Antique Memento Mori Meerschaum Skull Pipe
Large size memento mori Meerschaum skull pipe. Probably German. C. 1900.
Meerschaum tobacco pipe, bowl carved in the form of highly detailed human skull resting on the outstretched palm of a ruffle cuffed hand.
Highly characterful and decorative display piece.
Good period condition.
Comes in later leather pouch.
L: 22 cm / Skull H: 7 × W: 4.5 cm
Memento mori (Latin for "remember (that you have) to die") is an artistic or symbolic trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death. The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity and Christianity, and appeared in funerary art and architecture from the medieval period onwards. The most common motif is a skull, often accompanied by bones.
Large size memento mori Meerschaum skull pipe. Probably German. C. 1900.
Meerschaum tobacco pipe, bowl carved in the form of highly detailed human skull resting on the outstretched palm of a ruffle cuffed hand.
Highly characterful and decorative display piece.
Good period condition.
Comes in later leather pouch.
L: 22 cm / Skull H: 7 × W: 4.5 cm
Memento mori (Latin for "remember (that you have) to die") is an artistic or symbolic trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death. The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity and Christianity, and appeared in funerary art and architecture from the medieval period onwards. The most common motif is a skull, often accompanied by bones.
Large size memento mori Meerschaum skull pipe. Probably German. C. 1900.
Meerschaum tobacco pipe, bowl carved in the form of highly detailed human skull resting on the outstretched palm of a ruffle cuffed hand.
Highly characterful and decorative display piece.
Good period condition.
Comes in later leather pouch.
L: 22 cm / Skull H: 7 × W: 4.5 cm
Memento mori (Latin for "remember (that you have) to die") is an artistic or symbolic trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death. The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity and Christianity, and appeared in funerary art and architecture from the medieval period onwards. The most common motif is a skull, often accompanied by bones.