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The Priest Ikkyu meets the Courtesan Jogoku dayu and her attendants
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
carries a skull suggesting the fleetingness of beauty and life. She becomes his pupil and is taught poetry
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Skull
An important Memento Mori candle holder.
Located in Milan, IT
, clear color, and the final black twisted element. Overall the magnificent sculpture of a skull wearing a
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Skull
Materials
Metal
A Statuary and Brocatello Marble Regency Chimneypiece
Located in London, GB
either side of a flaming altar, decorated with sacrificial ram skulls and swags, Eros holds aloft a lit
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Skull
Early Hand Painted Plaster Anatomical Model
By Antonio Tarquini
Located in Peekskill, NY
of tissue around the skull. The left and right sides are different.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Industrial Antique Skull
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Pair of Reliefs, Castillian School, Spain, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of reliefs; scene with carriage with skull and scene with portico from the 16th century
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Skull
Materials
Other
18th Century Italian Grand Tour Crucifix Gilt Bronze and Boulle Inlaid Cross
By Ecole Boulle
Located in Milano, MI
cross, finely decorated with brass and zinc inlays, a memento skull at the base and INRI plate placed on
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Skull
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Zinc
Niklaus Weckmann - Large Saint John in carved linden wood
Located in PARIS, FR
hole" digged at the back of the skull, characteristic of Weckmann. Our rare Saint John is of a quality
Category
15th Century and Earlier Gothic Antique Skull
Materials
Wood
19th Century Medical Research Skeletal Boxed Specimen
Located in London, GB
shown in the main photo excluding the props of books and keys. The Skull is not articulated but in 3
Category
Early 1800s British Early Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Natural Fiber
1800s Trepanning Head Clamp
Located in Peekskill, NY
"borer, auger") is a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Skull
Materials
Brass
Early Hand Painted Plaster Anatomical Model
Located in Peekskill, NY
of tissue around the skull. The left and right sides are different. If you like this type of model
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Skull
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Important 1920
s Medical Artist Model
Located in Peekskill, NY
ornate stand that allows the skull to be removed or tilted using the screw pictured on top. Every time I
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Skull
Materials
Metal
Wood Carved Depicting the Descent from the Cross
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
the Skull" is represented by two small shrubs with leaves typically treated in the German way. A skull
Category
16th Century Antique Skull
Materials
Walnut
Tibetan Damaru Drum on Stand, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
hourglass shape, this wooden drum is modeled after the form of a chang teu, a human skull damaru
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Skull
Materials
Steel
Antique German Head
Shoulders Anatomical Model by F
M Lautenschläger
Located in London, GB
skull and brain. The head & shoulders also divides into two halves revealing the internal anatomy.
Very
Category
1910s German Industrial Antique Skull
Materials
Metal
Early 18th-Century Flemish School, Christ On The Cross With Mary Magdalene
Located in Cheltenham, GB
moment of utmost suffering tempered by enduring love. In the foreground, a partial skull is a conspicuous
Category
1720s Flemish School Antique Skull
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century The Banquet of Alboino Romantic Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milan, IT
19th Century
Alboin forces Rosmunda to drink from Cunimondo's skull
Oil on canvas, 97 x 113.5 cm
Category
19th Century Italian Romantic Antique Skull
Materials
Canvas
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Figure of Yama Dharmaraja
Located in Austin, TX
painted red with mineral pigments, emanates from the top of his head, secured by a crown of skulls. He is
Category
Mid-18th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Skull
Materials
Metal
Ancient Celtic Iberian Bronze Votive Worshipper Figure, 4th Century B.C.
Located in London, GB
presence. He wears a tight skull cap with the hair cropped short and neck bent slightly forward. Standing
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Skull
Carved 18th Century Oval Wooden Religious Plaque from France
Located in Dallas, TX
candlesticks with lit candles flanking the cross. To the left forefront and behind the man’s hand is a skull
Category
18th Century French Antique Skull
Materials
Oak
Original poster - Performed tricks by the Fak Hongs - Asian illusionists
Located in PARIS, FR
chose to leave no magical cliché untouched: the Grim Reaper, dragons, devils, skulls, snakes and exotic
Category
1920s Antique Skull
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Late 19th Century Set of Ebony and Carved Bone Dominoes
Located in London, GB
collection and accompanied in a sliding top wooden box.
The human skull this item is displayed with is not
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Bone
The Alchemist. Oil on panel. Follower of LUCAS VELÁZQUEZ, Eugenio.
Located in Madrid, ES
(skeleton, skulls, jars, skulls, furniture, etc.) following common Spanish Baroque models. Towards the
Category
19th Century Spanish Romantic Antique Skull
Materials
Other
Helmet (Morion), Germany, Late 16th Century
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
The skull is forged in two halfs, joined at the edge of the high comb. On both sides there is an
Category
18th Century and Earlier German Renaissance Antique Skull
Materials
Iron
Meissen Oval Plate Painting Allegory of Perishability, circa 1870
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
landscape of gloomy impression: The woman wearing blue cloth studies a book having been put on a skull
Category
1870s German Neoclassical Antique Skull
Materials
Porcelain
American Frouse Anatomical Medical Teaching Chart, circa 1918
By Max Brödel, A.J. Nystrom
Co
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
This is an early 20th century anatomical chart of the human skull. The chart was
Category
Early 20th Century German Industrial Antique Skull
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paper
St Mary Magdalena After Pompeo Batoni
Located in Pasadena, CA
reading a book propped up by a human skull. Hints of a mountainous landscape in the distance can be seen
Category
Early 19th Century Italian School Antique Skull
Materials
Oil
Sculpture of Napoleon in Life and Death
Located in New Orleans, LA
his noble skull. While there are many busts of Napoleon depicting him in life, and memento mori style
Category
19th Century Academic Antique Skull
Materials
Marble
18th-Century Dutch School, Portrait Of A 17th-Century Cleric, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
skull cap. His attire matches the expectations of the 1650s/1660s and he feels a little Dutch in
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Antique Skull
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century KPM Porcelain Plaque of Saint Jerome
By KPM Porcelain
Located in London, GB
holding an open Bible, a skull with an hourglass, a crucifix and a set prayer beads. The plaque features
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Skull
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
19th Century English Surgeon
s Brain Trepanning Tool Kit
Located in London, GB
attachments as shown.
Skull not included.
Dimensions in inches: H 1.5” x W 7” x D 2” (box)
Age: Mid-19th
Category
1850s European Early Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Steel
Reclining Mary Magdalena Reading Oil Painting After Pompeo Batoni
Located in Potters Bar, GB
book which is resting on a skull as a momento mori
Artist has really captured the beauty of the scene
Category
Early 1700s Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Paint
Helmet Garde du Corps/Garde Cuirassier, Model 1889
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
most elegant and well designed spike helmets (pickelhaubes) polished brass skull and trimmed in nickel
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Late 18th Century German Other Antique Skull
Untitled, New York. Framed
By Erwin Blumenfeld
Located in Miami Beach, FL
photomontage showing Hitler as a skull with a swastika on its forehead; this image was later used in Allied
Category
1650s Old Masters Antique Skull
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Black and White
Rare Ice Age Cave Bear Skeleton
Located in New Orleans, LA
cave bear skulls set upon rock altars and arranged in Formations, often joined by carefully placed
Category
15th Century and Earlier Other Antique Skull
Materials
Bone
Dancing Bronze Shiva Nataraja
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
lower right forearm, and the crescent moon and a skull are on his crest. Shiva dances within a ferocious
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Skull
Early 20th Century Lithograph by E. Wessel, circa 1914
Located in London, GB
, doctors and soldiers holding various items including medicine balls, a severed head, skulls and jaws bones
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1910s German Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Paper
16th Century St. Jerome Painting Oil on Panel
Located in Milan, IT
. Capital Father of the Church (347-420 AD), the Saint is figured beating his chest next to the skull
Category
16th Century Italian Antique Skull
Materials
Paint, Wood
18thC Powerful Large Tibetan Fierce Deity, 8307
Located in Ukiah, CA
hair. Also, all the faces in the small faces/skulls are finely done- a sign of a true quality piece
Category
18th Century Tibetan Antique Skull
Materials
Copper
19th century traveling memento mori casket
Located in London, GB
opens to reveal a memento mori display. Filled with hand carved pine figures and skulls covered in lace
Category
Early 19th Century French Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Pine
$1,643 / set
19th Century Memento Mori Glass Eyed Santos Figure
Located in London, GB
19th Century, gesso over wood memento mori glass eyed saint figure. Holding a carved wooden skull in
Category
1880s Early Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paper
19th Century English Pharmacists Reverse Painted Gold Gilt Trade Sign
Located in London, GB
Condition: Good
NOTE: Skulls are not part of this sale.
This is an antique item and well over 100 years
Category
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Glass
Italy 1850 Florentine Damascene Stiletto Dagger in Iron Silver and Gold
Located in Miami, FL
medusa holding a skull and two reclined figures similar to the Medici chapel and the tomb of Giuliano De
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Skull
Materials
Gold, Silver, Steel, Iron
Virgin with Child (dress-up). Wood. Spanish school, 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
of a Virgin Mary (with the skull to accept hair or fabric headdresses) and, towards the front, the
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Skull
Materials
Other
19th century carved pine memento mori
Located in London, GB
. Common symbols include skulls, hourglasses, and wilting flowers
Condition
• Structurally solid and
Category
1850s Italian Early Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Pine
Antique French Silver Turquoise Walking Cane Stick 19th Century
Located in London, GB
designs, such as animal heads, skulls, and various emblems may also be carved into the wooden handles
Category
1880s French Antique Skull
Materials
Silver
Antique Chinese Silver
Malacca Walking Stick Cane C1880 19th Century
Located in London, GB
, such as animal heads, skulls, and various emblems may also be carved into the wooden handles; these may
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Skull
Materials
Silver
Antique Ram
s Head Walking Cane Stick Sterling Silver Collar, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
various woods, including Malacca and bamboo.
Ornate designs, such as animal heads, skulls, and various
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1870s English Antique Skull
Materials
Silver
Vide Poche, or Tray w/ Figure of a Bat, Signed B&H, Bradley &Hubbard, circa 1890
By Bradley
Hubbard
Located in Petaluma, CA
, griffins, skulls, devils, but the one item that we are asked for all the time and never have, is bats. Many
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Skull
Materials
Iron
Antique Greyhound Pommel
Malacca Walking Stick Cane, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
as animal heads, skulls, and various emblems may also be carved into the wooden handles; these may
Category
1890s Antique Skull
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Edwardian Sterling Silver
Malacca Walking Stick 925 Cane
Located in London, GB
made from various woods, including Malacca and bamboo.
Ornate designs, such as animal heads, skulls
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1910s English Edwardian Antique Skull
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Nigerian 5th Malacca Sword / Walking Stick Cane, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
various woods, including Malacca and bamboo.
Ornate designs, such as animal heads, skulls, and various
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1890s Antique Skull
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Walking Stick Cane with Sterling Silver Pommel, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
as animal heads, skulls, and various emblems may also be carved into the wooden handles; these may
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Chinese Silver and Malacca Walking Stick Cane, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
heads, skulls, and various emblems may also be carved into the wooden handles; these may make them
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Skull
Materials
Silver
Antique English Silver
Malacca Sword / Walking Stick Cane, London, 1888
Located in London, GB
, including Malacca and bamboo.
Ornate designs, such as animal heads, skulls, and various emblems may also
Category
1880s English Antique Skull
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique French Walking Cane Stick Sterling Silver Fox Handle 19th Century
Located in London, GB
made from various woods, including Malacca and bamboo.
Ornate designs, such as animal heads, skulls
Category
1880s French Antique Skull
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Walking Stick Cane with Horn Dog Handle, Late 19th Century
Located in London, GB
heads, skulls, and various emblems may also be carved into the wooden handles; these may make them
Category
1890s Antique Skull
Materials
Wood
St. Charles Borromeo. Early 17th century. Painting on Copper.
Located in Firenze, IT
represents San Carlo praying in front of a book, a human skull and a crucifix.
Italian school.
The saint is
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Skull
Materials
Copper
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