A Quite Wonderful 18thC Carved Oak & Iron Mounted Memento Mori Doorstop Carved as a Human Skull sub-Art & Sculpture This rather long-winded and bureaucratic

This rather long-winded and bureaucratic ecclesiastical Latin is essentially detailing a Papal dispensation for the wealthy Grassi family to have a particular mass for their dead

the stone does have wear commensurate with its age and exposure to the elements

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A hornfish of natural bigness

A Quite Wonderful 18thC Carved Oak & Iron Mounted Memento Mori Doorstop Carved as a Human Skull sub-Art & Sculpture This rather long-winded and bureaucraticOrigin: English Period: Anne George I George II Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1700 50 Depth: 10 Height: 9 or 11 with handle Width: 7 The unique oak Momentum Mori door stop, being carved in the round as a slightly larger than life sized human skull mounted with an iron ring handle to the top and with a beautiful primitive iron strap repair, the whole with a superb patination and outstanding colour surviving from early Georgian period England. The items