Regency Momento Mori Gold Skull Ring (likely modified from the original) gold easter egg the engraving has a mixture

the engraving has a mixture of Georgian and Victorian styles but it's hard to say for sure as we're not totally up on our German silver

no heat or not

possibly 12 carat although may be 9 carat with a higher carat wash)

18ct yellow gold with (most likely Italian or European anyway) 750 mark

Description: A substantial brooch by renowned maker Ben Rosenfeld (his work is featured in the Victoria & Albert museum)

Regency Momento Mori Gold Skull Ring (likely modified from the original) gold easter egg the engraving has a mixtureDescription: A very cool little Georgian ring worn as a reminder of ones own mortality! It came to us exactly like this from a good, retiring dealer around 15 years ago but looking at it now we can't say that it started out life exactly as is. The main body of the ring is dead right for early Georgian and is testing as high carat gold, the skull is encased under a thin piece of glass we'd prefer this to be a sliver of rock crystal and its likely that