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1610 - automaton and clock. This incredible automaton features a beautiful clock underneath the skull cap. Over the course of a few minutes the mandible opens, then snaps shut all of a sudden. The snakes in two eye sockets alternately emerge and retreat. Created in 1610 by Nicolaus Schmidt der Junger
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Black and white enameled gold pendant, German, ca. 1660 Photo © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Exquisite ivory rosary with gilded silver chain - germany, c.1500-1525
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English Victorian Memento Mori Ivory- Mid 19th Century-A well carved human skull on a vertebrae plinth, malacca shaft and horn ferrule.-H. 3 ½” x 2 ¼”, OL. 36 ¾” $1,500-$2,500
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Each bead of the rosary represents the bust of a well-fed burgher or maiden on one side, and a skeleton on the other. The terminals, even more graphically, show the head of a deceased man, with half the image eaten away from decay. Such images served as reminders that life is fleeting and that leading a virtuous life as a faithful Christian was key to salvation.
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A skull and a watch both represent the passage of time. This example in verge silver is from around 1780.
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skullandbone: 123lespetitespages: (via antler season - Sharon Santoni) skull wall
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