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A RARE 17TH CENTURY GOLD MEMENTO MORI SWIVEL RING
The swivelling bezel engraved one side with a skull and crossbones inscribed around 'Memento Mori', the other with cockatrice crest reserved in a shield, the interior of the hoop engraved 'Keepe you this', first half of the 17th Century, finger size J
The crest could be that of Nugent or Onslow
For another memento mori ring with swivelling bezel cf. S. Bury, An Introduction to Rings, 1984, no.39
$6,200-7,800
The swivelling bezel engraved one side with a skull and crossbones inscribed around 'Memento Mori', the other with cockatrice crest reserved in a shield, the interior of the hoop engraved 'Keepe you this', first half of the 17th Century, finger size J
The crest could be that of Nugent or Onslow
For another memento mori ring with swivelling bezel cf. S. Bury, An Introduction to Rings, 1984, no.39
$6,200-7,800