Memento mori ring
- Made:
- 1728
Metal finger ring, circular, set with 4 small transparent stones and 1 large transparent coffin-shaped stone which contains the image of a skeleton, band bears champleve enamel inscription, 1728
Details
- Category:
- Wellcome (general)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A641562
- Materials:
- gold, ? material, pinchbeck, ? material and enamel
- Measurements:
-
diameter 19 mm
- type:
- finger ring and memento mori
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