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RIMA Jewels Memento Mori Diamond Slice Hyperrealist Fly Stud Earring
By RIMA JEWELS
Located in New York, NY
putrefaction for the lover of memento mori gems and insect jewelry alike. Sold individually but pairs nicely
Category
2010s American Artist Stud Earrings
Materials
Diamond, Garnet, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver
Rare 19th Century Italian Hand Carved Memento Mori Hanging Candle Holder
Located in London, GB
Rare 19th Century Italian Hand Carved Memento Mori Hanging Candle Holder
An unusual hand carved
Category
Antique 1890s Italian Early Victorian Religious Items
Materials
Pine
Antique Painted Memento Mori Skull, Dated 1769 Birth Year of Napoleon I
Located in Doha, QA
-painted and inscribed with the date 1769. This rare Memento Mori was created as a meditation on life’s
Category
Antique 18th Century French Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
An Unusual and Rare English ‘Memento Mori’ Carved Shrine with Two Human Skulls
Located in London, GB
An Unusual and Rare English ‘Memento Mori’ Carved Shrine with Two Human Skulls to the underside, a
Category
Antique 16th Century English Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Memento Mori – Platters with Coral, Silkie, Berries, Grapes, Cabbage
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
give an illusion of permanence but are a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Signet Memento Mori Style Ring Enamel Truth
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Truth Black Enamel Signet Ring Memento Mori Style
This 14k Gold Plated Ring with Black Enamel has
Category
2010s Indian Victorian Band Rings
Materials
14k Gold, Gold Plate, Brass, Enamel
$350 / item
Plate with Antler, Flowers, Egg Shells, Onions and Fish (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
, imari, imariware, jingdezhen, limoges, meissen porcelain, memento mori, Mortality salience, old masters
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rare 18th-Century Spanish Colonial Painting – Nun in Memento Mori Iconography
Located in Rio De Janeiro, BR
Rare 18th-Century Spanish Colonial Painting – Nun in Memento Mori Iconography
An exceptional 18th
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Memento mori: a snuffbox in blonde tortoiseshell, gold, white agate. France 1820
Located in Milan, IT
lid a ring in smooth pink gold, which stops a glass lens. Inside a rare Memento mori decoration
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Agate, Gold
Banquet with Figures Memento Mori Italian 17th Century After Giovanni Martinelli
Located in Milano, IT
Dipinto Antico del 1600 Banchetto con Figure Memento Mori dopo Giovanni Martinelli la morte arriva
Category
Mid-17th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oak, Oil
Memento Mori – Platter, Vase with Lichi, Spoon, Can of Eel
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
give an illusion of permanence but are a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Platters, Vases
Fish, Grapes, Berries, Pomegranate, Deer Skulls (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
a reminder of the inevitability of death; “memento mori”.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Rare Regency Memento Mori Box
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Decorated with four skulls to top with titles of a Witch, King, Beauty and Beggar to each Skull underneath. Lidded.
Category
Antique 19th Century English Regency Decorative Boxes
Stuart Crystal Mourning Ring with Memento Mori Devices. England, 18th century.
Located in London, GB
Gold Mourning Ring Set with Rock Crystal and Memento Mori Devices
England, dated 3 November 1747
Category
Antique 18th Century Solitaire Rings
Oracle, Contemporary Art Photorealist Memento Mori Oil Painting by Matthew Bober
By Matthew Bober
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, chromatic colors, plastic, twine, screws a memento mori presented as a formal alter piece.
Matthew Bober
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Memento Mori chain seal, Saint Petrsburg, Russia, second half of 19th century.
Located in Milan, IT
, depicting a Memento Mori with two skulls and bones, finely finished with a burin. Saint Petersburg, Russia
Category
Antique 1860s Russian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silver
Early 19th Century Italian School Memento Mori Oil on Canvas Welcome Death
Located in Lowestoft, GB
legible but appears to be a typical memento mori motto of welcoming death.
It would appear the piece has
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Rare 19th Century Italian Memento Mori Bust / Sculpture Carrara Marble Vanitas
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Masterfully carved Italian Vanitas / Memento Mori bust in solid marble from late 19th century
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts
Materials
Carrara Marble
A Memento Mori depicting a skull and skeleton holding a scythe, Germany 1900.
Located in Milan, IT
Bronze sculpture on a black marble base, depicting a Vanitas Memento-mori, a seated skeleton
Category
Early 20th Century German Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Brass
Antique 16th Century Austrian Gothic Marble Memento Mori Skull with Iron Cross
Located in Doha, QA
An exceptional and rare Gothic-Renaissance memento mori, sculpted in marble and surmounted by an
Category
Antique 16th Century Austrian Gothic Religious Items
Materials
Marble
Memento Mori - Oil Still-Life Painting Colours Black Brown Beige Grey White Pink
By Lyubena Fox
Located in Sofia, BG
"Memento Mori "
Oil on canvas
Unframed 25 x 16,5 cm
Framed 50,5 x 42,5 cm
The
Category
2010s Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Memento Mori Style Diamond Black Enamel Bangle Fleur de Lis
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Victorian Age, Memento Mori
Designer: J Dauphin
The Fleur-de-Lis, directly inspired by the resplendent
Category
2010s Indian Victorian Bangles
Materials
Diamond, Gold Plate, Brass, Enamel
A big diorama with butterflies and flowers with a Memento Mori Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
A Memento Mori from Wunderkammer, depicting a painted skull, leaning on a book with a scroll
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Natural Specimens
Materials
Glass, Wood
18 Karat White Gold Memento Mori Style Thorns Ring with Heart Shape Sapphire
By Polya Medvedeva Jewellery
Located in Berlin, DE
This Memento Mori Style Thorns ring is in 18 karat white gold, can be ordered in black gold. Can
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Fashion Rings
Materials
Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
XVIIIc c1768 22K Gold, Old Cut Diamond Memento Mori Ring in memory of WM Rudd.
Located in MELBOURNE, AU
Georgian Memento Mori Ring is
dating back to an extraordinary year of 1768 –
made during the reign of the
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Signet Rings
Materials
Diamond, 22k Gold
Ensō: Memento Mori Red (2016) Limited Edition (print) by Murakami hand signed
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Ensō: Memento Mori Red (2016) by Takashi Murakami
Offset lithograph
Numbered and signed by the
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Dimitri Likissas - Memento Mori, Painting 2022
Located in Stamford, CT
Series: Pop
Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas
I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Memento Mori- All is Vanity #15
Located in New York, NY
Oil & Enamel Painted Silkscreen on Recycled Floppy Discs. Mounted on Custom built Panel. Featuring a skull motif.
About the artist:
Taylor Smith is a multimedia artist whose w...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Enamel
Italian Marble Bust Vanitas / Memento Mori 19th Century Carved Sculpture Italy
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
message.
Memento mori is Latin for “Remember death.” The expression originates from a specific custom
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
19th Century Italian Roman Vanitas Bust Renaissance Revival Memento Mori Marble
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
superb, but this sculpture also carries a beautiful & strong message.
Memento mori is Latin for
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Busts
Materials
Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Carrara Marble
18-C English Bilston Battersea Enamel Memento Mori, Memory of a Friend Snuff Box
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, “In Memory of a Friend.” An example of Memento Mori, which translates from the Latin, “Remember that
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Copper
Memento Mori Bronze Vulture and Skull Sculpture by Bohuslav Schnirch
By K.K. Kunst-Erzgiesserei Wien
Located in Newark, England
theme of Memento Mori, a visual reminder of mortality that was common in 19th century European art. The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Memento Mori - Contemporary, Woman, Polaroid, Interior, 21st Century, Color
By Lisa Toboz
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Memento Mori
2019 Edition 1/10 plus 2 Artist Proof, 20x25cm.
Digital Print based on a Polaroid
Category
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Archival Pigment, Polaroid
Memento Mori, Wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Unique sculptured wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria,
from around the 1920 ties,
extremely fine sculptured piece of Artisanal work,
looks like a real skull,
beautiful old patin...
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Fruitwood
Old or Antique Estate Bronze Skull Memento Mori Stick Pin with Glass Eyes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage Memento Mori stick pin.
With a figural bronze skull with glass eyes mounted on a
Category
20th Century Edwardian Brooches
Materials
Bronze
Memento Mori Late 17th Century Faux White Marble Child Skull Figure Sculpture
Located in Brescia, IT
This engaging sculpture of Memento Mori dated Late 17th Century, is part of a production of small
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta, Giltwood
Death Comes to the Table Memento Mori by Giovanni Martinelli c. 1670
Located in Milano, MI
Dipinto Italiano del 1600 Banchetto con Figure Memento Mori da Giovanni Martinelli, intitolato La
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oak
A Memento Mori in wood with Chrismon, monogram of Christ, Italy circa 1600.
Located in Milan, IT
A Memento Mori in wood with Chrismon, monogram of Christ. Valuable sculpture in fruit wood in
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
17th Century Memento Mori Vanitas Skull Old Master Oil Ex-Christie’s
Located in Yardley, PA
inclusion of this epigram serves as a direct moral exhortation to the viewer - an intellectual memento mori
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ring Band Memento Mori Style Divine Blue Enamel
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Puffy Silver Heart Necklace – White Diamond, Pearls, Sterling Silver, Blue Enamel Victorian Revival Pendant
Designer: J Dauphin
Category: Necklaces · Victorian Revival · Spiritual J...
Category
2010s Indian Victorian Band Rings
Materials
14k Gold, Gold Plate, Enamel
Large 19th Century Agate Cameo Memento Mori Ring
Located in Firenze, IT
Exceptional antique gold ring, with an agate cameo depicting a skull and a snake.
The work is probably Italian and dates from the first half of the 19th century.
Top size: 35mm
Fin...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Fashion Rings
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
19th Century Memento Mori Carved Skull
Cross Bones
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A well executed almost life size skull and crossbones pine carving, depicting the remembrance that we all will pass.
Likely a part of a larger religious carving, possibly placed a...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Antique Georgian Memento Mori Pocket Watch Key, Ca. 1800
Located in Rotterdam, NL
An exceptional antique Georgian pocket watch key, made of pink gold. The pink gold key is decorated and surrounded by detailed hollow curled figures on its border which features deli...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Georgian Pocket Watches
Materials
14k Gold
Cherubs Playing
, Angels, Amorini, Memento Mori, Naive, Baroque Religious Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An early eighteenth-century, Italian baroque figural oil showing a group of cherubs or Amorini grouped together before red velvet drapes, one reclining on a wooden cross and wearing ...
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
19th Century Vanitas Memento Mori Skull on Diamond Gold Oversize Ring
Located in Geneva, CH
The skull is antique circa 19th Century incredibly enameled on gold. The eyes are diamond rose cut.
It is magnificently adapted on a Snake yellow gold 18k ring mounting, the head wi...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Unknown Gothic Revival Fashion Rings
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
19th Century Funerary Funeral Hatchment Sir Henry Oglander Memento Mori Curio
Located in Lowestoft, GB
19th Century Funerary Hatchment for Sir Henry Oglander, 7th Baronet of Nunwell
Azure ground shows, a stork between three cross-croslets fitchee or, with Red Hand of Ulster canton of...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Canvas, Pine
French Contemporary Art by Claudie Baran - Memento Mori, Wrong and Right
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed technique, acrylic, tempera, ink & dry pastel
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
1817 Sgraffitoed Latin Memento Mori Pewter and Lead Glass Skull Tanker
Located in Lowestoft, GB
An interested continental pewter and lead glass tanker, dated 1817 with the initials "I B" incised in the lid.
The tanker is heavily Sgraffitoed with a Latin Verso, cartouches and...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century European Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pewter
19th Century Infants Coffin Casket, Carved Wood, Etched Glass, Memento Mori
Located in Lowestoft, GB
For sale a very rare early 19th century infants coffin carrier, this would of been housed on a horse and cart hearse. The casket has a decorative wrought iron edging two thirds of th...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Gothic Revival Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wrought Iron
Words to the Wise
, African American Memento Mori, Skeletons, Bay Area, Black
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed on palette, lower right, 'John Diallo Jones' (American, 20th century) and dated 1992.
A dramatic figural oil showing the artist flanked by two whispering skeletons, one of wh...
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Sword Limited Memento Mori 18K White Gold Titanium White Black Diamond Bracelet
Located in Houston, TX
Brand: Sword Limited
Gender: Unisex
Metal Type: 18K White Gold & Titanium
Length: 6.00 inches
Width: 10.35 mm
Weight: 25.75 Grams
18K white gold and titanium diamond bracelet....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Tennis Bracelets
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Titanium
$1,264 Sale Price
20% Off
1800s Carved Drapery Trompe l
oeil Panel Wall Relief Sculpture Memento Mori
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Late 19th century decorative wood panel, hand carved curtain relief.
Category
Antique 1890s American Late Victorian Religious Items
Materials
Oak
$1,440 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Late 19th C Memento Mori Calligraphy In memory of Maria Arthur Manchip Died 1899
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fantastically decorative pen and ink calligraphy composition celebrating the life of a Maria Arthur Manchip who dies 1899.
On paper, in a glazed period frame.
Age related discolo...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Post Medieval memento mori ring,
in god alone we too are one
circa 18th c
Located in London, GB
Post Medieval momento mori ring,'in god alone we too are one'. A rare ring, the exterior of the D
Category
Antique 17th Century Medieval Band Rings
Materials
Yellow Gold
Memento Mori Composition of Two Wooden Skulls, a Stag beetle and a Red Coral Bra
Located in Leuven , BE
The skull is composed out of light brown wood, with a metallic beetle holding a smaller replica of the wooden skull between its two front legs. On the top op de bigger skull a red co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Organic Material
Onyx Star Pendant Choker Necklace J DAUPHIN
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
chain. The design draws from memento mori tradition, symbolic geometry, and spiritual reflection
Category
2010s Indian Contemporary Chain Necklaces
Materials
Onyx, 14k Gold, Gold Plate, Brass
Crest Signet Skull Ring Silver with Emerald and White Diamond
By J DAUPHIN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
a carved skull seated within a heraldic crest, set with emerald and white diamonds
Memento Mori
Category
2010s Indian Victorian Signet Rings
Materials
White Diamond, Emerald, Silver, Sterling Silver
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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.