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Late 19th-Early 20th Century Life-Size Treen Carved Memento Mori Human Skull
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A well carved softwood human skull, in the Memento Mori style. European in origin, turn of the
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19th Century European Antique Skull

Materials

Softwood

Incredible Momento Mori Antique Skull and Owl Symbolist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful and rare Momento Mori still life painting. Very finely painted and impressive in person. Incredible detail within the composition. Housed in a period frame. Ready to ha...
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1860s Realist Antique Skull

Materials

Oil, Board

Late 19th Century Classical Marquetry Painting of a Musician with Violin Skull
Located in Lisse, NL
Amazing quality marquetry painting in mint condition. Nowadays, where on earth would you have to go to find someone skilled enough to make such a wonderful work of art? This piece w...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Skull

Materials

Wood, Nutwood, Satinwood

Memento Mori Skull with Rosary on Bible Zsolnay, Art Nouveau c. 1900
By Miklos Zsolnay
Located in Chicago, IL
Recalling the Dutch vanitas still life works of the 17th century, this arrangement reminds the viewer of life's impermanence and the certainty of death, all while emphasizing the imp...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Skull

Materials

Ceramic

Antique American School 19th Century Memento Mori Human Skull Still Life Oil
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school memento mori still life oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 7L x 7H.
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1870s Realist Antique Skull

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American or European Trompe L oeil Realist Macabre Skull Framed Drawing
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American or European realist skeleton still life drawing. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a silver leaf molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang ...
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1890s Realist Antique Skull

Materials

Pencil, Archival Paper, Charcoal

Thinking Skull - The Bones - From De Humani Corporis Fabrica Tab. no. 7 - 1642
Located in Roma, IT
Think Skull is an ancient original etching realized as table no. 7 in the first book (Bones and
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1640s Antique Skull

Materials

Etching

Vanita Carpet Music Skull Tibaldi Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Still life 'Vanitas' with carpet, clock, sheet music and skull Circle of Antonio Tibaldi (Rome, c
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17th Century Old Masters Antique Skull

Materials

Oil

Marble Baroque Style Sculpture of a Skull as Vanitas Rosso Antico Italy 19th
Located in Roma, IT
The skull carved in specimen and rare Rosso antico marble, is an important example of work of
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19th Century Baroque Antique Skull

Materials

Marble

Dutch Shool, Vanitas Scene with Cherub Leaning on a Skull, Oil on Canvas
Located in Leuven , BE
The work distinguishes itself by its naturalistic rendering of detail and a dramatic sense of chiaroscuro that reveal a deep understanding of the Italian School, 18th century. The p...
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18th Century Dutch Antique Skull

Materials

Canvas

Antique Aluminum Teaching Dental Phantom Head Skull on Stand Gold Tooth 1920 s
Located in Portland, OR
Antique aluminum dental phantom teaching head model with a gold tooth, 1920's. A wonderful fun sculptural dental phantom, the aluminum head with lower and upper jaw one of the upper ...
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1920s German Brutalist Antique Skull

Materials

Aluminum, Gold, Steel

Antique Totenkopf Skull and Crossbones Men Ring solid 18K Gold Ø 11.5 US / 5.4gr
Located in SE
ϟiignet Ring for Men in solid 18K Yellow Gold decorated with Skull and Crossbones, oak leaves and
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Antique Skull

Materials

18k Gold

18th Century Tibetan Kapala
Located in Chicago, IL
A Sanskrit term meaning “skull,” this 18th century kapala incorporates a human skull into the bowl
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Mid-18th Century Tibetan Antique Skull

Materials

Stone, Metal

18th Century Tibetan Thangka Depicting Shri Devi Magzor Gyalmo
Located in Southampton, NY
mule, holding a skull cup and an incense stick aloft, wearing various skull garlands and animal heads
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18th Century Tibetan Antique Skull

Mortitans Cranial Jig
Located in Peekskill, NY
fold up next to the top bow. The plaster skull is also included to display the device. This 1920s skull
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Skull

African Gemsbok Mount on Shaped Oak Plaque
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gemsbok horn and partial skull mounted on shaped oak plaque.
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1910s African Antique Skull

Materials

Horn

Continental Red Deer Horn Mount, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Horn and partial skull mounted on an oak shield-form backplate.
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Early 20th Century European Antique Skull

Materials

Horn

An Alexander McQueen Pink Silk Scarf made in Italy
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An iconic Alexander McQueen Pink Silk Scarf decorated with skulls, flora and fauna. Dimension 135
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Early 20th Century Italian Antique Skull

Sculpture Depicting a Vanitas, Italy 1600
Located in Milan, IT
A wooden sculpture of a skull, depicting a Vanitas. Made to hang on a votive chapel. Italy, early
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17th Century Italian Antique Skull

Materials

Fruitwood

Vanitas Sculpture, Italy Beginning of 19th Century
Located in Milan, IT
Above the gilded wooden base is a Vanitas, a painted plaster sculpture depicting a human skull
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Skull

Materials

Plaster, Wood

Vintage Distressed Blue Overdyed Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Vintage Persian hand-knotted overdyed rug with a skull motif. This piece has great detailing and a
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Early 20th Century Persian Antique Skull

Materials

Wool

Memento Mori Plaster Sculpture, Italy, circa 1800
Located in Milan, IT
Italian Wunderkammer Memento Mori plaster sculpture, depicting a skull covered with natural
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Early 1800s Italian Antique Skull

Materials

Natural Fiber, Plaster, Wood, Glass

18th C, Late Baroque Style, Still Life, Dutch School, Vanitas Scene with Cherub
Located in brussel, BE
earthly for the heavenly, is typical of a memento mori painting. The skull immediately confronts us with
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18th Century Baroque Antique Skull

Materials

Oil

Georgian Memento Mori Ring of 18k Gold
Located in Lewisburg, PA
. The ring features a hand painted skull under a faceted rock crystal with a white enamel band adorned
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Mid-18th Century Georgian Antique Skull

Materials

Rock Crystal, 18k Gold, Enamel

Bronze Devotional Plaque, Saint Anthony of Padua, 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
, with a book on which the Child Jesus is presented and flanked by two pedestals (one with a skull and
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18th Century Spanish Neoclassical Antique Skull

Materials

Bronze

Signed Oscar Bach Art Deco Bronze Wall Mirror with Nude Female
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in St. Louis, MO
Stunning bronze Oscar Bach wall mirror with female nude, ornate scroll details, plus a steer skull
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1920s American Art Deco Antique Skull

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Bronze Skeleton in Monks Robes
Located in Stamford, CT
resting around his waist. Traces of gilding to the rope. Possible signature on the skull.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Skull

Materials

Bronze

Antique Black Forest Deer Antler Trophy on Wood Carved Plaque, German, 1885
Located in Nuernberg, DE
nice addition to your hunters loge or just to display it in your house. Dated on the skull 1885.
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1880s German Black Forest Antique Skull

Materials

Antler, Wood

French Early 20th Century Arte Populaire Table Top Bookrest
Located in Round Top, TX
crafted from painted iron with medical, cosmos and skull and cross bone motifs. Also wonderful to display
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Early 20th Century French Antique Skull

Materials

Iron

Antique Medical Print Pl. XVII by D. Diderot, circa 1760
Located in Langweer, NL
surgical instruments used for trepanning or making holes in a human skull. This print originates from
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Mid-18th Century Antique Skull

Materials

Paper

Set of Six Roe Deer Trophy Mounts
Located in Chicago, IL
A set of six German roe deer trophy mounts with top half of skull caps mounted to mahogany stained
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Early 20th Century German Rustic Antique Skull

Materials

Bone, Antler

Roebuck Antlers on Black Forrest Carved Shields
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
with skull cap and would make an excellent wall filler.
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1920s German Antique Skull

Death or Glory Reverse Crystal Gold Stick Pin
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1910 18ct Yellow Gold and reverse painted Crystal stick pin featuring the Skull and
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Early 1900s British Antique Skull

Materials

18k Gold

20th Century Russian Orthodox Bronze and Enamel Cross
Located in DE
, and Longinus underneath the cross and above the skull of Adam (symbol of overcoming death after the
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19th Century Russian Antique Skull

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Antique Black Forest Deer Trophy from Salem, Germany, 1935
Located in Berghuelen, DE
a member of the lordly family of Baden in 1935. Handwritten inscriptions on the skull with, place of
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Early 20th Century German Black Forest Antique Skull

Materials

Antler, Wood

German Red Stag Mount
Located in Evergreen, CO
. Additionally, this ten point mount has tines on the lower beams. The wooden plaque and carved skull cap
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Late 19th Century German Antique Skull

Materials

Antler, Wood

Antique Black Forest Deer Trophy from Salem, Germany, 1876
Located in Berghuelen, DE
, place of the hunt and date 1876. The antlers are mounted on a wooden carved skull. Good condition.
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Mid-19th Century German Rustic Antique Skull

Materials

Antler, Wood

Le Concert Fantastique - Original Etching and Aquatint by J.E. Cuisinier - 1877
Located in Roma, IT
dark and fantastic creatures with the skull in their head, imaginary scary world, symbolized death and
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1870s Antique Skull

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Paula Wildhack, Memento Mori
Located in Cheltenham, GB
still life with skull, bible, crucifix, candlestick and flowers. Wildhack was an accomplished painter
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1890s Gothic Antique Skull

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Ink Drawing - Man Ape
Located in Houston, TX
Ink drawing of a human and primate skull by artist H. Vogt, 1925. Dated in right margin, initialed
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1920s Antique Skull

African Gemsbok Mount, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
The horns and partial skull mounted on a shield form walnut backplate, the gemsbok, gemsbuck or
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Early 20th Century Antique Skull

Materials

Horn

Nice Black Forest Deer Trophy from Salem, Germany, Kleeholz 1956
Located in Berghuelen, DE
the lordly family of Badenin 1956. Handwritten inscriptions on the skull with, place of the hunt and
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Early 20th Century German Black Forest Antique Skull

Materials

Antler, Wood

Large Painted Mahakala Thangka, Early 20th Century, Mongolia
Located in Austin, TX
holds a skull cup (kapala) and ritual flaying knife (kartika) in his two main hands at chest level. His
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Skull

Materials

Canvas

Large Black Forest Deer Trophy from Salem, Germany Kleeholz, 1956
Located in Berghuelen, DE
member of the lordly family of Badenin 1936. Handwritten inscriptions on the skull with, place of the
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Early 20th Century German Black Forest Antique Skull

Materials

Antler, Wood

Antique Black Forest Deer Trophy from Salem - Germany, Hungerbuel 1910
Located in Berghuelen, DE
of the lordly family of Baden in 1910. handwritten inscriptions on the skull with, place of the hunt
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Early 20th Century German Rustic Antique Skull

Materials

Antler, Wood

Carved Trophy Board with Eight Point Antlers, Germany, Late 19th Century
Located in Barntrup, DE
region, Germany. Masterfully carved stylized deer skull on a trophy board ornate with oak leaves and
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Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Skull

Materials

Antler, Wood

Antique Black Forest Deer Trophy from Salem, Germany, 1931
Located in Berghuelen, DE
member of the lordly family of Badenin, 1931. Handwritten inscriptions on the skull with, place of the
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Early 20th Century German Rustic Antique Skull

Materials

Antler, Wood

Vanitas Still Life, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
mori with a skull among books, a flute and a red drape. Exceptional detail and distinctly similar to
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17th Century Antique Skull

Materials

Oil, Panel

Black Forest Deer Trophy from Castle Balmoral, United Kingdom, 1959
Located in Berghuelen, DE
. Handwritten inscriptions on the skull with, place of the hunt, date and family crest. Good condition
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Early 20th Century German Rustic Antique Skull

Materials

Antler, Wood

Antique Hand-Colored Bird Print of Macaws of Guiana - a Red and Blue Macaw, 1855
Located in Langweer, NL
birds' anatomical features: A. **Skull and Beak with Visage of the Parakeet-Ara from Guiana (Kopf und
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Mid-19th Century Antique Skull

Materials

Paper

Memento Mori, 19th century Spanish School - signed indistinctly dated 1867
Located in Blackwater, GB
study of a skull, bible, crucifix, silver and red drape. Excellent detail and good condition for its age
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19th Century Renaissance Antique Skull

Materials

Canvas, Oil

18th Century Indian Bronze of the Goddess Durga
Located in Miami Beach, FL
attendants with a row of skulls at her feet. The base contains a frieze of a procession of camels with lions
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18th Century Indian Tribal Antique Skull

Materials

Brass

French Romantic School, Vanitas or the Painter s Workshop corner, gouache
Located in Paris, FR
and a skull to create a Vanitas as to pay an homage to the 17th century dutch school.
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1830s Romantic Antique Skull

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Early 19th Century Russian Bronze Cross
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Beautiful cast bronze icon cross with Jesus depicted and has angels above and a skull buried below
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Early 19th Century Russian Antique Skull

Materials

Bronze

Large Swabian Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque Salem 1903
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Baden in 1903. The antlers are fixed on a skull that is mounted on a wodden wall plaque with carved
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Early 1900s German Rustic Antique Skull

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Antler, Wood

Late 19th c. Signed Memento Mori Painting c.1883
Located in San Francisco, CA
sixteenth century, skulls were commonly used to remember death as they symbolise the transience of human
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Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Skull

Materials

Paint, Canvas

Early 19th Century Medical Science Surgical Specimen
Located in London, GB
Early 19th Century Medical Science Surgical Human Skull Specimen An example of a 19th Century
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1850s Unknown Edwardian Antique Skull

Materials

Natural Fiber

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