Thursday, June 5, 2014

MEMENTO MORI SKULL AND CROSSBONES WITH TEMPUS FUGIT CARNELIAN INTAGLIO WAX SEAL FOB


This is a magnificent memento mori Georgian intaglio wax seal fob.  It has a finely carved carnelian matrix depicting a skull and crossbones with an hourglass (tempus fugit) indicating, "Time Is Short or Time Flees".

Latin words:
Memento:  translates to REMEMBER
Mori:  translates to DIE.

REMEMBER YOU MUST DIE.

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