ENGLISH, 17TH CENTURY A SKULL POMANDER Silver; an apple opening and containing a skull; the apple with bite marks and an inscription reading 'A.D. 1628/ From Man/ Came Woman/ From Woman/ Came Sin/ From Sin/ Came Death'; the interior of the apple with silver-gilt cavity; the skull crowned with a wreath, and containing a miniature depicting Christ leading the souls out of Limbo with the inscription 'Post mortem, vita/ Ooeternitas'; set in a leather-box Skull: 2 in. (5 cm.) long; apple 3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high Provenance Possibly, King James II of England. Ralph Bernal (1784-1854). Bernal Collection, Christie's London, 23rd April 1855, lot 3506. Lord Londesborough. With Mrs How, London, mid-20th century.
ENGLISH, 17TH CENTURY A SKULL POMANDER Silver; an apple opening and containing a skull; the apple with bite marks and an inscription reading 'A.D. 1628/ From Man/ Came Woman/ From Woman/ Came Sin/ From Sin/ Came Death'; the interior of the apple with silver-gilt cavity; the skull crowned with a wreath, and containing a miniature depicting Christ leading the souls out of Limbo with the inscription 'Post mortem, vita/ Ooeternitas'; set in a leather-box Skull: 2 in. (5 cm.) long; apple 3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high Provenance Possibly, King James II of England. Ralph Bernal (1784-1854). Bernal Collection, Christie's London, 23rd April 1855, lot 3506. Lord Londesborough. With Mrs How, London, mid-20th century.
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