Ring bearing image of skull
- Made:
- 1751
Gold finger ring, rectangulr setting of glass or crystal containing painted image of a skull, band bears champleve enamel inscription, 1751
Details
- Category:
- Wellcome (general)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A641557
- Materials:
- gold, glass, ? material and enamel
- Measurements:
-
diameter 22 mm
with setting: length 24 mm
- type:
- finger ring and memento mori
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