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Details
An early 18th century gold and black enamel memento mori ring,
the convex hoop with engraved, black enamel elongated skeleton, cross-bones, hour glass, pick and shovel, the interior engraved with the initials G. H. and maker's mark E.C., circa 1730, finger size - M1/2.
See plate 1 and front cover illustration
the convex hoop with engraved, black enamel elongated skeleton, cross-bones, hour glass, pick and shovel, the interior engraved with the initials G. H. and maker's mark E.C., circa 1730, finger size - M1/2.
See plate 1 and front cover illustration
Provenance
Christie's London, 1989, Lot 354
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium
Further details
C.f. O.M. Dalton, Catalogue of the Finger Rings in the British Museum (1912) no. 1533 - 1547.