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Antique Victorian Memento Mori Skull Pendant 9 Carat Gold Brooch, circa 1880
Located in Lancaster, Lancashire
This wonderful antique Memento Mori Skull and cross bones pendant/ brooch is Victorian, Circa 1880
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1880s British Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
9k Gold, Rose Gold, Enamel
Antique French Memento Mori Stone Iron Glass Sculpture from France, circa 1890
Located in Houston, TX
A striking antique Italian sculpture "Memento Mori" from Italy 1890 focusing on the fleeting
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Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Stone, Cast Stone, Iron
Unusual 2.30 Carat Flat Cut Diamond Memento Mori Skull Earrings
Located in Napoli, IT
unconventional in cut
They are centred by two Memento Mori Skulls in remembrance to the death culminating life
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1850s Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver
Antique Georgian Essex Crystal Bird Charm, Gold Memento Mori Braided Hair Charm
Located in Rottedam, NL
An absolutely superb and very detailed gem. One of the best Essex crystal memento mori jewels we
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Early 19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Gold, 9k Gold
Antique Silver Andenken Souvenir Locket, Victorian Memento Mori Mourning Locket
Located in Rottedam, NL
"Keepsake, souvenir, memento".
Such keepsake lockets were widely used in the 1700-1800's to store the
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Mid-19th Century German High Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Pair of Late 19th Century Memento Mori Sculpted and Painted Plaster Skulls
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The probably unique pair of ochre painted plaster human skulls, each primitively sculpted with accentuated features and with flat backs and integral hanging hooks, the wholes with a ...
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1890s English Late Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Plaster
Large Early 20thC Italian Oil on Canvas Memento Mori Painting of a Skeleton
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The dramatic and large oil on canvas painting depicting a full skeleton resting upon a monument, holding an hourglass and scythe, painted in profile to a slate ground, and mounted in...
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Early 20th Century Italian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Canvas
Memento Mori Ebonised
Carved Antler Walking Cane as a Skull c.1890-1900
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The beautifully hand carved antler handle modelled as a hand clasping a skull above a white metal collar, to an ebonised shaft and original brass ferrule and surviving from the turn ...
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1890s English Late Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Antler, Softwood
18th Century Oak and Iron Mounted Memento Mori Doorstop Carved as a Human Skull
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The unique oak Momentum Mori door stop, being carved in the round as a slightly larger than life
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Mid-17th Century English George II Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Iron
Momento Mori Diamond Ruby Skull Snake Ring 18 Carat Gold
Located in Lancaster, Lancashire
This 18ct Yellow Gold Memento Mori Diamond Skull and Snake ring is stunning.
Skull jewellery
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19th Century British Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
The Thinker ( Skeleton )
Located in Hudson, NY
Here is a great Victorian bronze of "The Thinker" as a skeleton.
A great memento mori.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Marble, Bronze
18th Century Flemish Miniature Carved Boxwood Skull
Located in Sutton Coldfield, GB
the teeth. Set on a sloping, stepped octagonal base. A ‘memento mori’ – an object designed to remind
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18th Century Belgian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Boxwood
19th Century Skull Walking Stick
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A quite amazing carved skull walking cane,"Memento mori" fantastic attention to detail and
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19th Century English Antique Memento Mori
Nepal death mask
Located in Paris, FR
An interesting Nepalese memento mori skull death mask, late 19th, early 20th century. Literature
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Late 19th Century Nepalese Primitive Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Wood
$2,136
Antique Georgian Early Victorian Carved Skull Pipe
Located in Stamford, CT
Memento Mori Georgian carved bone skull pipe with cranial detail, circa 1870s. Please note of wear
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1870s Early Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Bone
Vase by Clément Massier
By Clement Massier
Located in New York, NY
life cycle of the flower often stands as a memento mori, a reminder of our own morality. Marks: painted
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Early 20th Century French Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Earthenware
$11,000
Deakin
Francis Bloodstone Skull Intaglio Ring
By Deakin
Francis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
of the memento mori amulets and rings popularly worn from 16th century through the early 1800s. The
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1920s British Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Other, 18k Gold
Victorian Black Enamel and Rose Cut Diamond Mourning Pendant Brooch, C1860
Located in Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
jewellery made from Gold and black enamel, decorated with memento mori motifs and Diamonds for an extra
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1860s Unknown Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Diamond, Enamel
Dies Irae - Boxwood Sculpture
Located in Milano, IT
profonda drammaticità. L’iconografia, ispirata ai memento mori, riflette il concetto barocco della fugacità
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18th Century and Earlier Italian School Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Wood
Antique Georgian Gold Mourning Bracelet with Pearl Clasp circa 1800
Located in Lancaster, Lancashire
jewellery consists of formulaic rings made of gold and black enamel and decorated with standard memento mori
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Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Okimono of a Skull with a Snake, Hawk and Monkeys, circa 1890
Located in London, GB
flanked by a pair of monkeys.
Skulls were often included in cabinets of curiosities as Memento Mori
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19th Century Japanese Antique Memento Mori
Large oil on canvas by Leo Van Beers dated 1896
By Leo Van Beers
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
distance. A true "memento mori" in the 17th century tradition, masterfully executed by Dutch painter Leo
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19th Century Dutch Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Canvas
Antique Georgian Mourning Snake Bangle Gold, circa 1780
Located in Lancaster, Lancashire
memento mori such as skulls and coffins.
Serpent jewellery became popular during the early years of Queen
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1780s British Georgian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Garnet, 18k Gold
Grand Tour, circa 1880 Model of the Siegessaule Monument, Berlin
By F. C. Sprick
Co.
Located in Lafayette, CA
was one person’s victory Column oh-so-quickly changes into another person’s memento mori.
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1880s German Grand Tour Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Bronze
The Precipice of Death
By Paul Grabwinkler
Located in Minneapolis, MN
traditional "Memento Mori" art--which reminded the viewer of the inevitability of death and seductive power of
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1910s Expressionist Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Watercolor
Antique Gold and Enamel Renaissance Heart Pendant
Located in Chicago, IL
shall dissolve,” making the object not a victory trophy but a memento mori (see no. 35). The heart
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17th Century Renaissance Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Gold, Enamel
17th Century Stuart Crystal Diamond Memento Mori Skull Ring
Located in Sale, Cheshire
This is a rare, and somewhat unusual, example of a Stuart Crystal memento mori ring. The central
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17th Century English Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Diamond, Rock Crystal, 15k Gold
Modern Memento Mori Diamond Skull Cross Bone Diamond Ring 18 Carat Gold
Located in Lancaster, Lancashire
This 18ct Yellow Gold Memento Mori Diamond Skull and Crossbone ring is fabulous.
The skull and
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19th Century British Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Skull and Bones Diamond Memento Mori Ring
Located in Napoli, IT
Beautiful example of authentic Georgian Memento Mori Skull ring.
Crafted of solid 16 KT and silver
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1790s Georgian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Diamond, Gold
Antique Tibetan Silver Plated Bronze Memento Mori Chitipati Fob
Located in Boston, Lincolnshire
"Memento Mori" fob.
Chitipati represent two Buddhist ascetics who were so deeply absorbed in meditation
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19th Century Chinese Revival Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Silver Plate, Bronze
Victorian Memento Mori Skull Earrings .90 Carat Diamond and Bone
Located in Napoli, IT
In remembrance of Death
Victorian Period, sensational pair of Memento Mori Skull earrings
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1840s Early Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Diamond, 15k Gold
Rare and Decorative Memento Mori Lead Skull, 18th Century
Located in Vienna, Vienna
18th century, cast lead depicting a human Skull model.
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Mid-18th Century Austrian Other Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Lead
Rare and Decorative 18th Century Memento Mori Human Brass Skull Model
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Cast brass, depicting a human skull made probably for a necklace.
Please find the other miniature skulls we've listed here on 1stdibs.
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Late 18th Century Austrian Other Antique Memento Mori
Rare Georgian Early Victorian Carved Skull Pipe
Located in Stamford, CT
Memento Mori Georgian carved bone skull pipe has great detail. It was carved around 1870. Pipe
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19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Bone
Victorian Diamond Skull Crossed Bones Silver 18 Karat Gold Rare Ring
Located in Napoli, IT
The Memento Mori
Impressive late Victorian Skull and Crossed bones ring suitable for either sex
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Early 1900s Late Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
Victorian Style Momento Mori Rose Cut Ruby and Diamond Skull Ring 18 Karat Gold
Located in Lancashire, Oldham
An 18 karat yellow gold, silver set ruby and diamond skull ring in the memento mori style. The ruby
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Late 19th Century Unknown Late Victorian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Silver
18th Century Georgian Full Body Skeleton Ring
Located in Sale, Cheshire
death/mortality, and in the 1750s would have served as a memento mori symbol to remind the wearer not
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Mid-18th Century English George II Antique Memento Mori
Materials
18k Gold
Very Rare Mid-19th Century Carved Whale Bone Skull Set with Human Teeth
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
this way. This piece is also somewhat of a ‘memento mori’ or a ‘reminder of death’, essentially carved
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Bone
Antique Georgian Lovers Eye Brooch, Antique Gold Mourning Lovers Eye Brooch
Located in Rottedam, NL
was not always a symbol of love - they could also be symbols of mourning (memento mori in Latin). By
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Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Memento Mori
Materials
Freshwater Pearl, Gold, 9k Gold
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Antique Memento Mori For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique memento mori you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, metal and stone, every antique memento mori was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique memento mori — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique memento mori, designed in the Victorian, Baroque or Georgian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made antique memento mori has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Alfred Wordsworth Thompson and Bilston Battersea are consistently popular.
How Much is a Antique Memento Mori?
The average selling price for an antique memento mori at 1stDibs is $2,997, while they’re typically $393 on the low end and $43,217 for the highest priced.
Questions About Antique Memento Mori
- What is a memento mori ring?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021Memento mori ring is a ring that is an artistic reminder of the inevitability of death. ‘Memento mori’ is a Latin term that means “remember you must die.” These rings typically either feature a skull, crossbones or skeletons to prompt people to remember the shortness of life. Shop a range of memento mori rings on 1stDibs.
- What does memento mori mean?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Memento mori means “remember that you must die” in Latin. A memento mori is an object which serves as either a warning or reminder of death. An example of a memento mori is a skull.