Lot 69
69
A FINE SIXTEENTH CENTURY GOLD AND ENAMEL 'MEMENTO MORI' RING, the flattened quatrefoil bezel with central white enamel skull engraved around in black enamel 'memento mori', the shaped shoulders detailed in white enamel, circa 1580, the reverse with goldsmith's privy mark

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A FINE SIXTEENTH CENTURY GOLD AND ENAMEL 'MEMENTO MORI' RING, the flattened quatrefoil bezel with central white enamel skull engraved around in black enamel 'memento mori', the shaped shoulders detailed in white enamel, circa 1580, the reverse with goldsmith's privy mark
Finger size J

Lot Essay

Cf. O.M. Dalton, op. Catalogue of the Finger Rings in the British Museum (1912) pl. XXI, nos. 1448, 1450 and Oman, op. cit., pl. 85 and p. 11 where 'privy markes' on rings are discussed

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