Regency Momento Mori Gold Skull Ring (likely modified from the original) gold easter egg satin and velvet tooled leather

satin and velvet tooled leather box

possibly 12 carat although may be 9 carat with a higher carat wash)

no heat or not

slight ding on reverse which is not seen when worn

Regency Momento Mori Gold Skull Ring (likely modified from the original) gold easter egg satin and velvet tooled leatherDescription: A very cool little Georgian ring worn as a reminder of ones own mortality! It came to us exactly like this from a good, retiring dealer around 15 years ago but looking at it now we can't say that it started out life exactly as is. The main body of the ring is dead right for early Georgian and is testing as high carat gold, the skull is encased under a thin piece of glass we'd prefer this to be a sliver of rock crystal and its likely that