says the jewelry tends to fascinate people, and it can be their entry point into the world of antique jewelry and collecting.

Salmon, a collector of mourning jewelry, says she wears her acquisitions often, which include an 18th-century full-body skeleton ring and a Victorian wide gold ‘In Memory Of’ band with a woman’s wedding band encased in the interior. (The Grand period of Victorian jewelry is most often associated with mourning jewelry.) “I have a beautiful Georgian mourning ring with lovely enamel work and amethysts that had had its original dedication removed, she says. “I bought the ring despite its missing information, and later had it engraved for my father.”

Find a range of antique and vintage memento mori jewelry on 1stDibs.

Questions About Memento Mori Jewelry
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    Memento mori means “remember that you must die” in Latin. A memento mori is an object which serves as either a warning or reminder of death. An example of a memento mori is a skull.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    Memento mori ring is a ring that is an artistic reminder of the inevitability of death. ‘Memento mori’ is a Latin term that means “remember you must die.” These rings typically either feature a skull, crossbones or skeletons to prompt people to remember the shortness of life. Shop a range of memento mori rings on 1stDibs.