Vanitas Brass Pendant with Bow Ring Painted image of a skull

Painted image of a skull resting on white lilies

This is the final resting place for those who cannot afford personal burial places or those who are unclaimed

Each phases has a small white moonflower shaped glass bead hanging from it

the pendant has a miniature painting depicting a human skull on top of two books indicating the beginning and the end

Vanitas Brass Pendant with Bow Ring Painted image of a skullInspired by 17th century vanitas paintings, the pendant has a miniature painting depicting a human skull in a bed of lily of the valley with a golden pocket watch. Vanitas paintings were still lifes that used symbols of knowledge, pleasure, wealth and inevitability of death. Pendant measures 2. 75 x 1. 75 inches and includes a 19 inch matching decorative brass chain.