finger-ring; memento mori

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Object Type: finger-ring; memento mori
Museum number: AF.980
Description: Finger-ring; memento mori; gold; enamelled; slender hoop; shoulders and back of bezel are black and green; lobed bezel with lid set with diamonds representing flower, inside lid depicts blue seeded rose; inside bezel is an enamelled three-dimensional skull.
Production date: 17thC(early)
Production place: Made in: Europe (Northern)
Materials: gold; enamel; diamond
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 1.04 inches; Weight: 111 grains
Curator's comments: For a ring with similar symbols in the bezel see Chadour 1994 no 777. Mourning ring.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: Exhibited: 1993 11 Jun-3 Oct, Belgium, Antwerp, Museum voor Kunstambachten Sterckshof, A Sparkling Age
Subjects: flower; death
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1897
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: AF.980
Conservation

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