GEORGIAN GOLD AND BLACK ENAMEL MEMENTO MORI RING

Ca. AD 1800. > A broad gold band ring enamelled in black, depicting a skeleton and an hourglass, the motifs reserved in gold against the dark ground. Engraved on the interior is the moralising inscription "Vertu passeth riches" in cursive script. > For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number AF.1614. > Size: D:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 6.1g > Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Munich, Germany in the 1990s. > This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. > >

Estimación:€2,372.12

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