Vintage Memento Mori Style Enamel Skull Stick Pin With Diamond Eyes Pearl

Vintage Memento Mori Style Enamel Skull Stick Pin With Diamond Eyes PearlA wonderful Memento Mori style stick pin from the late 20th Century topped with a silver skull painted in white enamel and set with two sparkling old mine cut diamond eyes (approx. 0. 06ct each). Such macabre imagery was common in Memento Mori jewellery, which literally translates as Remember you will die. The pieces were commonly decorated with skulls, crossbones, and coffins but the morbid themes were not a celebration of death, rather a reminder to

25ct total) and six blue sapphires (approx

ITEM NUMBER: 22-210

It’s considered a stone of the heart and is symbolic of passion and enduring love

Case (Dated 1909)

wires) x Width 10mm x Depth 10mm

SIZE: K (UK) - 5 ¼ (USA) - This ring can't be re-sized

It dates to the late 19th Century and has remined in pristine condition

desired for their enchanting rainbow of vibrant colours that shimmer and intensify with the light

MARKS: 925/ sterling & Maker’s mark

scalloped border

50ct each – 6

Insect jewellery grew in popularity at the turn of the 20th Century due to a renewed love of the natural world following the vast urbanisation of the country and were often decorated with colourful gemstones to enhance their beauty and value