Connecting the past to the present, a very special sterling silver skull ring with its own historical story, often called a death's head mourning ring, pumpkin head skull ring, memento mori ring … a modern casting of a 1713 British mourning band.

- symbolism - 
In heraldry, a skull is symbolic of mortality.
Memento mori - remember you must die, the hour will not be known.

Hand crafted from an early 18th century, late Stuart era (1603 - 1714) death's head skull mourning ring.   Your ring will have all of the rustic antique wonderfulness of the original ring from which it was cast but will be blank on the inside of the ring. See the original gold band in the last photo.

- approximate ring band width - 1/8" (3mm)
- half round band at thickest - 1mm
- photographed next to a matchstick for scale
- ring metal - solid sterling silver, oxidized to show detail
- select US ring size - see the drop down box for availability
- this ring is available in US ring sizes 4 - 10
- if your preferred ring size shows sold out please select the last option "made to order" and let me know your ring size 4 - 10 and I will make it for you
- made to order rings can take up to 4 - 5 weeks before shipping

The original 18th century British death's head mourning ring was a token of remembrance given to selected family and friends at the funeral or burial of G.H. to commemorate his or her life, who left this world on 9 March in 1713, near the end of Queen Anne’s reign over Great Britain and Ireland and the end of the Stuart period (1603 to 1714).

With this ring you’ll receive the details of the original ring, some information about mourning rings, and insight into life in 1713 England.  The last photo depicts the original 1713 gold mourning band - not available for purchase.

Find the 14k gold mourning ring here.

Find the matching memento mori skull bangle bracelets here.

The antique boxes in the photos are for display and are not included with the ring.

Impressed with history!

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