Charm Necklace - Skull and Jack

Big yellow ring holds a small skull, with a cross dangling below.

This is a skull and jack charm necklace. Skull imagery has been used in jewelry and art for centuries as a memento mori, a reminder of mortality, and it carries different meanings in different traditions. Long chain leads to a dark ring that cradles a smaller circle of yellow metal. Inside it, a small pale skull hangs from linked rings. A tiny plain cross swings at the bottom, and the whole arrangement hangs vertically.

Compact, solemn and surprisingly well organized.