Thanatopsis

Memento Mori ⁣⁣Ring. Size 7.
The inscription reads, "It is later than you think."⁣~ Currently only shipping to the USA. ~ Size 7 The top of the ring is a little over .5”⁣ x .5” Sterling silver, 24k gold, vitreous enamel Hand painted, torch fired, etched, hand fabricated The title of this piece is inspired by a poem of the same title by William Cullen Bryant. It was written in the mid 1800s, the same era when memento mori jewelry was at its most popular⁣So live, that when thy summons comes to join ⁣⁣⁣⁣The innumerable caravan, which moves ⁣⁣⁣⁣To that mysterious realm, where each shall take ⁣⁣⁣⁣His chamber in the silent halls of death, ⁣⁣⁣⁣Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, ⁣⁣⁣⁣Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed ⁣⁣⁣⁣By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, ⁣⁣⁣⁣Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch ⁣⁣⁣⁣About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣– William Cullen Bryant⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣Memento mori (“remember death”) jewelry of the 1800s was designed