Wood Memento Mori

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

Rare American folk-art Memento Mori of Hiram Aluro Hill, died age 11, 1845. Good penmanship, watercolor and albumin glaze with borders intact. Foster brothers of Boston frame. This w...

A macabre 17th century Italian Memento Mori carved wood and painted skull mounted on its original wood stepped stand.

An important and rare Italian Wunderkammer Memento Mori sculpture, depicting a wooden skull.

This is a truly unique Memento Mori cabinet or chest found in Portugal. Three ample drawers and original key. It is worn and aged beautifully, very solid and reminiscent of the days...

An important and rare Memento Mori candleholder. The round base with moved profile is carved out of fruitwood and clear color, as well as the foot, that rise with a vase shaped eleme...

Add a philosophical and artistic touch to your décor with this Hamlett skull on a stand. Inspired by the concept of Memento Mori, it symbolizes the ephemeral nature of life, vanity, ...

Mid 19th Century Hand Carved Memento Mori Figure An amazing example of a mid 19th Century hand carved wooden memento mori figure. The detail on this figure is exceptional to say the ...

Memento Mori for Wunderkammer, depicting a skull and a tulip, oil paintings on hard stone.

Late 17th or early 18th century Italian Memento Mori silver gilt frame. This would have originally held a prayer or poem on paper or canvas. Now replaced with a antiqued distressed m...

Limited edition of 12, these 5 mounted geometric sculptures are by Memento-Mori in Paris, France. They can be sold separately or together. Meticulously made, each piece is cut, colo...

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

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

A fantastic and wonderfully hand carved piece. This smiling, mischievous skull is carved in very fine detail. Would be the crown jewel of any walking stick collection once attached t...

A fantastic and wonderfully hand carved piece. These smiling, mischievous skulls are hand carved in very Fine detail. Would be the crown jewel of any walking stick collection once at...

A fantastic and wonderfully hand carved piece. This smiling, mischievous skull with kissing snake is carved in very fine detail. Would be the crown jewel of any walking stick collect...

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

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...

A wonderful 18th century memento mori, oil painting on a small wooden plaque. Circa 1760 Italy Width 7 cm, Depth 1 cm We have a group of these miniature paintings/Memento Mo...

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

An unusual and rare 18th century memento mori, oil painting on a small wooden plaque, with gilt wood notched surround.

A Memento Mori from Wunderkammer, depicting a skull, plaster cast covered with butterfly wings, applied to the crown-shaped skull and to the mosaic-type wooden base.

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

A Memento Mori from Wunderkammer, depicting a painted skull, leaning on a book with a scroll reading: pray to God for the soul, in devotion to the Archangel Gabriel.

Three French Memento-Mori hair mourning souvenirs with decorative 3-dimensional shapes from hair of a deceased loved one in oval black and metal frames with convex glass.

A mid-19th century painted Memento Mori panel with skull and cross bones over a faux painted marbleized background and border.

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...

From its very first year in 1964, Seletti in Cicognara, Mantova, has followed its principle of professionality service and constant research to strive for betterness innovation and o...

A magnificent and very rare early 18th century celestial table globe produced by Gerard and Leonard Valk. Established at the end of the previous century by Gerard Valk, and assisted ...

Natural Blue Coral Specimen, Real. Beautiful Deep Blue w/Whitish at Bottom. ***NOTE: Our 1stDibs store is closing end May and items will not be available thereafter.*** This is an ab...

A wonderfully worn circa 1860 Napoleon lll cast iron daybed, with a intricate floral scroll work design with a nod to the rococo style Original green paint, faded, chipped, scratc...

A beautiful early 20th Century glazed hardwood door with Japanese inspired stained glass panels depicting a parrot and other birds seated on branches of stylised blossom.

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...

This exquisite antique Venetian-style king bed is a true showstopper, featuring an intricately hand-carved and gilded frame with a soft, distressed celadon green finish. The elaborat...

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...

Trio of hand-carved Lapis Lazuli parrots with rock quartz specimen on marble base.

Classic early 1930s Black Forest Brienz wood carved Nutcracker in form of a Gnome. Nice addition to your room or just for use it on your desk. Found at an Estate sale in Nuremberg, G...

What interesting secrets this settee must possess. Imagine this piece in a bedroom of an historic French chateau in the countryside. Petite, yet bold in character from the design to ...