Title
Memento Mori Bead, by Unknown (1825, c.)
Description
"This is an ivory memento mori, depicting a male head, a female head, and a skull conjoined. First this bead appears to have be made in the first half of the 16th century, but is made in the 19th century in France, probably Paris." (Description from the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, London, UK,
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O106332/memento-mori-bead-unknown/, Archived in:
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http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O106332/memento-mori-bead-unknown/, Archived in:
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Creator
Unknown
Source
Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, London, UK.
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O106332/memento-mori-bead-unknown/
Museum number: 216-1867
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200715001555/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O106332/memento-mori-bead-unknown/
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O106332/memento-mori-bead-unknown/
Museum number: 216-1867
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200715001555/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O106332/memento-mori-bead-unknown/
Date
1825, c.
Format
Carved elephant ivory.
Dimensions: 5.5 cm
Dimensions: 5.5 cm
Item Relations
Item: Back to back with Death, by several authors (1500, c.) | Is related to | This Item |
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