Memento mori ring
- Made:
- 1735
Gold memento mori finger ring, with 1 transparent stone containing image of a skull, set in a square setting with champleve enamel inscription on band, 1735
Details
- Category:
- Wellcome (general)
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A641571
- Materials:
- gold, ? material, pinchbeck, ? material, mineral and enamel
- Measurements:
-
diameter 24 mm
- type:
- finger ring and memento mori
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