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Memento Mori Sculpture

Memento mori sculpture depicting a skull, Italy 1700.
Memento mori sculpture depicting a skull, Italy 1700.

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, this sculpture depicts a skull with deliberately exaggerated and distorted proportion...

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Antique Early 18th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Large Hooded Memento Mori Marble Bust 22.5"H
Large Hooded Memento Mori Marble Bust 22.5"H

Large Hooded Memento Mori Marble Bust 22.5"H

$6,000

H 22.5 in W 16 in D 10 in

Large Hooded Memento Mori Marble Bust 22.5"H

Located in New York, NY

A finely carved solid marble bust depicting a hooded skeletal figure, this striking memento mori sculpture presents a smooth, polished skull emerging from deeply folded drapery that ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Carrara Marble

Memento Mori
Memento Mori

Kiva FordMemento Mori, 2015

$8,200

H 13.5 in W 7.5 in D 7.5 in

Memento Mori

By Kiva Ford

Located in New York, NY

Kiva Ford Memento Mori, 2015 Borosilicate glass 13.50h x 7.50w x 7.50d in

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Antique 16th Century Austrian Gothic Marble Memento Mori Skull with Iron Cross
Antique 16th Century Austrian Gothic Marble Memento Mori Skull with Iron Cross

Antique 16th Century Austrian Gothic Marble Memento Mori Skull with Iron Cross

Located in Doha, QA

Likely originating from a monastery or private chapel, it would have served as a meditation object for reflection on mortality and salvation- a central tenet of Christian humanist th...

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Antique 16th Century Austrian Gothic Religious Items

Materials

Marble

Memento Mori Bronze Vulture and Skull Sculpture by Bohuslav Schnirch
Memento Mori Bronze Vulture and Skull Sculpture by Bohuslav Schnirch

Memento Mori Bronze Vulture and Skull Sculpture by Bohuslav Schnirch

By K.K. Kunst-Erzgiesserei Wien

Located in Newark, England

The vulture is shown in a defensive posture, its beak angled downward and body tensed, evoking the symbolic theme of Memento Mori, a visual reminder of mortality that was common in 1...

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Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

18th C Vanitas (Memento Mori) Bust carved in marble, Italy
18th C Vanitas (Memento Mori) Bust carved in marble, Italy

18th C Vanitas (Memento Mori) Bust carved in marble, Italy

Located in brussel, BE

Such works belong to the tradition of vanitas or memento mori (“remember you must die”), intended to prompt reflection on the transience of life, wealth, and reputation.Comparable in...

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18th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Italian Marble Bust Vanitas / Memento Mori 19th Century Carved Sculpture Italy
Italian Marble Bust Vanitas / Memento Mori 19th Century Carved Sculpture Italy

Italian Marble Bust Vanitas / Memento Mori 19th Century Carved Sculpture Italy

Located in Ijzendijke, NL

Memento mori is Latin for “Remember death.” The expression originates from a specific custom of ancient Rome; when a victorious general was back from war and was brought in triumphal...

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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
Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas

Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas

$18,003Sale Price|20% Off

H 28.75 in W 15.75 in D 8.67 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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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts

Materials

Carrara Marble

Memento Mori Late 17th Century Faux White Marble Child Skull Figure Sculpture
Memento Mori Late 17th Century Faux White Marble Child Skull Figure Sculpture

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 terracotta figures for private use, which Giuseppe Maria Mazza, created throughout h...

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Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta, Giltwood

19th Century Memento Mori Carved Skull & Cross Bones
19th Century Memento Mori Carved Skull & Cross Bones

19th Century Memento Mori Carved Skull & Cross Bones

$2,732

H 5.91 in W 11.82 in D 6.7 in

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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Antique 19th Century Italian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine

19th Century Italian Roman Vanitas Bust Renaissance Revival Memento Mori Marble
19th Century Italian Roman Vanitas Bust Renaissance Revival Memento Mori Marble

19th Century Italian Roman Vanitas Bust Renaissance Revival Memento Mori Marble

$12,979Sale Price|20% Off

H 29.53 in W 23.63 in D 11.03 in

19th Century Italian Roman Vanitas Bust Renaissance Revival Memento Mori Marble

Located in Ijzendijke, NL

Memento mori is Latin for “Remember death.” The expression originates from a specific custom of ancient Rome; when a victorious general was back from war and was brought in triumphal...

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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts

Materials

Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble

Memento Mori chain seal, Saint Petrsburg, Russia, second half of 19th century.
Memento Mori chain seal, Saint Petrsburg, Russia, second half of 19th century.

Memento Mori chain seal, Saint Petrsburg, Russia, second half of 19th century.

Located in Milan, IT

Chain seal in silver and jet. The seal features a rectangular silver plate with a carved noble coat of arms representing a two-headed eagle. The matrix is crowned by a frame with a w...

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Antique 1860s Russian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Silver

An Unusual and Rare English ‘Memento Mori’ Carved Shrine with Two Human Skulls
An Unusual and Rare English ‘Memento Mori’ Carved Shrine with Two Human Skulls

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 carved ‘Dragonfly’ Marble 16th / 17th Century England Size: 36cm high, 28cm w...

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Antique 16th Century English Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

1817 Sgraffitoed Latin Memento Mori Pewter and Lead Glass Skull Tanker
1817 Sgraffitoed Latin Memento Mori Pewter and Lead Glass Skull Tanker

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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Antique Early 19th Century European Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pewter

1800s Carved Drapery Trompe l'oeil Panel Wall Relief Sculpture Memento Mori
1800s Carved Drapery Trompe l'oeil Panel Wall Relief Sculpture Memento Mori

1800s Carved Drapery Trompe l'oeil Panel Wall Relief Sculpture Memento Mori

$1,440Sale Price / item|20% Off

H 18.88 in W 8.5 in D 1.75 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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Antique 1890s American Late Victorian Religious Items

Materials

Oak

Uomo Barbuto II

Fidel SantosUomo Barbuto II

$9,000

H 40 in W 30 in D 0.5 in

Uomo Barbuto II

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Though rendered in a moment of stillness and grace, the sculpture itself shows cracks, patina, and natural degradation, details Santos preserves intentionally in the image, transform...

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21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Figurative Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Uomo Barbuto

Fidel SantosUomo Barbuto

$9,000

H 40 in W 30 in D 0.5 in

Uomo Barbuto

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Though rendered in a moment of stillness and grace, the sculpture itself shows cracks, patina, and natural degradation, details Santos preserves intentionally in the image, transform...

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21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Figurative Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Primavera con Flores
Primavera con Flores

Fidel SantosPrimavera con Flores

$11,600Sale Price|29% Off

H 60 in W 45 in D 0.5 in

Primavera con Flores

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Though rendered in a moment of stillness and grace, the sculpture itself shows cracks, patina, and natural degradation, details Santos preserves intentionally in the image, transform...

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21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Figurative Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Primavera con Flores
Primavera con Flores

Fidel SantosPrimavera con Flores

$13,200Sale Price|20% Off

H 80 in W 60 in D 0.5 in

Primavera con Flores

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Though rendered in a moment of stillness and grace, the sculpture itself shows cracks, patina, and natural degradation, details Santos preserves intentionally in the image, transform...

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21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Figurative Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

Uomo Barbuto (Gold)

Fidel SantosUomo Barbuto (Gold)

$9,000

H 40 in W 30 in D 0.5 in

Uomo Barbuto (Gold)

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Though rendered in a moment of stillness and grace, the sculpture itself shows cracks, patina, and natural degradation, details Santos preserves intentionally in the image, transform...

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21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Figurative Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

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Japanese Memento Mori Tonkutsu sculpture
Japanese Memento Mori Tonkutsu sculpture

Japanese Memento Mori Tonkutsu sculpture

Unavailable

H 3.15 in W 1.97 in D 2.37 in

Japanese Memento Mori Tonkutsu sculpture

Located in MILANO, IT

A Japanese wood tonkotsu (tobacco box) of a memento mori on a lotus flower with ojime.

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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Boxwood

Memento Mori 2
Memento Mori 2

Kate MacDowellMemento Mori 2, 2017

Unavailable

H 4.5 in W 5.5 in D 4.5 in

Memento Mori 2

By Kate MacDowell

Located in Miami, FL

Slip cast and hand built porcelain with glaze. Classical theme of Memento Mori, with contemporary natural references. Naturalistic depictions.

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2010s Realist Still-life Sculptures

17th / 18th Century Antique Memento Mori Skull Terracotta Sculpture
17th / 18th Century Antique Memento Mori Skull Terracotta Sculpture

17th / 18th Century Antique Memento Mori Skull Terracotta Sculpture

Located in London, GB

17th / 18th Century Antique Memento Mori Skull Terracotta Sculpture. Rare and unusual memento mori terracotta sculpture depicting a skull on a rock base with entwined snakes, with a...

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Antique Late 17th Century German Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Antique Memento Mori Late 18th Century
Antique Memento Mori Late 18th Century

Antique Memento Mori Late 18th Century

Unavailable

H 7.09 in Dm 2.76 in

Antique Memento Mori Late 18th Century

Located in Firenze, IT

Shipping policy No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). Vanity skull in plaster painted, mo...

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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Victorian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Plaster

Memento Mori, Wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria
Memento Mori, Wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria

Memento Mori, Wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria

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H 3.94 in W 4.34 in D 2.76 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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Vintage 1920s Austrian Sculptures and Carvings

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Fruitwood

OUR COLLECTIVE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS - skull, roses, and black swan (memento mori)
OUR COLLECTIVE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS - skull, roses, and black swan (memento mori)

OUR COLLECTIVE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS - skull, roses, and black swan (memento mori)

By Taylor Robenalt

Located in Seattle, WA

"Art has been an obsession of mine since I was a little girl. It allows me an outlet to represent a part of me that I have a hard time putting into words – therefore, I create. Makin...

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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Luster, Porcelain, Stoneware, Glaze, Mixed Media

Antique Sandstone Skull, Possibly from a Gravestone, Memento Mori
Antique Sandstone Skull, Possibly from a Gravestone, Memento Mori

Antique Sandstone Skull, Possibly from a Gravestone, Memento Mori

Located in Vienna, Vienna

Possibly Germany, circa mid-19th century, a greenish sandstone like the “Anröchter Stein” found in Westfalen, Germany. Chiselling marks from a stonemason with a rusty nails head on t...

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Antique Mid-19th Century German Other Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone

Memento Mori Pin Mounted with Large Japanese Carved Angel Skin Coral Skull
Memento Mori Pin Mounted with Large Japanese Carved Angel Skin Coral Skull

Memento Mori Pin Mounted with Large Japanese Carved Angel Skin Coral Skull

Located in Port Hope, ON

This silver metal Memento Mori pin features a large (1.0" long X 0.5" wide) grinning skull exquisitely carved in angel skin coral. In order to keep the skull in position when it is b...

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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Sculptures and Carvings

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Coral, Silver Plate

19th Century, Italian Marble Sculpture, Skull
19th Century, Italian Marble Sculpture, Skull

19th Century, Italian Marble Sculpture, Skull

Unavailable

H 3.94 in W 3.55 in D 4.34 in

19th Century, Italian Marble Sculpture, Skull

Located in PALERMO, IT

"Memento Mori Vanitas" Hard stone sculpture depicting a skull.

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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Napoleon III Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

O.T. (Monkey)
O.T. (Monkey)

Catharina BondO.T. (Monkey), 2015

Unavailable

H 9.85 in W 3.94 in D 2.76 in

O.T. (Monkey)

By Catharina Bond

Located in Vienna, AT

The apparent organic quail forms a contrast which represents the transience of life like a ‚memento mori‘. This sculpture is made of a monkey porcelaine figurine from the famous V...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media, Porcelain, Silicone

Important and Rare Italian Memento Mori
Important and Rare Italian Memento Mori

Important and Rare Italian Memento Mori

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H 4.5 in W 6 in D 4 in

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

Materials

Wood

Pair of Mid Century Sculptural Memento Mori Faux Steer Horns
Pair of Mid Century Sculptural Memento Mori Faux Steer Horns

Pair of Mid Century Sculptural Memento Mori Faux Steer Horns

Located in Astoria, NY

A pair of decorative faux steer horn memento mori sculptures mounted on brass bases.

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20th Century American Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Metal

Ibex Skull Sculpture with Horn and Malachite
Ibex Skull Sculpture with Horn and Malachite

Ibex Skull Sculpture with Horn and Malachite

Located in Astoria, NY

A vintage memento mori sculpture depicting an ibex skull in black fiberglass with large horns and a malachite roundel.

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20th Century American Rustic Sculptures

Materials

Malachite, Brass

Memento Mori
Memento Mori

Memento Mori

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H 10.24 in W 17.33 in D 11.82 in

Memento Mori

Located in Kent, Dover

'Memento Mori - Latin: "Remember that you will die". A part skeleton, comprising skull, hand, foot, part pelvis, rib cage ad other bones in a velvet lined and mahogany domed case. ...

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Antique 19th Century Sculptures

MEMENTO MORI SKULL (BLACK)
MEMENTO MORI SKULL (BLACK)

MEMENTO MORI SKULL (BLACK)

By Mr. Brainwash

Located in Aventura, FL

Casted high impact resin with hand laid metallic paint. Hand signed and numbered COA issued by the artist. From the edition of 150. Includes original box. Artwork is in excellent ...

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2010s Street Art Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Vintage Memento Mori Antelope Skull Sculpture
Vintage Memento Mori Antelope Skull Sculpture

Vintage Memento Mori Antelope Skull Sculpture

Located in Astoria, NY

A vintage authentic antelope skull and horns mounted on a German silver pedestal base. Good vintage condition with age appropriate wear

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Vintage 1950s American Animal Sculptures

Materials

Silver

Mid Century Cast Metal "Memento Mori" Skull Sculpture
Mid Century Cast Metal "Memento Mori" Skull Sculpture

Mid Century Cast Metal "Memento Mori" Skull Sculpture

Located in Astoria, NY

A vintage metal sculptural replica of a human skull. The cranium rests upon the separately cast mandible. There is a long tradition of the memento mori (latin "Remember Death") used ...

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20th Century American Sculptures

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Metal

Memento Mori Skull, Italy 1880
Memento Mori Skull, Italy 1880

Memento Mori Skull, Italy 1880

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H 8 in W 8.3 in D 10 in

Memento Mori Skull, Italy 1880

Located in Milan, IT

Painted plaster memento mori skull over a painted wooden base.? Italy 1880 ca.

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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood

Wooden Asian Memento Mori Skeleton Sculpture in Standing Position
Wooden Asian Memento Mori Skeleton Sculpture in Standing Position

Wooden Asian Memento Mori Skeleton Sculpture in Standing Position

Located in Leuven , BE

The object has a wonderful patina and dates from the first half of the 20th century-probably South-East Asia.

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Mid-20th Century Asian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

17th Century Italian Memento Mori Skull
17th Century Italian Memento Mori Skull

17th Century Italian Memento Mori Skull

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H 9 in W 6.5 in D 5.5 in

17th Century Italian Memento Mori Skull

Located in Chicago, IL

A macabre 17th century Italian Memento Mori carved wood and painted skull mounted on its original wood stepped stand. Translating to, "Remember, you must die," memento mori figures w...

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Antique 17th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Prisoner of War Memento Mori
Prisoner of War Memento Mori

Prisoner of War Memento Mori

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H 4.5 in W 1.5 in D 1 in

Prisoner of War Memento Mori

Located in London, GB

Prisoner of War Memento Mori This unusual object is made from cow bone. Likely to have been produced in the 19th Century by a prisoner of war. this object includes a fully articu...

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Antique 1850s British Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bone

Italian Memento Mori skull -  17th century
Italian Memento Mori skull -  17th century

Italian Memento Mori skull - 17th century

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H 3.55 in W 2.76 in D 5.52 in

Italian Memento Mori skull - 17th century

Located in Bruxelles, BE

Italian Memento Mori skull Marble North of Italy, 17th century H 9 x L 7 x P 14 cm At the turn of the 16th century, they were the height of fashion: palm-sized carvings of skulls,...

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Antique 17th Century Italian Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

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Marble

Limited Edition Geometric Sculptures by Memento-Mori, Paris, France
Limited Edition Geometric Sculptures by Memento-Mori, Paris, France

Limited Edition Geometric Sculptures by Memento-Mori, Paris, France

Located in New York, NY

Limited edition of 12, these 5 mounted geometric sculptures are by Memento-Mori in Paris, France. They can be sold separately or together.

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21st Century and Contemporary French Grand Tour Mobiles and Kinetic Scul...

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Metal

Memento Mori Steer Skull with Horns
Memento Mori Steer Skull with Horns

Memento Mori Steer Skull with Horns

Located in Troy, MI

Bleached steer skull and polished, black tipped horns.

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21st Century and Contemporary American Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bone, Rope

Plaster Mortuary Death Mask Bust Sculpture on Socle Base Memento Mori
Plaster Mortuary Death Mask Bust Sculpture on Socle Base Memento Mori

Plaster Mortuary Death Mask Bust Sculpture on Socle Base Memento Mori

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A good example of a 19th century plaster death mask on socle base. The subject has deep, plunging eye sockets and gaunt appearance. Some elderly damage to the back left secti...

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Antique Late 19th Century European Late Victorian Busts

Materials

Plaster

Memento Mori, a Skull Sculpture Out of Chalk, with a Bronze Snake, Italy
Memento Mori, a Skull Sculpture Out of Chalk, with a Bronze Snake, Italy

Memento Mori, a Skull Sculpture Out of Chalk, with a Bronze Snake, Italy

Located in Milan, IT

Painted plaster skull over a wooden painted base emulating marble. The skull is surrounded by a bronze snake. Excellent Memento Mori, Italy, circa 1880.

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Antique 1870s Italian Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Memento Mori Carved and Polychrome Painted Wood 1780
Memento Mori Carved and Polychrome Painted Wood 1780

Memento Mori Carved and Polychrome Painted Wood 1780

Located in Hastings, GB

A beautifully crafted pine 18th century Memento Mori depicting a Skull set upon a book, probably German, circa 1780. Width 18cm, Depth 9.5cm, Height 9.5cm

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Antique Late 18th Century German Baroque Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine

A Memento Mori on column with clock, France 1850.
A Memento Mori on column with clock, France 1850.

A Memento Mori on column with clock, France 1850.

Located in Milan, IT

A Memento Mori from Wunderkammer on column with clock.

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Antique Mid-19th Century French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster, Brass

18th C Nicely aged Wooden carved Memento Mori skull.
18th C Nicely aged Wooden carved Memento Mori skull.

18th C Nicely aged Wooden carved Memento Mori skull.

Located in Leuven , BE

A Memento Mori is an object, often a skull, that serves as a reminder of death and the fleeting nature of life, rooted in the medieval Latin Christian practice of contemplating morta...

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Antique 18th Century French Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Fruitwood

Memento Mori, Oil on Agate, Germany Beginning XVIII Century
Memento Mori, Oil on Agate, Germany Beginning XVIII Century

Memento Mori, Oil on Agate, Germany Beginning XVIII Century

Located in Milan, IT

Memento Mori for Wunderkammer, depicting a skull and a tulip, oil paintings on hard stone. A large specimen of oval-shaped natural agate, with a black wooden frame, is mounted on a b...

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Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Natural Specimens

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Agate, Brass

Early 19th Century Italian Giltwood Skull & Crossbones Memento Mori
Early 19th Century Italian Giltwood Skull & Crossbones Memento Mori

Early 19th Century Italian Giltwood Skull & Crossbones Memento Mori

Located in Lowestoft, GB

An early 19th century Italian gilt wood Memento Mori skull & crossbones. Likely to of been part of much larger interior architectural piece, or a decorative element on a frame hou...

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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine

17th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf Ledge Macabre Curio Antique
17th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf Ledge Macabre Curio Antique

17th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf 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 shelf. Original oil gilt and green ground, European in origins, age related wear knoc...

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Antique 17th Century European Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Hardwood

19th C Italian Funerary Marble & Bronze Portraits, Husband & Wife Memento Mori
19th C Italian Funerary Marble & Bronze Portraits, Husband & Wife Memento Mori

19th C Italian Funerary Marble & Bronze Portraits, Husband & Wife Memento Mori

Located in Lowestoft, GB

Rare pair of funerary sculptures of a male and female likely husband and wife, carved in marble and housed in substantial cherry wood frames with ebonised slips. Each portrait has a...

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Antique 19th Century Italian Busts

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Mid-20th Century Italian Composite Marble & Limestone Grave Marker Memento Mori
Mid-20th Century Italian Composite Marble & Limestone Grave Marker Memento Mori

Mid-20th Century Italian Composite Marble & Limestone Grave Marker Memento Mori

Located in Lowestoft, GB

An unusual composite stone open book and hands, this would off likely been a grave marker or part of a larger more elaborate memorial. Mid-20th century in age, well weathered. The...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

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Limestone, Marble

A Memento Mori depicting a skull and skeleton holding a scythe, Germany 1900.
A Memento Mori depicting a skull and skeleton holding a scythe, Germany 1900.

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 holding a scythe.

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Early 20th Century German Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Brass

18th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf Calvarium Ledge Macabre Curio Antique
18th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf Calvarium Ledge Macabre Curio Antique

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 shelf. Original polychromed painted decoration, European in origins, age related wear...

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Antique 18th Century European Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Hardwood

19th Century Pair of Memento Mori Carved Pine Folk Art Skulls
19th Century Pair of Memento Mori Carved Pine Folk Art Skulls

19th Century Pair of Memento Mori Carved Pine Folk Art Skulls

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A wonderful pair of pine skull plaques, nievely carved from pine with their original painted finish. Likely too of been part of larger sculpture, frame or religious icon. 19t...

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Antique 19th Century European Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pine

Memento Mori Human Skull Bone Tobacco Jar with Rhyme Masonic Freeman's
Memento Mori Human Skull Bone Tobacco Jar with Rhyme Masonic Freeman's

Memento Mori Human Skull Bone Tobacco Jar with Rhyme Masonic Freeman's

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A wonderful tobacco jar, made from a human skull. The skull has had its cranium removed and a tin container inlaid within a turned bone handle has been applied to the cranium. A rhym...

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Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Natural Specimens

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Bone, Velvet, Hardwood

Taxidermy Memento Mori Skull Finely Carved Black Lip Pearl Oyster Bas Relief
Taxidermy Memento Mori Skull Finely Carved Black Lip Pearl Oyster Bas Relief

Taxidermy Memento Mori Skull Finely Carved Black Lip Pearl Oyster Bas Relief

Located in Lowestoft, GB

An extraordinary and finely carved black lip pearl oyster, portraying a bas-relief skull. 21st century in age, attributed to or in the manner of the artist Gregory Halili. Meas...

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21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens

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Natural Fiber

Memento Mori Composition of Two Wooden Skulls, a Stag beetle and a Red Coral Bra
Memento Mori Composition of Two Wooden Skulls, a Stag beetle and a Red Coral Bra

Memento Mori Composition of Two Wooden Skulls, a Stag beetle and a Red Coral Bra

Located in Leuven , BE

The skull is composed out of light brown wood, with a metallic beetle holding a smaller replica of the wooden skull between its two front legs. On the top op de bigger skull a red co...

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21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Figurative Sculptures

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Organic Material

Mexican Day of The Dead Dia De Los Muertos Carved Oak Memento Mori Skull
Mexican Day of The Dead Dia De Los Muertos Carved Oak Memento Mori Skull

Mexican Day of The Dead Dia De Los Muertos Carved Oak Memento Mori Skull

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A oversized carved oak manically grinning skull, with original paint. Late 19th century in age, likely to of been carved in the Guerrero district of Mexico and connected to the d...

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Antique Late 19th Century Mexican Primitive Sculptures and Carvings

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Oak

Memento Mori: Skull on Bible Sculpture by László Mattyasovszky Zsolnay
Memento Mori: Skull on Bible Sculpture by László Mattyasovszky Zsolnay

Memento Mori: Skull on Bible Sculpture by László Mattyasovszky Zsolnay

By Zsolnay

Located in Palm Beach, FL

For centuries, the skull has been used as a reminder of one’s mortality and the fragility of human life. Memento mori is a latin term meaning: “remember, you must die.” Keeping remin...

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Antique 1890s Hungarian Art Nouveau Bottles

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Earthenware

Baroque Vanitas or Memento Mori of a Skull, Bone, 17th Century
Baroque Vanitas or Memento Mori of a Skull, Bone, 17th Century

Baroque Vanitas or Memento Mori of a Skull, Bone, 17th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

Vanitas or Memento Mori skull. Carved bone. 17th century. Small human skull made of bone carved in its color with a clear naturalistic intention (visible in details such as the nose...

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Antique 17th Century European Baroque Religious Items

Materials

Bone

19th Century Carved Marble Vanitas Bust
19th Century Carved Marble Vanitas Bust

19th Century Carved Marble Vanitas Bust

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H 26.5 in W 22 in L 26.5 in

19th Century Carved Marble Vanitas Bust

Located in London, GB

By the 15th century it could be extremely morbid and explicit, reflecting an increased obsession with death and decay also seen in the Ars moriendi, the Danse Macabre, and the overla...

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Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Busts

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Marble

Bronze Bird-Beaked Skull Fantasy/ Memento Mori  Sculpture
Bronze Bird-Beaked Skull Fantasy/ Memento Mori  Sculpture

Bronze Bird-Beaked Skull Fantasy/ Memento Mori Sculpture

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Its raven-like appearance serves as a powerful symbol of mortality and the fleeting nature of life, embodying the memento mori theme—a reminder that death is an inescapable aspect of...

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20th Century Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

17th c. German Memento Mori Monk c.1600-1699
17th c. German Memento Mori Monk c.1600-1699

17th c. German Memento Mori Monk c.1600-1699

Located in San Francisco, CA

S16 Home San Francisco. Exceptional large Memento Mori sculpture in polychrome depicting a half flayed Monk.

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Antique 17th Century German Industrial Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

MEMENTO MORI SKULL (BLACK)
MEMENTO MORI SKULL (BLACK)

MEMENTO MORI SKULL (BLACK)

By Cryptik

Located in Aventura, FL

Casted high impact resin with hand laid metallic paint. Hand signed and numbered COA issued by the artist. From the edition of 150. Includes original box. Artwork is in excellent ...

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2010s Street Art Abstract Sculptures

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Resin

Memento Mori Plaster Sculpture, Italy, circa 1800
Memento Mori Plaster Sculpture, Italy, circa 1800

Memento Mori Plaster Sculpture, Italy, circa 1800

Located in Milan, IT

Italian Wunderkammer Memento Mori plaster sculpture, depicting a skull covered with natural specimen of butterflies wings.

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Antique Early 1800s Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Natural Fiber, Plaster, Wood, Glass

Mid Century Brass Memento Mori Longhorn Skull Sculpture
Mid Century Brass Memento Mori Longhorn Skull Sculpture

Mid Century Brass Memento Mori Longhorn Skull Sculpture

Located in Astoria, NY

Mid Century lifelike brass hanging sculpture of a longhorn steer skull. 4081

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20th Century American Sculptures

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Brass

Memento Mori Skull, Italy 1880
Memento Mori Skull, Italy 1880

Memento Mori Skull, Italy 1880

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H 8 in W 8.3 in D 10 in

Memento Mori Skull, Italy 1880

Located in Milan, IT

Painted plaster memento mori skull over a painted wooden base. Italy circa 1880.

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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood

German Memento Mori Carved Skull
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

German Memento Mori Carved Skull

Located in Newark, England

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 jaw...

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Antique 18th Century German Gothic Mounted Objects

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Marble

19th C European Bronze 'Memento Mori' /Analogical Mechanical Skeleton Sculpture
19th C European Bronze 'Memento Mori' /Analogical Mechanical Skeleton Sculpture

19th C European Bronze 'Memento Mori' /Analogical Mechanical Skeleton Sculpture

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

19th C European Bronze 'Memento Mori' /Analogical Mechanical Skeleton Sculpture Probably of French or Italian origin, Mid to late 19th Century, Unmarked.

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Antique 19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century, White Marble Sculpture A Depiction of Vanitas, Skull Memento Mori
19th Century, White Marble Sculpture A Depiction of Vanitas, Skull Memento Mori

19th Century, White Marble Sculpture A Depiction of Vanitas, Skull Memento Mori

Located in Roma, IT

19th century, a depiction of Vanitas, skull in white marble. A vanitas is a symbolic work of art showing the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of death,...

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19th Century Baroque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

19th Century French Memento Mori Finch
19th Century French Memento Mori Finch

19th Century French Memento Mori Finch

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H 2.5 in W 5.75 in D 3.75 in

19th Century French Memento Mori Finch

Located in Chicago, IL

A striking and thought-provoking 19th century French cast bronze Memento Mori figure depicting a dead finch resting on an onyx pedestal. Memento Mori appear morbid but, in fact, were...

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Antique 19th Century Italian Animal Sculptures

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Onyx, Bronze

Italian Marble Bust Vanitas / Memento Mori 19th Century Carved Sculpture Italy
Italian Marble Bust Vanitas / Memento Mori 19th Century Carved Sculpture Italy

Italian Marble Bust Vanitas / Memento Mori 19th Century Carved Sculpture Italy

Located in Ijzendijke, NL

Memento mori is Latin for “Remember death.” The expression originates from a specific custom of ancient Rome; when a victorious general was back from war and was brought in triumphal...

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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts

Materials

Marble, Carrara Marble

Memento mori. A caged and suspended skull sculpture, Germany, late 17th century.
Memento mori. A caged and suspended skull sculpture, Germany, late 17th century.

Memento mori. A caged and suspended skull sculpture, Germany, late 17th century.

Located in Milan, IT

A rare example of Memento Mori from Wunderkammer depicting a skull caged in a forged iron structure, with a chain for hanging.

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Antique Late 17th Century German Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Iron

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$3,500

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Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID

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2010s American Animal Sculptures

Materials

Feathers

Manly P Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages, Facsimile XL book with 4 Prints
Manly P Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages, Facsimile XL book with 4 Prints

Manly P Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages, Facsimile XL book with 4 Prints

By TASCHEN

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The classic encyclopedia of the arcane in an expanded edition. Renowned philosopher and lecturer Manly P. Hall’s masterful encyclopedia of ancient symbols, hidden rituals, and arcan...

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21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Foil

Fine Art Antique Hand Carved Wooden Black Forest Trophy-Like Deer Wall Sculpture
Fine Art Antique Hand Carved Wooden Black Forest Trophy-Like Deer Wall Sculpture

Fine Art Antique Hand Carved Wooden Black Forest Trophy-Like Deer Wall Sculpture

Located in Lisse, NL

Finest quality carved, Victorian era, Black Forest deer / stag wall sculpture. One of the main reasons for people wanting to own and enjoy antiques is for their decorative appeal an...

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Antique 19th Century German Black Forest Animal Sculptures

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Metal

Baroque Solar System & Zodiac Map – Homann Doppelmayr, Hand Colored c.1742
Baroque Solar System & Zodiac Map – Homann Doppelmayr, Hand Colored c.1742

Baroque Solar System & Zodiac Map – Homann Doppelmayr, Hand Colored c.1742

Located in Langweer, NL

Baroque Solar System & Zodiac Map – Homann Doppelmayr, Hand Colored c.1742 This impressive celestial engraving depicts the Copernican heliocentric solar system and is titled “Sy...

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Antique Mid-18th Century German Maps

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Paper

Pair of Entomology Specimen Display Cases By J T Stockall London Taxidermy Curio
Pair of Entomology Specimen Display Cases By J T Stockall London Taxidermy Curio

Pair of Entomology Specimen Display Cases By J T Stockall London Taxidermy Curio

Located in Lowestoft, GB

A large and impressive pair of late 19th early 20th century Entomology specimen cases, containing a varied collection of over one hundred insects from around the world pinned to an e...

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Antique Late 19th Century English Taxidermy

Materials

Natural Fiber, Glass, Pine

A Gold And Enamel Mourning Ring For Lord Nelson By John Salter, England, 1806
A Gold And Enamel Mourning Ring For Lord Nelson By John Salter, England, 1806

A Gold And Enamel Mourning Ring For Lord Nelson By John Salter, England, 1806

Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

An extremely rare ring that commemorates the naval hero, Horatio Nelson, who died in 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar, fighting against the Napoleonic forces. Dr William Nelson, the a...

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Antique 19th Century English Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Gold, Enamel

Purple Museum Quality Amethyst Centerpiece Mineral Masterpiece Decorative Object
Purple Museum Quality Amethyst Centerpiece Mineral Masterpiece Decorative Object

Purple Museum Quality Amethyst Centerpiece Mineral Masterpiece Decorative Object

Located in London, GB

A very large, one of a kind epimorph amethyst. This piece is a visual spectacle with the natural sculptural formations of amethyst in a different variety of purple tones. Also disp...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Uruguayan Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Agate, Amethyst, Quartz

17th Century Memento Mori Vanitas Skull Old Master Oil Ex-Christie’s
17th Century Memento Mori Vanitas Skull Old Master Oil Ex-Christie’s

17th Century Memento Mori Vanitas Skull Old Master Oil Ex-Christie’s

Located in Yardley, PA

This wonderful 17th-century French School vanitas painting is a meditation on mortality and the transience of earthly pleasures. The composition centers on a finely rendered human sk...

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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"
A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"

A Magnificent Pair of French Royal Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day"

Located in Queens, NY

Jacques-Francois Delyen (1684-1761), Court Painter of King Louis XV. A Magnificent Pair of Palatial "French Royal" Allegorical Paintings "Aurora and Diana" "Night and Day" A truly ...

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18th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Magnificent Large Vanadinite Table top, Decorative Sculpture object
Magnificent Large Vanadinite Table top, Decorative Sculpture object

Magnificent Large Vanadinite Table top, Decorative Sculpture object

Located in London, GB

An exceptional large specimen of vanadinite from Morocco, covered entirely with brilliant, deep red crystals of varying sizes. The crystals are densely packed together, forming a con...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Moroccan Organic Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Crystal, Rock Crystal, Quartz

The Illustrious World – Rare Dutch Heraldic and Historical Masterwork, 1700
The Illustrious World – Rare Dutch Heraldic and Historical Masterwork, 1700

The Illustrious World – Rare Dutch Heraldic and Historical Masterwork, 1700

$5,118Sale Price|20% Off

H 7.68 in W 5.12 in D 1.97 in

The Illustrious World – Rare Dutch Heraldic and Historical Masterwork, 1700

Located in Langweer, NL

De Doorluchtige Weereld – S. de Vries, François Halma, Amsterdam, 1700 Magnificent and complete three-volume set of De Doorluchtige Weereld (The Illustrious World), written by S. de...

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Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Books

Materials

Paper

British Colonial West Indies Style Sailors Valentine
British Colonial West Indies Style Sailors Valentine

British Colonial West Indies Style Sailors Valentine

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Large impressive British colonial style sailors valentine handcrafted in exotic seashells ambitiously arranged around a heart with an anchor and a message of hope. Presented under gl...

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21st Century and Contemporary Bajan British Colonial Nautical Objects

Materials

Shell, Organic Material, Mahogany

Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire

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By Pauly et Cie, Guggenheim Museum

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

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Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Walnut

Portrait Duchess Woman 17th Century Paint Van Gelder Oil on canvas Old master
Portrait Duchess Woman 17th Century Paint Van Gelder Oil on canvas Old master

Portrait Duchess Woman 17th Century Paint Van Gelder Oil on canvas Old master

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Jan van Gelder, Italianised as Giovanni Vangheldri (Antwerp 1621 – Modena 1685) Portrait of the Duchess Vittoria Farnese d'Este (Parma, 1618 – Modena, 1649) wife of Francesco I d'E...

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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

A large red coral branch from Wunderkammer, Italy 1870.
A large red coral branch from Wunderkammer, Italy 1870.

A large red coral branch from Wunderkammer, Italy 1870.

Located in Milan, IT

This large branch of Mediterranean coral, 'Corallium Rubrum' is mounted on a gilt bronze base. The creation of the vase-shaped base involves various techniques: lost wax casting, mol...

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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

Materials

Coral, Bronze

104" Historic Tiffany Window "Crusader", a Warrior Knight, after Mantegna c1890
104" Historic Tiffany Window "Crusader", a Warrior Knight, after Mantegna c1890

104" Historic Tiffany Window "Crusader", a Warrior Knight, after Mantegna c1890

By Tiffany Studios

Located in Big Flats, NY

Magnificent historic Tiffany Studios framed window, "Crusader", a Warrior Knight, after the 1460 work by Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506). Incorporating a harm...

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Antique Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Windows

Materials

Stained Glass

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Memento Mori Sculpture For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of memento mori sculpture for your home. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and stone. If you’re shopping for an item from our selection of memento mori sculpture, we have 43 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the choice in our collection of memento mori sculpture you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. An object in our assortment of memento mori sculpture made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Art Nouveau — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made option in this array of memento mori sculpture over the years, but those crafted by Giorgio Giuman are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Memento Mori Sculpture?

Prices for a piece of memento mori sculpture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $399 and can go as high as $19,154, while the average can fetch as much as $2,500.