Vintage Memento Mori Style Enamel Skull Stick Pin With Diamond Eyes Vintage Forget me nots and Ivy

Forget me nots and Ivy were a popular combination in the Victorian era

It would look perfect on the end of a white gold chain and is complete with London hallmarks on the loop

MEASURES: Height 23mm x Width 22mm x Depth 8mm

ITEM NUMBER: 21-489

substantial chain and is complete with its original clasps

Vintage Memento Mori Style Enamel Skull Stick Pin With Diamond Eyes Vintage Forget me nots and IvyA wonderful Memento Mori style stick pin from the late 20th Century topped with a silver skull painted in white enamel and set with two sparkling old mine cut diamond eyes (approx. 0. 06ct each). Such macabre imagery was common in Memento Mori jewellery, which literally translates as Remember you will die. The pieces were commonly decorated with skulls, crossbones, and coffins but the morbid themes were not a celebration of death, rather a reminder to