Memento Mori Inspiration

Memento mori (Latin: "remember that you have to die") is the medieval Latin theory and practice of reflection on mortality, especially as a means of considering the vanity of earthly life and the transient nature of all earthly goods and pursuits.
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Antique Sapphire and Diamond Signet Rings - 2,408 For Sale at 1stDibs
1stdibs | Important Memento Mori Skull Ring ' Today Me Tomorrow Thee'
Gold enamelled and jewelled fade-ring
Inside the ring is a legend and a "memento-mori", possibly Flemish mid 16th c.
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The Skeleton, Norwich Cathedral. Thomas Gooding who asked to be buried standing upright to ease his step into the next world.
Enamelled gold ring, the bezel in the form of a skull and cross-bones in a border of rubies with an enamelled rosette behind, two marks 'CC' and 'AL[?]' in a monogram. Europe, 1550-75.
Rosary Terminal Bead with Lovers and Death's Head | North French or South Netherlandish | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rosary Terminal Bead with Lovers and Deaths Head
Medium Aevum - Rosary, ca. 1500–1525 German Ivory, silver,...
head skull Rosary, ca. 1500–1525 German
Ancient to Medieval (And Slightly Later) History
Medieval Silver-Gilt Skull Ring, c. 16th Century... at Ancient & Medieval History
Estate Jewelry: The Horror
18k gold with a carved agate skull surrounded by rose- and old-cut diamonds and black enameling, with hallmarks for London 1852. But as if that weren’t good enough, there’s an interior inscription on the ring that adds another fascinating layer of history: Inscribed “James Dixon Obit 1852,” it memorializes James Dixon, a well-known English silversmith and founder of the family firm of James Dixon & Sons.
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18th Century Georgian hand hammered 22k gold&diamonds Memento Mori Skull ring.
Memento mori, designs by Gilles Légaré for memento mori rings from his Livre des ouvrage d'orfevrerie 1663, British Museum
Memento mori, designs by Gilles Légaré for memento mori rings from his Livre des ouvrage d'orfevrerie 1663, British Museum
English Victorian Memento Mori Ivory- Mid 19th Century-A well carved human skull on a vertebrae plinth, malacca shaft and horn ferrule.