Skulls in jewelry and watches
Given that beginning of time, it’s been used as an emblem of mortality, victory, the ultimate phrase Memento Mori.
Prolonged sooner than Nazis turned the death-head into an emblem of concern and bikers and rockers a attract for dishonest dying, the skull represented the contemplation of eternity.
In Elizabethan England, it was an emblem of bawds, rakes and sexual journey. It’s an emblem males, particularly, have always cherished to paint, carve, cast, and placed on.
Prime to bottom:
Renaissance-style gilt verge watch, c. 1880, with engraved decide of Chronos inside, supplied for $5,000 at Sotheby’s London in December 2010.
Silver skull-form watch with matching fob chain, late nineteenth century, supplied at Sotheby’s New York in 2008 for $3,438.
Pirate Robe Set (pair of cufflinks and three studs) by Michele della Valle of 18kt white gold, silver, bone, ruby and diamond, est. $3,000-5,000, supplied for $18,750 at Sotheby’s New York on February 2, 2011.
Skull cufflinks by Deakin & Francis of diamonds in 18kt white gold with retractable ruby-set eyes, supplied for $10,625 in February 2010 at Sotheby’s New York.
Stickpin skull with hinged jaw, made in France, c. 1867, of gold, enamel and diamond, supplied for $19,570 at Sotheby’s London in 2003.
“For the Love of God” by British artist Damien Hirst, cast in platinum from the skull of an individual who lived from 1720 to 1810, encrusted with 8,601 diamonds, and priced at $99 million in 2007.
Skull ring and matching earrings of carved coral, pavé diamonds, and 18k white and blackened gold, supplied for $12,840 at Christie’s Hong Kong in 2007.
White gold cufflinks with diamond eyes by Ralph Lauren, priced at $10,995.
Attraction bracelet by Michele della Valle of carved coral skulls with emeralds, rubies and diamonds set in gold, supplied for $23,760 at Sotheby’s Geneva in 2010.
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