[99] 17th Century Memento Mori Ring
This strange and beautiful memento mori ring is from the collection of the ashmolean museum at the university of oxford.
[93] 17th Century Memento Mori Ring . Memento mori rosary german 1500 1525 ivory silver and partially gilded mounts. Showing a woman s face on one side and an enamelled skull on the other this late 17th century gold ring is meant to serve as a reminder that the wearer will one day die. In the european devotional literature of the renaissance the ars moriendi memento mori had moral value by reminding individuals of their mortality.
In the late 16th and through the 17th century memento mori rings were made during the same period there emerged the artistic genre known as vanitas latin for emptiness or vanity. Shop 17th century rings at 1stdibs the premier resource for and other period jewelry from the world s best dealers. Memento mori jewelry translates to remember thou must die a reminder to all to live life fully as death awaits.
1742 early georgian mourning ring the ring head with a memento mori death s head motif beneath faceted quartz crystal the shank bearing the inscription ann cruttenden ob. Late renaissance memento mori skull ring. Memento mori rings w.
The central cut crystal rests in front of a charming skull and crossbones motif while the shoulders are adorned with deep rose cut diamonds.