Shell Memento Mori
Plate with Antler, Flowers, Egg Shells, Onions and Fish (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
, imari, imariware, jingdezhen, limoges, meissen porcelain, memento mori, Mortality salience, old masters
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Agate, Gold
H 1 in W 2.5 in D 2.5 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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
Double Portrait of Sir John Rivers 3rd Baronet of Chafford, and Lady Anne Rivers
Located in London, GB
'Old Age' and are a typical form of Memento Mori reminding virile young man that even they will lose
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 70.08 in W 82.29 in D 5.91 in
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‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No.6. Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren
By Sinke & Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren
After observing and analysing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of ...
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Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Photography
Materials
Paper
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H 21.66 in W 14.97 in D 0.04 in
Set of 6 Red Handmade Unique Goto Murano Drinking Glasses
By Roberto Beltrami
Located in Murano, VE
The Murano Glass Goto collection brings a piece of authentic Italian art to your dining table. Hand-blown with artistic expertise, these glasses are inspired by the traditional Venet...
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Murano Glass
French Faux Book Leather Tantalus and 6 Engraved Crystal Glasses
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This fabulous novelty leather faux-book hinged case has been ingeniously designed to secretly hide six adorable animal-themed whisky crystal tumblers. Beautifully crafted from two gi...
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Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Barware
Materials
Crystal
No Reserve
H 4.53 in W 11.42 in D 9.06 in
Huge Monumental Victorian Taxidermy Dome with Colorfull Tropical Birds, C. 1850
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A monumental Victorian taxidermy dome, measuring H. 90 cm, with a wide variety of Tropical birds, of which many male and female pairs
England, late 19th century
Amongst the birds...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Taxidermy
Materials
Animal Skin, Glass, Plaster, Feathers
H 35.44 in W 23.63 in D 15.75 in
19th C Glass Dome on Ebonised Base with 25 Exotic Birds-Label W.J.Hole
Located in Leuven , BE
Large oval based glass dome/shade with 26 exotic, colourful birds in naturalistic setting comprising Hummingbirds with open wings and on their nests. This Victorian arrangement is in...
Category
20th Century British Taxidermy
Materials
Organic Material, Wood
H 24.41 in W 15.75 in D 0.79 in
Egyptian Head of a Man
Located in London, GB
Egyptian head of a man, carved granite. 18th Dynasty, circa 1550-1292 B.C.
Carved in beautiful dark granite, this head depicts an elite individual, perhaps a government official. ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Busts
Materials
Granite
American School Memento Vanitas Still Life Canvas Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive oil on canvas memento mori or omnia vanitas still life painting. The site measures 15.5 inches wide and 12.5 inches high. Set in a reeded gilt wood frame with a dark bronz...
Category
20th Century American Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Dilly Dally Mid Century Vanity Dressing Table by Luigi Massoni Poltrona Frau
By Luigi Massoni
Located in Rome, IT
Vanity Mod. Dilly Daily di Luigi Massoni per Poltrona Frau, 1968 ca. The dressing table is composed of two pieces, one round armchair (which alone measures 70 x 65 x 60 cm) and the...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vanities
Materials
Faux Leather
English Minton Secessionist Ware Art Nouveau Vase No. 1, circa 1910
By Minton
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An early 20th century English Mintons Secessionist ware vase made at Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. The Mintons Secessionist ware line—named after the Vienna Secession—offered deco...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Hand-Crafted Artisan Tri-Color Brown Vase with Rounded Silhouette and Dripping
Located in Yonkers, NY
A hand-crafted artisan tri-color brown glazed ceramic vase with dripping accents. This artisan-crafted vase is a stunning example of contemporary ceramic art, showcasing a tri-color ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary White Ceramic Sculpture in Organic Calla Lily Form
By Simone Bodmer-Turner
Located in New York, NY
'Calla Lily' by Simone-Bodmer Turner is a contemporary white ceramic sculpture that gracefully blends the realms of biomorphism and abstraction. Standing 24-inches tall, with a 12-i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Epoxy Resin
Alfano Dardari Midcentury Trompe L’oeil Still Life Oil Painting Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning trompe l'oeil (fool the eye) mid 20th century Italian oil painting by artist Alfano Dardari. This work depicts a beautiful flower in a vase with a perfect little droplet o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
19th Century Cuzco School Oil On Canvas Archangel Michael
Located in Hastings, GB
Peruvian Cuzo School Oil on Canvas of the Archangel Michael. Canvas has been remounted on new stretchers, a few small marks to the edge of the frame.
The Cuzco or Cusco school was...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Peruvian Rococo Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Tang Dynasty Large And Important Pottery Horse TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Large And Important Tang Dynasty (618-907AD) Pottery Horse TL Tested. China.
Ca. 618-907 AD A beautiful pottery figure of a horse. The animal is shown in a standing pose on an integ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Tang Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Life Cast Bronze Model/Sculpture of a Human Skull
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Life Cast Bronze Model/Sculpture of a Human Skull
Signed and copyrighted Indistinctly, possibly by Maxilla and Mandible Ltd. New York
Realistically cast and modled, in two parts wit...
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Set of 12 Exquisite "Gilded Age" Sterling Silver Tiffany Charger Plates
By Charles L. Tiffany
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite set of 12 "Gilded Age" Sterling Silver Tiffany Charges was realized in America in 1905. Each plate has heavily detailed boarders featuring a Kylix cup amid scrolling s...
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Neoclassical Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
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Lobster frigidor
By Stephen Rose
Located in London, GB
-peeled lemon; Rose’s is alive, but quiescent and helpless. This work nudges towards a memento mori, and
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Attilio Codognato Enamel Diamond Ruby gold Skull Shell Memento Mori Ring
By Attilio Codognato
Located in Firenze, IT
Renaissance style Memento Mori skull ring made with champleve multicolored enamels, rose cut
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Composition of Plaster Skull Decorated with Beetles and Butterflies
Located in Leuven , BE
A modern approach of Memento Mori with a plastered skull covered in shells of green beetles. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Taxidermy
Materials
Glass, Organic Material
18th Century Louis XV French Provincial Carved Armoire or Wardrobe France 1700s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
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This is commonly known as Vanitas or Memento Mori in Latin, meaning "Remember You Will Die". This
Category
Antique 18th Century French French Provincial Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Iron
H 110 in W 67.75 in D 25 in
Murex, cone, conch and auger shells
By Stephen Rose
Located in London, GB
memento mori, setting the enduring, vacated carapace of a dead animal against the ephemeral structure of a
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Questions About Shell Memento Mori
- 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.
- 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.
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