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19th Century Memento Mori Glass Eyed Santos Figure
Located in London, GB
19th Century Memento Mori Glass Eyed Santos Figure
An unusual religious artifact dating from the
Category
Antique 1880s Early Victorian Religious Items
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Paper
Attilio Codognato Enamel Onyx Diamond Skull on Tray Memento Mori Ring
By Attilio Codognato
Located in Firenze, IT
Renaissance style Memento Mori skull ring made with champleve multicolored enamels, a round
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Celebrate Life: Magnificent Eighteenth Century Memento Mori Ring
Located in Stamford, CT
A glance at this Georgian memento mori of royal blue enamel, natural pearls and high karat gold
Category
English More Earrings
Celebrate Life: Magnificent Eighteenth Century Memento Mori Ring
Located in Stamford, CT
A glance at this Georgian memento mori of royal blue enamel, natural pearls and high karat gold
Category
English Fashion Rings
Attilio Codognato Enamel Diamond Ruby gold Skull Shell Memento Mori Ring
By Attilio Codognato
Located in Firenze, IT
Renaissance style Memento Mori skull ring made with champleve multicolored enamels, rose cut
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
17th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf Ledge Macabre Curio Antique
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A finely carved Memento Mori base to hold the holy cross, now hangs to make for a decorative wee
Category
Antique 17th Century European Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
A Memento Mori on column with clock, France 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
A Memento Mori from Wunderkammer on column with clock. The column is carved in veined alabaster
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Attilio Codognato Enamel Diamond Gold Skull Bones and Dices Memento Mori Ring
By Attilio Codognato
Located in Firenze, IT
Renaissance style Memento Mori skull ring made with champleve multicolored enamels and rose cut
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Pendant Memento Mori Red Corallum Rubrum Italy 18th Century
Located in Firenze, IT
Height x width x depth: 3.5 x 2 x 3 cm. Weight: 24 g.
"Memento Mori" Vanitas represented by a Red
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Silver
Memento Mori: Skull on Bible Sculpture by László Mattyasovszky Zsolnay
By Zsolnay
Located in Palm Beach, FL
life. Memento mori is a latin term meaning: “remember, you must die.” Keeping reminders of inevitable
Category
Antique 1890s Hungarian Art Nouveau Bottles
Materials
Earthenware
Memento Mori, a Skull Sculpture Out of Chalk, with a Bronze Snake, Italy
Located in Milan, IT
bronze snake. Excellent Memento Mori, Italy, circa 1880.
Category
Antique 1870s Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Memento mori: a skeleton, a scythe, an hourglass painted tile, Italy 1690.
Located in Milan, IT
Memento Mori. A rare glazed terracotta tile with a blue painting on a white background, depicting a
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Decorative Art
Materials
Terracotta
18th Century Memento Mori Carving Shelf Calvarium Ledge Macabre Curio Antique
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A finely carved Memento Mori base to hold the holy cross, now hangs to make for a decorative wee
Category
Antique 18th Century European Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
Georgian 22 Karat Gold Memento Mori Skull Unisex Band Ring
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"S.W. Blackett Bar ob 25 Sept 1728 Alt 39"
Memento Mori bands reached the height of their popularity
Category
Antique 1710s Georgian Band Rings
Materials
22k Gold
Gold Memento Mori Ring
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A large octagonal ring adorned with a Neo-Classical landscape. The scene features a classical colonnade and a gracefully waving tree, accompanied by a shield bearing the letters F an...
Category
Antique 1780s German Fashion Rings
Materials
Gold
$10,303
MEMENTO MORI SKULL (BLACK)
By Mr Brainwash
Located in Aventura, FL
Casted high impact resin with hand laid metallic paint. Hand signed and numbered COA issued by the artist. From the edition of 150. Includes original box.
Artwork is in excellent ...
Category
2010s Street Art Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin
Circa 1783 Georgian Antique Portrait Memento Mori Mourning Ring
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
An ancient relic of Memento Mori jewelry celebrating the romance of the Georgian era, this
Category
Antique 1780s Georgian Signet Rings
Materials
14k Gold, Rose Gold
Baroque Vanitas or Memento Mori of a Skull, Bone, 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Vanitas or Memento Mori skull. Carved bone. 17th century.
Small human skull made of bone carved in
Category
Antique 17th Century European Baroque Religious Items
Materials
Bone
Star Ball Pendant Necklace White Diamond Black Diamond Black Enamel Memento Mori
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Star Ball Pendant Necklace White Diamond Black Diamond Black Enamel Memento Mori
Material Silver
Category
2010s Indian Contemporary Chain Necklaces
Materials
White Diamond, Black Diamond, Silver, Brass, Enamel
Portrait of a Gentleman with Skull, Memento Mori oil on panel
Located in London, GB
matching wrist cuffs, sits within a genre known as memento mori. In medieval times the theory and practise
Category
16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Baroque Era "Memento Mori" Skeleton and Hair Slide Pendant
Located in Narberth, PA
inscriptions of the Latin phrase. When worn, Memento Mori jewelry serves as a reminder of human mortality, and
Category
Antique 1680s Baroque Necklace Enhancers
Materials
15k Gold
Early 20th Century Memento Mori Reminder Curiosity Face in the Mirror
Located in Lowestoft, GB
turn of century mercury mirror plate.
Possibly in relation to a death (Memento Mori) or for just
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Oak
Antique Memento Mori Skull ring
Located in Firenze, IT
The ivory skull with rose cut diamond eyes mounted on a snake shape setting in 18Kt gold and old-cut diamond.
Size 7
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold
Wendy Brandes Memento Mori Skull 18K Gold Locket Necklace With Black Diamonds
By Wendy Brandes
Located in New York, NY
known by the Latin phrase "Memento mori" -- "remember you are mortal." This particular design was
Category
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Black Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Rhodium
Rare Museum Quality 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Skelton in Coffin
Located in London, GB
Rare Museum Quality 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Skelton in Coffin
Objects of this natural do
Category
Antique 1850s Italian Early Victorian Religious Items
Materials
Bone
Vintage Memento Mori Antelope Skull Sculpture
Located in Astoria, NY
A vintage authentic antelope skull and horns mounted on a German silver pedestal base.
Good vintage condition with age appropriate wear
Category
Vintage 1950s American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Memento Mori Steer Skull with Horns
Located in Troy, MI
Bleached steer skull and polished, black tipped horns.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bone, Rope
Codognato Gold and Silver Memento Mori Skull Earrings
By Attilio Codognato
Located in Firenze, IT
Pendant earrings depicting the skull, snake and cross in 18kt gold, silver and green enamel.
Lenght : 9cm
Category
1990s Italian Contemporary Drop Earrings
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
Wooden Asian Memento Mori Skeleton Sculpture in Standing Position
Located in Leuven , BE
The object has a wonderful patina and dates from the first half of the 20th century-probably South-East Asia.
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
19th Century English Draped Marble Urn Memento Mori Grave Marker
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A well carved draped marble urn, likely to of been part of a larger memorial piece.
19th Century in age, English in origins. Age related discolouration, lichen stains, dirt.
Me...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Urns
Materials
Marble
17th Century Steel Hangman
s Executioners Mask Macabre Curio Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A highly unusual and rare steel executioners mask likely to be 17th century in age with finely decorated feathered eyebrows and pierced nostrils.
The outer rim has multiple holes ...
Category
Antique 17th Century European Scientific Instruments
Materials
Steel
24K Gold and Black Enamel Memento Mori Brooch Inset Hair Weave
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Mid 19 century 1840's Inset hair weave Remember me in elaborate calligraphy script 24K gold human hair black oval enamel pin pinback. Rounded back 1.5" long 1.25 wide x .5" depth.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Metal
Late 18th Century Engraving Human Skeleton by James Neagle Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An late 18th century engraving depicting the internal framework of the human body (skeleton)
age related foxing to all edgers of the paper ground, later glazed and framed in a per...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
19th Century Pair of Memento Mori Carved Pine Folk Art Skulls
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful pair of pine skull plaques, nievely carved from pine with their original painted finish.
Likely too of been part of larger sculpture, frame or religious icon.
19t...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
19th Century Bronze Bat Angle Winged Church Crypt Lantern Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rather odd crypt lantern, cast in bronze the shapely triangular platform has three bone columns raising up to an arched Gothic frieze. Either side the wings of a bat and angle resi...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Gothic Revival Lanterns
Materials
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Italian Composite Marble
Limestone Grave Marker Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An unusual composite stone open book and hands, this would off likely been a grave marker or part of a larger more elaborate memorial.
Mid-20th century in age, well weathered. The...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Limestone, Marble
19th C Italian Funerary Marble
Bronze Portraits, Husband
Wife Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Rare pair of funerary sculptures of a male and female likely husband and wife, carved in marble and housed in substantial cherry wood frames with ebonised slips.
Each portrait has a...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Busts
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Memento Mori Human Skull Bone Tobacco Jar with Rhyme Masonic Freeman
s
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A wonderful tobacco jar, made from a human skull. The skull has had its cranium removed and a tin container inlaid within a turned bone handle has been applied to the cranium. A rhym...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone, Velvet, Hardwood
Plaster Mortuary Death Mask Bust Sculpture on Socle Base Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A good example of a 19th century plaster death mask on socle base.
The subject has deep, plunging eye sockets and gaunt appearance.
Some elderly damage to the back left secti...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Late Victorian Busts
Materials
Plaster
19th Century Naive Half Length Portrait Young Lady in Mourning Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pleasantly naive half length portrait of a young lady wearing black and her hands clutching, possibly a lady in mourning.
19th Century in age, European in origin.
Age related...
Category
Antique 19th Century European Paintings
Materials
Canvas
18th Century Italian Carved Gilt
Teal Open Casket Memento Mori Planter Urn
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Unusual 18th Century open casket for a small child, carved from softwood with oil gilt decoration and its original teal blue paint.
Profusely decorated with acanthus leafs, folia...
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Religious Items
Materials
Copper
19th Century Embroidered Silk Work Memento Mori Morning Scene Sampler Folk Art
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A hand embroidered work in muted colors, typical of the scene and subject. The piece would off likely been produced by a young woman and taken many hours to complete.
The image de...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Silk, Mahogany
Pair of Untouched 18th Century Funeral Hatchments Coat of Arms Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rare pair of 18th century oil on canvas funeral hatchments, each hatchment has the latin motto "Resurgam" I shall rise again.
Typical lozenge shape, with black ground and family...
Category
Antique 18th Century English Paintings
Materials
Cane, Pine
Memento Mori Skull Painting, Profile View, Original Oil on Canvas Still Life
By Peter Lupkin
Located in Chicago, IL
Vanitas paintings (painting of skulls) first came into favor in the 16th century made popular by the Dutch painters. They were a unique genre in which the skull was a reminder of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Victorian Memento Mori Jet or Charcoal Skull with Rose Cut Diamond Eyes
Located in Fairfield, CT
This striking vintage skull pendant is a captivating piece of jewelry that blends gothic charm with classic elegance. The pendant is skillfully carved from what appears to be jet or ...
Category
Antique 1890s Victorian Pendant Necklaces
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Taxidermy Memento Mori Skull Finely Carved Black Lip Pearl Oyster Bas Relief
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An extraordinary and finely carved black lip pearl oyster, portraying a bas-relief skull.
21st century in age, attributed to or in the manner of the artist Gregory Halili.
Meas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Natural Specimens
Materials
Natural Fiber
Early 19th C Maritime Sailor
s Coconut “Bugbear” Memento Mori Gun Powder Flask
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Antique nautical sailor's carved coconut “Bugbear” gun powder flask, late 18th/early 19th century with brass mounts and nozzle. Also with an unusual inset carved bone skull and cross...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Nautical Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber
19th C Pen
Ink Hand Inscribed Descriptions of Burial Chambers Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A written account and some wonderful naïve imagery of a 19th century burial chamber.
Later mounted and framed in an early 20th century ebonised and gilt slip frame.
33.5/28.5/2.5cm...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Antiquities
Materials
Pine, Paper
18th Century Gilt, Carved
Lead Lined Infants Wake Morning Cradle Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A 18th century soft wood carved and pierced babies wake cradle, lead lined with foliage, scroll and pierce decoration
The piece has its original water gilt on gesso with contrast...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century European Baroque Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Lead
Mexican Day of The Dead Dia De Los Muertos Carved Oak Memento Mori Skull
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A oversized carved oak manically grinning skull, with original paint.
Late 19th century in age, likely to of been carved in the Guerrero district of Mexico and connected to the d...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Mexican Primitive Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Oak
Victorian Momento Mori Skull on Marble Base
Located in London, GB
A striking Victorian memento mori carved in pine with a painted gesso finish on a marble stand
Category
Antique 19th Century Decorative Objects
Skeleton Rocking Chair
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Memento mori skeleton rocking chair made from a tropical wood with worn out white paint.
This
Category
20th Century Indonesian Gothic Revival Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
$1,780
Silver Gilt and Enamel Late Renaissance Skull Ring
Located in Baltimore, MD
Late renaissance Memento Mori skull ring. "Memento Mori" jewelry translates to "remember thou must
Category
Antique 17th Century Swiss Renaissance Signet Rings
Materials
Silver
Gold and Enamel Skeleton Ring
Located in Baltimore, MD
Wonderful Memento Mori skeleton ring enameled in black with gold symbols. Memento Mori means
Category
Antique 1720s British Jacobean Band Rings
Materials
15k Gold
18 Karat Gold Enamel and Diamond Small Ring by Codognato
By Attilio Codognato
Located in Firenze, IT
Small memento mori skull with diamond and enamel signed Codognato
Size : 7
Category
1990s Italian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
Enamel Diamond Gold Skull Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
A Renaissance style Memento Mori skull ring made with champleve multicolored enamels, brilliant cut
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
Codognato Emerald with Secret Skull Ring
By Attilio Codognato
Located in Firenze, IT
Black and white enamel in renaissance style with emerald secret memento mori skull ring.
Mounted in
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Vintage 1980s Italian Renaissance Revival Fashion Rings
Materials
Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Memento Mori For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate memento mori for your needs in our varied inventory. Each design created in this style — which was crafted with great care and often made from gold, yellow gold and 18k gold — can elevate any look. Find an antique version now, or shop for 140 vintage or 246 modern creation for a more contemporary example of these cherished accessories. Making the right choice when shopping for a memento mori may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 18th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century, both of which have proven very popular over the years. For this particular piece, are consistently popular carat weights. A memento mori from J DAUPHIN, Attilio Codognato and William Llewellyn Griffiths — each of whom created a beautiful version of this treasured accessory — is worth considering. A memento mori can make for a versatile accessory, but a selection from our variety of 136 diamond versions can add an especially stylish touch. See these pages for a brilliant cut iteration of this accessory, while there are also emerald cut cut and round cut cut versions available here, too. If you’re browsing our inventory for a memento mori, you’ll find that many are available today for women, but there are still pieces to choose from for unisex and men.
How Much is a Memento Mori?
The price for a memento mori starts at $155 and tops out at $160,000 with these rings, on average, selling for $1,663.
Questions About 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.