Memento Mori Brooch

Made:: 1801-1900 in England

Gold brooch, a memento mori to John Amery, with painting of mother and children next to an urn made of hair and studded with seed plants, 19th century

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Category:: Wellcome (general)

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A71927

Materials:: gold, hair, pearl and glass

Measurements:: length 46 mm
width 34 mm
depth 12 mm

type:: human remains, human hair and brooches

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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Memento Mori Brooch

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