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Memento mori sculpture depicting a skull, Italy 1700.
Located in Milan, IT
Wunderkammer Memento Mori sculpture. depicting a skull, carved from a single piece of fruitwood
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Early 18th Century Italian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Wood
Memento Mori - Drawing attr. to Franz Biedermann - 1902
Located in Roma, IT
Memento Mori is a modern artwork realized by Franz Biedermann (attr.) in 1902.
Large-format
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Early 1900s Symbolist Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Paper
Pair Of 16th Century Italian Memento Mori
Located in Hastings, GB
A truly exceptional pair of Memento Mori 'remember you must die' painted on board, these date to
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16th Century Italian Gothic Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Pine
Memento Mori Original Charcoal Skull Drawings 19th Century Art
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Original Memento Mori Charcoal Skull Drawings, France, circa 19th Century. They measure
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19th Century French Aesthetic Movement Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Miniature painted in gouache on paper, depicting a Memento Mori, Italy 1808.
Located in Milan, IT
Miniature depicting a Memento Mori painted in gouache on paper, grisaille technique. The frame, in
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Brass
$3,549
H 5.5 in W 4.25 in D 0.75 in
18th Century, Italian 'Memento Mori' Old Master School of Guido Reni
By Guido Reni
Located in Atlanta, GA
a suffering lady (we believe this could be Mary Magdalene).
It is also a Memento mori, a Latin
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
$6,240 Sale Price
20% Off
H 40 in W 31.625 in D 1 in
Rare 19th Century Italian Hand Carved Memento Mori Hanging Candle Holder
Located in London, GB
Rare 19th Century Italian Hand Carved Memento Mori Hanging Candle Holder
An unusual hand carved
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1890s Italian Early Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Pine
$2,158
H 5.5 in W 7.5 in D 3.5 in
Antique Painted Memento Mori Skull, Dated 1769 Birth Year of Napoleon I
Located in Doha, QA
-painted and inscribed with the date 1769. This rare Memento Mori was created as a meditation on life’s
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18th Century French Baroque Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Wood, Paint
$8,750
H 5.52 in W 5.52 in D 6.3 in
An Unusual and Rare English ‘Memento Mori’ Carved Shrine with Two Human Skulls
Located in London, GB
An Unusual and Rare English ‘Memento Mori’ Carved Shrine with Two Human Skulls to the underside, a
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16th Century English Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Marble
$22,500
H 14.25 in W 11 in D 4 in
Rare 18th-Century Spanish Colonial Painting – Nun in Memento Mori Iconography
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Rare 18th-Century Spanish Colonial Painting – Nun in Memento Mori Iconography
An exceptional 18th
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Mid-18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Canvas
$8,170
H 43.31 in W 28.35 in D 1.58 in
Banquet with Figures Memento Mori Italian 17th Century After Giovanni Martinelli
Located in Milano, IT
Dipinto Antico del 1600 Banchetto con Figure Memento Mori dopo Giovanni Martinelli la morte arriva
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Mid-17th Century Baroque Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Canvas, Oak, Oil
$8,282
H 128 in W 149 in D 4 in
Memento mori: a snuffbox in blonde tortoiseshell, gold, white agate. France 1820
Located in Milan, IT
lid a ring in smooth pink gold, which stops a glass lens. Inside a rare Memento mori decoration
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Early 19th Century French Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Agate, Gold
$6,152
H 1 in W 2.5 in D 2.5 in
Stuart Crystal Mourning Ring with Memento Mori Devices. England, 18th century.
Located in London, GB
Gold Mourning Ring Set with Rock Crystal and Memento Mori Devices
England, dated 3 November 1747
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18th Century Antique Memento Mori
Memento Mori chain seal, Saint Petrsburg, Russia, second half of 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
, depicting a Memento Mori with two skulls and bones, finely finished with a burin. Saint Petersburg, Russia
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1860s Russian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Silver
$2,366
H 2.25 in W 1.25 in D 1.25 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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19th Century English Regency Antique Memento Mori
Early 19th Century Italian School Memento Mori Oil on Canvas Welcome Death
Located in Lowestoft, GB
legible but appears to be a typical memento mori motto of welcoming death.
It would appear the piece has
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Canvas
$3,905
H 60.24 in W 31.89 in D 1.19 in
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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Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Carrara Marble
$22,474
H 28.75 in W 15.75 in D 8.67 in
A Memento Mori depicting a skull and skeleton holding a scythe, Germany 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Bronze sculpture on a black marble base, depicting a Vanitas Memento-mori, a seated skeleton
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Early 20th Century German Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Marble, Brass
$2,129
H 13 in W 6 in D 8 in
Antique 16th Century Austrian Gothic Marble Memento Mori Skull with Iron Cross
Located in Doha, QA
An exceptional and rare Gothic-Renaissance memento mori, sculpted in marble and surmounted by an
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16th Century Austrian Gothic Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Marble
$12,700
H 19.3 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
A big diorama with butterflies and flowers with a Memento Mori Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
A Memento Mori from Wunderkammer, depicting a painted skull, leaning on a book with a scroll
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Glass, Wood
$4,614
H 26 in W 12 in D 6.25 in
XVIIIc c1768 22K Gold, Old Cut Diamond Memento Mori Ring in memory of WM Rudd.
Located in MELBOURNE, AU
Georgian Memento Mori Ring is
dating back to an extraordinary year of 1768 –
made during the reign of the
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18th Century English George III Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Diamond, 22k Gold
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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Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
$13,600
H 23.63 in W 14.97 in D 7.88 in
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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Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble
$16,203
H 29.53 in W 23.63 in D 11.03 in
18-C English Bilston Battersea Enamel Memento Mori, Memory of a Friend Snuff Box
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, “In Memory of a Friend.” An example of Memento Mori, which translates from the Latin, “Remember that
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Copper
$550
H 0.75 in W 1.25 in D 1.5 in
Memento Mori Bronze Vulture and Skull Sculpture by Bohuslav Schnirch
By K.K. Kunst-Erzgiesserei Wien
Located in Newark, England
theme of Memento Mori, a visual reminder of mortality that was common in 19th century European art. The
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Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Marble, Bronze
$2,698
H 7.09 in W 6.11 in D 5.52 in
Memento Mori, Wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Unique sculptured wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria,
from around the 1920 ties,
extremely fine sculptured piece of Artisanal work,
looks like a real skull,
beautiful old patin...
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1920s Austrian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Fruitwood
Memento Mori Late 17th Century Faux White Marble Child Skull Figure Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This engaging sculpture of Memento Mori dated Late 17th Century, is part of a production of small
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Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Terracotta, Giltwood
$47,326
H 16.54 in W 20.08 in D 10.24 in
A Memento Mori in wood with Chrismon, monogram of Christ, Italy circa 1600.
Located in Milan, IT
A Memento Mori in wood with Chrismon, monogram of Christ. Valuable sculpture in fruit wood in
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Late 17th Century Italian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Wood
$4,141
H 6 in W 5.5 in D 7 in
Death Comes to the Table Memento Mori by Giovanni Martinelli c. 1670
Located in Milano, MI
Dipinto Italiano del 1600 Banchetto con Figure Memento Mori da Giovanni Martinelli, intitolato La
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Canvas, Oak
17th Century Memento Mori Vanitas Skull Old Master Oil Ex-Christie’s
Located in Yardley, PA
inclusion of this epigram serves as a direct moral exhortation to the viewer - an intellectual memento mori
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 21.88 in W 25.25 in D 1.5 in
Large 19th Century Agate Cameo Memento Mori Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
Exceptional antique gold ring, with an agate cameo depicting a skull and a snake.
The work is probably Italian and dates from the first half of the 19th century.
Top size: 35mm
Fin...
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Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
19th Century Memento Mori Carved Skull & Cross Bones
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A well executed almost life size skull and crossbones pine carving, depicting the remembrance that we all will pass.
Likely a part of a larger religious carving, possibly placed a...
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19th Century Italian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Pine
Antique Georgian Memento Mori Pocket Watch Key, Ca. 1800
Located in Rotterdam, NL
An exceptional antique Georgian pocket watch key, made of pink gold. The pink gold key is decorated and surrounded by detailed hollow curled figures on its border which features deli...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Georgian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
14k Gold
'Cherubs Playing', Angels, Amorini, Memento Mori, Naive, Baroque Religious Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An early eighteenth-century, Italian baroque figural oil showing a group of cherubs or Amorini grouped together before red velvet drapes, one reclining on a wooden cross and wearing ...
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Early 18th Century Baroque Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$3,600
H 23 in W 31 in D 0.13 in
19th Century Vanitas Memento Mori Skull on Diamond Gold Oversize Ring
Located in Geneva, CH
The skull is antique circa 19th Century incredibly enameled on gold. The eyes are diamond rose cut.
It is magnificently adapted on a Snake yellow gold 18k ring mounting, the head wi...
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Mid-19th Century Unknown Gothic Revival Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
19th Century Funerary Funeral Hatchment Sir Henry Oglander Memento Mori Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
19th Century Funerary Hatchment for Sir Henry Oglander, 7th Baronet of Nunwell
Azure ground shows, a stork between three cross-croslets fitchee or, with Red Hand of Ulster canton of...
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19th Century English Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Canvas, Pine
$7,413
H 78.75 in W 78.75 in D 0.99 in
1817 Sgraffitoed Latin Memento Mori Pewter and Lead Glass Skull Tanker
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An interested continental pewter and lead glass tanker, dated 1817 with the initials "I B" incised in the lid.
The tanker is heavily Sgraffitoed with a Latin Verso, cartouches and...
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Early 19th Century European Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Pewter
19th Century Infants Coffin Casket, Carved Wood, Etched Glass, Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
For sale a very rare early 19th century infants coffin carrier, this would of been housed on a horse and cart hearse. The casket has a decorative wrought iron edging two thirds of th...
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Early 19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Wrought Iron
$8,088
H 28.75 in W 50.79 in D 21.26 in
1800s Carved Drapery Trompe l'oeil Panel Wall Relief Sculpture Memento Mori
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Late 19th century decorative wood panel, hand carved curtain relief.
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1890s American Late Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Oak
$1,440 Sale Price / item
20% Off
H 18.88 in W 8.5 in D 1.75 in
Late 19th C Memento Mori Calligraphy In memory of Maria Arthur Manchip Died 1899
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fantastically decorative pen and ink calligraphy composition celebrating the life of a Maria Arthur Manchip who dies 1899.
On paper, in a glazed period frame.
Age related discolo...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
$667
H 6.5 in W 9.06 in D 0.79 in
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
Category
17th Century Medieval Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Yellow Gold
Emma Walter (1833-1893) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, The Last Duet
Located in Corsham, GB
and rich history in Western Art History. The composition perhaps serves as a memento mori - a reminder
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Watercolor
$395
H 15.16 in W 18.31 in
Emma Walter (1833-1893) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, The Songbird's Coda
Located in Corsham, GB
perhaps serves as a memento mori - a reminder of the fragile beauty of life. Faintly signed to the lower
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Late 19th Century Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Watercolor
Miniature painted in pencil on paper, depicting a Vanitas, Germany circa 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
Miniature depicting a Vanitas Memento Mori painted in pencil on paper. The frame, made of ebonized
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Brass
$2,602
H 3.5 in W 3.5 in D 0.75 in
Large Antique Pipe With A Skull Motif, Circa 1880.
Located in Bilzen, BE
typical collector's item in the "memento mori" style, produced in workshops in Germany or Austria at the
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Late 19th Century Austrian Other Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Painting Penitent Magdalene 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
vasetto di unguento con cui unse Gesù nell'episodio evangelico, e il teschio, Memento mori per eccellenza
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17th Century Other Art Style Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Oil
$3,767 Sale Price
20% Off
H 35.44 in W 28.75 in D 1.97 in
Painting Penitent Magdalene 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
mani il teschio, Memento mori, e di fianco un tozzo di pane, suo unico nutrimento nella vita di
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17th Century Other Art Style Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Oil
$1,751 Sale Price
20% Off
H 33.08 in W 28.35 in D 2.37 in
Antique 19th century Carved Marble Circular Plaque
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
is “about nothing else but dying and being dead.”
The theory of Memento Mori, meaning 'remember you
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Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Marble
Post-Medieval enamel skull ring, circa 17th century.
Located in London, GB
-late 17th century.
This ring is a very fine example of Memento Mori jewellery, which was popular from
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17th Century Medieval Antique Memento Mori
Crucifix on Calvary, Plague of Christ or Plague Crucifix. France, circa 1700.
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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Early 18th Century French Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Wood
$7,335
H 30.5 in W 12.5 in D 7 in
Monumental Pair of Medieval Antique Italian Church Armorial Shields
Located in Forney, TX
over 6-feet tall, bow front shaped shield form, polychrome painted Memento Mori - The Wars of the Roses
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Wood, Paint
$28,500 / set
H 75 in W 42 in D 9 in
18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting
Located in London, GB
18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting, Memento Mori Painting, Vanitas
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Mid-18th Century British Gothic Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$7,143
H 50.01 in W 50.01 in D 1.19 in
Antique Georgian Enamel Gold Memorial Ring Symbolizes Remember Me
Located in Stamford, CT
beautiful example of a memento mori from the era in which a death was honored and the loved one was kept
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Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Crystal, 15k Gold, Enamel
A devotional wall-mounted dedicated to Saint Michael. Italy, 17th century.
Located in Milan, IT
A devotional shrine, a Memento Mori, crafted from fruitwood with two juxtaposed panels hinged at
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Metal
$2,957
H 8.25 in W 6 in D 7 in
17th Century Oil on Canvas Flemish Religious Painting Saint Jerome in his Study
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
memento mori for this type of composition. 20th century frame in carved and ebonized wood, with some signs
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1630s Dutch Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Canvas
$13,014
H 56.3 in W 59.85 in D 1.19 in
Reclining Nude On A Couch, Art Nouveau Signed Allan Gilbert American artist
Located in Gavere, BE
particularly remembered for a widely published drawing (un memento mori or vanitas) titled All Is Vanity.
The
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1920s American Realist Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,424 Sale Price
20% Off
H 27.17 in W 34.65 in D 3.15 in
Silver Skull Pendant. Probably Italian, 18th–19th century.
Located in London, GB
potent emblem of memento mori and vanitas, served as a meditation on mortality and the transience of
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19th Century Antique Memento Mori
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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique memento mori you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, metal and stone, every antique memento mori was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique memento mori — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique memento mori, designed in the Victorian, Baroque or Georgian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made antique memento mori has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Alfred Wordsworth Thompson and Bilston Battersea are consistently popular.
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The average selling price for an antique memento mori at 1stDibs is $2,997, while they’re typically $393 on the low end and $43,217 for the highest priced.
Questions About Antique Memento Mori
- What is a memento mori ring?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021Memento 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.
- What does memento mori mean?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Memento 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.