Lot 1036
  • 1036

GOLD AND ENAMEL MOURNING RING, CIRCA 1580

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • GOLD, ENAMEL
The hexagonal mount centered by an enameled skull and inscribed MEMENTO MORI in the surround, reverse with black enamel initials AD, the band with chased scroll shoulders picked out in white enamel, apparently unmarked.

Provenance

Christie's, London, October 6, 1993, lot 70.

Exhibited

Museum of Mourning Art, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.

Condition

some small losses to enamel, otherwise good
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