Vintage Memento Mori Style Enamel Skull Stick Pin With Diamond Eyes Blue Zircon ITEM NUMBER: 23-862

ITEM NUMBER: 23-862

It’s been skilfully painted with a rich palette of colours to replicate the famous Renaissance painting “Portrait of a young woman” from the 1400s

WEIGHT: 11

METAL: Silver/ Gold Gilt (Tested)

The Mano Figa is an Italian hand gesture dating back thousands of years

Vintage Memento Mori Style Enamel Skull Stick Pin With Diamond Eyes Blue Zircon ITEM NUMBER: 23-862A 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