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17th c. German Memento Mori Monk c.1600-1699
Located in San Francisco, CA
. W 13 in. D 9 in.
HISTORY
From approximately the sixteenth century, skulls were commonly used to
Category
17th Century German Industrial Antique Skull
Materials
Wood
Abnorm Black Forest Deer Trophy from Salem, Germany, Kaltenbronn 1931
Located in Berghuelen, DE
family of Badenin 1931. The handwritten inscriptions on the skull are with, place of the hunt, date and
Category
Early 20th Century German Rustic Antique Skull
Materials
Antler, Wood
Antique Black Forest Deer Trophy from Salem, Germany, Banzenreuthe, 1875
Located in Berghuelen, DE
of the lordly family of Baden in 1875. handwritten inscriptions on the skull with, place of the hunt
Category
Late 19th Century German Rustic Antique Skull
Materials
Antler, Wood
Antique Black Forest Deer Trophy from Salem - Germany, Kuchel 1873
Located in Berghuelen, DE
member of the lordly family of Baden in 1873. handwritten inscriptions on the skull with, place of the
Category
Late 19th Century German Rustic Antique Skull
Materials
Antler, Wood
Nepal Mahakala Wood Dance Mask with Open Eyes Fierce Mouth Teeth
Located in Point Richmond, CA
carved skulls. old stable crack at proper right side of mouth. Traces of red and blue pigments.
Ex
Category
Early 20th Century Nepalese Tribal Antique Skull
Materials
Wood
St. Francis Worshiping the Crucifix Oil on Copper Late 1500s
Located in Milan, IT
skull. High quality. Late 1500s.
Category
16th Century Antique Skull
Materials
Oil
Victorian Museum Reproduction of King Henry II Embossed Burgonet Helmet
Located in Norwood, NJ
burgonet helmet. Helmet skull of typical form. The entire helmet is completely embossed with mythological
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Skull
Materials
Silver Plate, Gold Plate, Copper
Early 19th c. Porcelain Phrenology Stamp/Pipe Stamper c.1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
areas of the skull numerically demarcated with the key surrounding the neck. Gilt accent around the neck
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Skull
Materials
Gold, Brass
Antique Scottish Rite 33rd Degree 18k Gold Enamel Jewel Masonic Bar Pin, 1890
Located in Portland, OR
red and black enamel inlaid Masonic symbols including; a skull & crossbones, a pyramid, a Knight
Category
1890s American Baroque Revival Antique Skull
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Tall Philippine Lidded Limestone Secondary Burial Jar, 11th-15th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
jar was used for secondary burial purposes by the Manobo people of Cotobato, Mindanao. The skull and
Category
15th Century and Earlier Philippine Tribal Antique Skull
Materials
Limestone
19th Century Memento Mori Coffin Cover
Located in Gloucester, GB
19th century Memento Mori Coffin cover
- Hand stitched felt tears and skulls
- Made from linen
Category
1870s French Antique Skull
Bronze Devotional Plaque, St Francis of Assisi, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
crucified, located on a rock, along with a skull, a book and a whip, elements that identify him as Saint
Category
17th Century European Baroque Antique Skull
Materials
Bronze
Marie-Madeleine Penitente Oil on Canvas 17th Century, French School
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
, the skull of death (before which she meditates when she retires in the cave of the Sainte-Baume
Category
17th Century French Antique Skull
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Tibetan Cast Bronze Statue of Yamantaka
Located in Atlanta, GA
, embracing his consort Vajravetali who holds a skull cup and a Vajra chopper. Yamantaka is popular within the
Category
19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Skull
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Gold Plated Dragoon Officer
s Helmet of
The Kings Carabiniers
Located in Haarlem, NL
This Dragoon Guards helmet is a beautiful find. Gilt metal skull, gilt broad chin chain, gilt rose
Category
19th Century Great Britain (UK) Antique Skull
Materials
Metal, Silver
Black Forest Red Deer Trophy on Wooden Plaque ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
carved wooden skull and a turned wall plaque with black finish. Small piece of wood broken off on the
Category
Early 20th Century German Black Forest Antique Skull
Materials
Antler, Wood
17th Century Depiction of St Jerome Continental School Oil on Board
Located in Lowestoft, GB
with religious paraphernalia, his left hand pointed to the forehead of a skull.
18.5/14cm
Category
Late 17th Century European Renaissance Antique Skull
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Bronze Table Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
Palladio and Piranesi, particularly in the use of bull's skulls, or "Bucrania" as a decorative motif on the
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Skull
Materials
Bronze
Vanitas still Life - Tempera and Watercolor After Herman Henstenburgh
Located in Roma, IT
composition where the main "character" is a skull on a base surrounded by flowers, a flute, and an arrangement
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Skull
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Pl. XVII Antique Anatomy / Medical Print of the Cranium by Cloquet,
1821
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique anatomy print showing parts of the skull / cranium. This print originates from 'Anatomie De
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Skull
Materials
Paper
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Silver Lamps
Located in Stamford, CT
Palladio and Piranesi, particularly in the use of bull's skulls, or "Bucrania" as a decorative motif
Category
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Antique Skull
19th Century Paris Medical School Artifact
Located in London, GB
original Paris medical school label. The skull is fully articulated and is the hand section. A partial foot
Category
1850s Early Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Natural Fiber
Rare Tournament Helmet for the Gioco Del Ponte in Pisa, circa 1590
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
del Ponte have outlived the centuries. Normally they were made by reusing skulls for the field usage
Category
16th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Skull
Materials
Wrought Iron
Group of Four Japanese Wood Netsukes
Located in Atlanta, GA
in the western culture; and one skull with a crawling snake. Three were signed with an inset plaque
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Skull
Materials
Wood
Memento Mori
By Johann Elias Ridinger
Located in Palm Springs, CA
the candle that is burnt out, and the flower already loosing its petal, along with the skull. This is
Category
18th Century Antique Skull
Materials
Mezzotint
Carved Bone and Painted Wood Figure of Chitipati, Mongolia, 18th Century
Located in Austin, TX
. Their heads adorned with a crown of five skulls and topped by a vajra rising from the center of their
Category
Mid-18th Century Mongolian Qing Antique Skull
Materials
Leather, Bone, Wood
Tibetan Thangka of Vajrayogini
Located in Chicago, IL
knife in one hand and a kapala of blood in the other ( a vessel made of a human skull). Above this deity
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Skull
Materials
Silk, Fabric
Important Italian Bronze Crucifix after Giambologna, Florence, 1529-1608
By Giambologna
Located in Vero Beach, FL
cross with wooden three tiered stand. The cross is embellished with a bronze skull and an ornate angel
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Skull
Materials
Bronze
Framed Antique Tibetan Buddhist Thangka
Located in Atlanta, GA
with rings of skulls, and further elaborately surrounded by a halo of flames and other deities and
Category
19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Skull
Materials
Textile, Acrylic
Important 1920s Medical Artist Model
Located in Peekskill, NY
from our museum collection. It's a perfect example of what we call industries tribal art. IThe skull is
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Skull
Materials
Spelter
Saint Jerome – Dutch School, 18th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
, often accompanied by a skull, a crucifix, and a lion, or as a learned scholar seated in his study
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Skull
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Vanitas still life
By Evert Collier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
compositions often featured skulls, extinguished candles, hourglasses, musical instruments, books, and letters
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Skull
Materials
Oil
$9,081
Saint Francis of Assisi. Painted glass. Spanish school, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
with a halo, holding a skull (of which the viewer can see the lower part). Thanks to this posture and
Category
18th Century Spanish Rococo Antique Skull
Materials
Other
18th-Century Austrian School, The Penitent Magdalene, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
.
Here, in this Austrian work from the 18th century, we see a perfume bottle, skull and cross. The bottle
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Skull
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saint Francis Adorating the Crucifix Napolitan Ceroplastics Naples, 17th Century
Located in Milano, IT
carrying the mori Memento skull. The composition with its intensity and emotional involvement is close to
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Skull
17th Century Hand Painted Venetian Gondola Funeral Board, Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Venetian "rio's". The piece is hand painted with the universal memento mori symbol of death, the skull and
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Skull
Materials
Pine
17th Century St. Francis in Prayer Emilian School Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milan, IT
attribute of the skull. St. Francis received the visit of God while he was absorbed in prayer: Christ
Category
17th Century Italian Antique Skull
Materials
Canvas
Copper Engraving: Jesus at the Cross with Vanitas Symbols and Passion Implement
Located in Hamburg, DE
), the instruments of the Passion, a serpent reminiscent of the Old Testament, dice, and a skull as
Category
1750s French Other Antique Skull
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Set of Large Amber Glass Apothecary Poison Bottles
Located in Haarlem, NL
).
The darker smaller one is a hexagonal shaped German poison bottle with a skull & crossbones embossed
Category
Early 1900s German Late Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Glass
16th Century Hand-Painted and Carved Wood Russian Orthodox Cross
Located in North Miami, FL
, Johannes, and Longinus depicted beneath the cross. Above, the icon features the symbol of the skull of Adam
Category
16th Century Russian Antique Skull
Materials
Wood
1900s Didactic Anatomical Torso with Removable Organs Scale 1:1 A. Fumeo Milano
Located in Milan, IT
side the section of the skull.
Anatomy is science that study form and structure of organs and anatomic
Category
Early 1900s Antique Skull
Materials
Plaster
Antique Deer Trophy on Wooden Carved Plaque Germany 1861
Located in Berghuelen, DE
. With handwritten inscription of the date and place of the hunt on the skull. Germany 1861.
This
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Skull
Materials
Antler, Wood
Tibetan Thangka of Hayagriva, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
and wears a crown of human skulls, a necklace of human faces, and garments of elephant skin and tiger
Category
Early 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Skull
Materials
Fabric
Early 20th Century English Disarticulated Medical Half Human Skeleton
Located in London, GB
parts of the brass hook attachments to the skull section.
Size in inches: H 7.5” x W 5” x D 7.5
Category
1920s British Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Natural Fiber
American Phrenology head of Fowlers
Wells Phrenological Cabinet New York
Located in Haarlem, NL
pseudo-medicine primarily focused on measurements of the human skull, based on the concept that the brain
Category
Mid-18th Century American Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Stucco
Large Red Deer Trophy from Palace Salem, Germany
Located in Berghuelen, DE
wooden handcarved skull and a plaque and in good condition.
Trophies are mementos from the hunted game
Category
Early 20th Century German Black Forest Antique Skull
Materials
Antler, Wood
Rare
All Hand Carved Wooden Folk Art Miniature Grim Reaper Skeleton Sculpture
Located in Lisse, NL
reaper's unusual skull. So if you are a collector of weird and wonderful (folk) art then this unique and
Category
Early 20th Century European Antique Skull
Materials
Wood
Large Black Forest 8 Pointer Red Deer Trophy on Wooden Plaque 1917
Located in Berghuelen, DE
family of Baden in 1917. Mounted on a wooden plate with dark green varnish. Skull with handwritten
Category
1910s German Rustic Antique Skull
Materials
Antler, Wood
Pre-Columbian Bronze Tumi Sacrificial Knife, circa 0-500 A.D
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
the neurological procedure of skull trepanation. Many of these operations were carefully performed
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Skull
An Iconic Policrome Silk Scarf by Alexander McQueen Manufactured in Italy
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Aci Castello, IT
decors of skulls flora and fauna.It represents a luxurious and fashion-forward accessory. Alexander
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Antique Skull
Art Nouveau Porcelain Group
Hun On Horseback
, by E. Hoesel, Meissen Germany
By Meissen Porcelain, Erich Hoesel
Located in Vienna, AT
shield and bow on his back, leaning from his horse to look down at a crowned skull. While the horse with
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Skull
Materials
Porcelain
Fossilised Dinosaur Skin
Located in London, GB
sometimes covered its entire skull and gave it its name, and its mysteriously long arms. A herbivore that
Category
15th Century and Earlier American Antique Skull
Materials
Stone
$20,000
17th Century Stuart Crystal and Gold Ring
Located in Amsterdam, NL
, crowns, skulls, swags, skeletons, doves, etc. Later in the 17th century Stuart pieces were worn as
Category
17th Century British Antique Skull
Materials
Rock Crystal, 18k Gold
Antique English Gold
Malacca Walking Stick Cane Franzi, 19th C
Located in London, GB
heads, skulls, and various emblems may also be carved into the wooden handles; these may make them
Category
1890s English Antique Skull
Materials
Gold
Antique Silver Plated 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 English Victorian Antique Skull
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique English Horn
Malacca Sword / Walking Stick Cane, 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 English Antique Skull
Materials
Wood
Early 17th-Century English School Portrait Of Edward Hill
Original Gloves
Located in Cheltenham, GB
owner.
The skull in the lower right is an interesting, rather Baroque, addition and acts as a Memento
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Skull
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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