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Rare Wunderkammer Skulls Sculpture, Memento Mori

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  • Memento mori, skull with butterfly wings, Germany 1874.
    Located in Milan, IT
    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. The year 1874 is...
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    Antique 1870s German Figurative Sculptures

    Materials

    Plaster, Wood

    Memento mori, skull with butterfly wings, Germany 1874.

    Memento mori, skull with butterfly wings, Germany 1874.

    $4,149
  • 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. The sculpture is made of scagliola plaster with a high ...
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    Antique Late 17th Century German Figurative Sculptures

    Materials

    Iron

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

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

    $3,822
  • Memento mori ivory handle walking stick, Germany 1860.
    Located in Milan, IT
    Walking stick: ivory carved handle, depicting a Memento Mori, a hand holding a skull. Malacca wood shaft. Silver ring. Horne ferrule. Germany circa 1860. (SHIP TO EU ONLY)
    Category

    Antique Mid-19th Century German Figurative Sculptures

    Materials

    Ivory, Wood

    Memento mori ivory handle walking stick, Germany 1860.

    Memento mori ivory handle walking stick, Germany 1860.

    $3,276
  • 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...
    Category

    Antique Mid-17th Century Italian Natural Specimens

    Materials

    Agate, Brass

    Memento Mori, Oil on Agate, Germany Beginning XVIII Century

    Memento Mori, Oil on Agate, Germany Beginning XVIII Century

    $7,644
  • 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 reading: pray to God for the soul, in devotion to the Archangel Gabriel. The painting is ...
    Category

    Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Natural Specimens

    Materials

    Glass, Wood

    A big diorama with butterflies and flowers with a Memento Mori Italy 1850.

    A big diorama with butterflies and flowers with a Memento Mori Italy 1850.

    $4,258
  • 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...
    Category

    Antique 1860s Russian Figurative Sculptures

    Materials

    Silver

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

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

    $2,184
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  • 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 jaws, the cadaverous face with deliberate missing tooth in brown wash patination throughout. Stood upon a small marble base with the skull attaching via a dowel fitting. The Skull probably from German origin. Notes  From approximately the sixteenth century, skulls were commonly used to remember death as they symbolise the transience of human life. Memento Mori literal Latin translation means remember that you [have to] die. The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity, and appeared in funeral art and architecture of the medieval period. Memento Mori jewellery...
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    German Memento Mori Carved Skull

    German Memento Mori Carved Skull

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  • 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 fashi...
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    Antique 17th Century Italian Renaissance Figurative Sculptures

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    Italian Memento Mori skull - 17th century

    Italian Memento Mori skull - 17th century

    $4,149
  • Hand Carved Wood Memento Mori Skull Cane Walking Stick Handle
    Located in Studio City, CA
    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...
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    20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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    Hand Carved Wood Memento Mori Skull Cane Walking Stick Handle

    Hand Carved Wood Memento Mori Skull Cane Walking Stick Handle

    $399
  • 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. White Carrara marble skull combined with masterfully...
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    Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts

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    Carrara Marble

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

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

    $20,742
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  • Hand Carved Wood Memento Mori Double Skull Cane Walking Stick Handle
    Located in Studio City, CA
    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...
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    Hand Carved Wood Memento Mori Double Skull Cane Walking Stick Handle

    Hand Carved Wood Memento Mori Double Skull Cane Walking Stick Handle

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  • 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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    Rare Regency Memento Mori Box

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