Memento Mori imagery has been with us for millennia—and it didn’t vanish in the modern age. This Edwardian-era stickpin features a hinged skeleton who can dance at the shoulders and hips, a bit of dark humor meant to jolt the wearer (and viewer) into remembering life’s fragility. The original owner may have appreciated the irony even more once antibiotics came along.
MATERIALS: gold fill, enamel
AGE: c. 1910
CONDITION: Very good - comes in its original fitted box
SIZE: 2 5/8" total length, 3/4" x 1/4" skeleton