Bi-Face skull - Half face and half skeleton
Carving on deer antlers - Memento Mori
Bi-Face skull - Half face and half skeleton
Carving on deer antlers - Memento Mori
On one side the intact face, on the other the skeletal face. In the end we all end up like this!
Memento Mori : Latin locution meaning "Remember that you will die".
In order to remind proud and power-hungry men of their common fatal fate: death.
During the triumph of a Roman general, the slave on the chariot holding the laurel wreath said the famous phrase reminding him of his condition of mere mortal: "Memento mori". In order to remind him to keep his feet on the ground...
Material: Carved antler - Blackened wood base
Provenance: Indonesia
Total height: 9.5cm Diameter of the base: 3.8cm
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Boule de Nancy - Genuine Mars Vulnerary Ball - Steel Ball
This iron-containing ball was once considered a miracle cure for many ailments and injuries.
The Nancy Ball is sold individually, without a jar
Unavailable today
Ball of Lapis-Lazuli from Afghanistan
Ref: Y92
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Memento Mori - Fan - Ref B02
Sculpture on buffalo bone
184: Helleborus orientalis - Lenten Rose
Real framed and calligraphed Herbarium
Ex-Voto heart in clay by Cuore di Argilla - Zodiac
Italy crafts
A contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional ex-voto, originally a votive offering made to a god in request of a grace or in thanks for a grace obtained after a vow.
Madagascar sawyer ammonite - Cleoniceras fern ammonite
Cleoniceras fern ammonite
100 million year old fossil
"Tarnier" Forceps - COLLIN: french manufacturer of surgical instruments
Memento Mori - Fan - Ref B01
Sculpture on buffalo bone
Megalodon tooth fossil - Otodus megalodon
12.6cm
Indonesia
Fossil shark tooth
Dragon Stone
Septaria egg of Madagascar
Crow on base - Corvus corone
Perfect in a cabinet of curiosities, a masterpiece!
168: Hydrangea arborescens Annabelle
Real framed and calligraphed Herbarium
Bi-Face skull - Half face and half skeleton
Carving on deer antlers - Memento Mori
