Memento Mori Ring, anonymous, c. 1640 - c. 1660 An enamelled gold ring with Memento Mori motifs. Central motif is an open book with a text from Phillipenzen 1-21: 'The life is my Christi, dying is my gain'. On the shoulder of the ring on the left a winged figure and on the right a skull with crossed bones. Below that a time glass/hourglass. On the inside of the ring is an inscription: 'Our life is a shadow on Aerde'. Northern Netherlands gold (metal). forging An enamelled gold ring with Memento Mori motifs. Central motif is an open book with a text from Phillipenzen 1-21: 'The life is my Chris
Memento Mori Ring, anonymous, c. 1640 - c. 1660 An enamelled gold ring with Memento Mori motifs. Central motif is an open book with a text from Phillipenzen 1-21: 'The life is my Christi, dying is my gain'. On the shoulder of the ring on the left a winged figure and on the right a skull with crossed bones. Below that a time glass/hourglass. On the inside of the ring is an inscription: 'Our life is a shadow on Aerde'. Northern Netherlands gold (metal). forging An enamelled gold ring with Memento Mori motifs. Central motif is an open book with a text from Phillipenzen 1-21: 'The life is my Christi, dying is my gain'. On the shoulder of the ring on the left a winged figure and on the right a skull with crossed bones. Below that a time glass/hourglass. On the inside of the ring is an inscription: 'Our life is a shadow on Aerde'. Northern Netherlands gold (metal). forging
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