GEORGIAN MEMENTO MORI SKULL AND CROSSBONES ARMORIAL WAX SEAL MATRIX

Soon to be listed to Metal Corset II is this late 1700s early 1800s French memento mori armorial wax seal matrix depicting a skull and crossbones inside a shield topped with a winged helmet flanked by the initials H V G.

Most likely a 1700s early 1800s Freemason seal which gained its root from the traditions of the York Rite Chivalric Orders.

Here's an interesting link on the history of memento mori symbolism and Freemasonry:
http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/skull-bones.html