Description

Keep your small items organized or decorate with a bit of Jamestown history.

This 4.5″ square ceramic trinket dish bears a representation of an original artifact, a skeleton seal. Known as a memento mori, it served as a reminder not to focus on earthly pleasures or accomplishments but on the afterlife to come. In the intricate scene on this silver seal found in 2005, a skeleton holds an hourglass in his left hand, representing the passage of time, and an arrow in his right, symbolizing the shortness of life. The owner of this seal had the initials “L F”, seen above the hourglass.

The original artifact is currently on display in the Voorhees Archaearium Museum at Jamestown.