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Mourning & Memento Mori Jewellery

Memento mori, mourning and sentimental jewellery from the Tudors to the Victorians: skull and death's head rings, Georgian memorial rings with urns and hairwork, posy rings engraved with love mottoes, and sentimental portrait rings. Jewels made to remember, and to be remembered by.

Swiss Enamel Hair Locket

Swiss Enamel Hair Locket

$15,500.00

Antique Tudor gold memento mori skull ring on dark blue velvet

Rare Tudor Memento Mori Ring

$85,800.00

c.1800 Georgian 18K Gold Hairwork, Enamel & Portrait Miniature Sentimental Ring

Georgian Sentimental Ring

$16,100.00

Early 18th Century Gold Posy Ring
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Early 18th Century Gold Posy Ring

Georgian Era Gold Memorial Ring
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Georgian Era Gold Memorial Ring

Antique Georgian Gold Hairwork Bracelet, c.1830
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Antique Georgian Hairwork Bracelet

Early 18th Century Queen Anne Memento Mori Ring, Dated 1706 Judd
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Queen Anne Memento Mori Ring

Medieval Gold Posy Ring, “A Ma Vie”, English, 14th Century
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Medieval Gold Posy Ring

Vintage Gold Posy Ring
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Vintage Gold Posy Ring

English 17th Century Posy Ring
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English 17th Century Posy Ring

Antique Grim Reaper Signet
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Antique Grim Reaper Signet

Early Georgian Skull Crystal Ring
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Early Georgian Skull Crystal Ring

Antique Gold Skull Signet Ring
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Antique Gold Skull Signet Ring

Unusual Georgian Memorial Ring
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Unusual Georgian Memorial Ring

Early Victorian Urn Mourning Ring
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Early Victorian Urn Mourning Ring

Victorian Diamond Urn Memorial Ring
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Victorian Diamond Urn Memorial Ring

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