LOT 606 Post Medieval Gold Memento Mori Skull Ring
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Dated 1697 AD. A gold 'memento mori' finger ring with keeled profile, low-relief skull to the outer face, italic inscription to the inner face 'M. Henshaw ob 15 June 97æta 69' and maker's mark 'I·C' (perhaps John Cam of London"). See Jackson, Sir C.J. English Goldsmiths and Their Marks, London, 1921. 2.34 grams, 18.52mm overall, 15.79mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9) (1/2"). Private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK; acquired prior to 2000; previously in an old jewellery collection; by repute from the Moore Hall estate, Old Harlow, Essex.
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