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We are celebrating the Halloween with a variety of spooky timepieces and jewelry item! Watchismo has a nice little feature on Mary Queen of Scots' skull-shaped silver watch which had her own head chopped off, she had this bone silver skull watch made.

About Mary Queen of Scots
Mary I is popular known as Mary Queen of Scots and was also known as queen scots of France. And best-known Scottish monarchs. She was put on trial for treason by a court of about 40 noblemen and being implicated in the Babington Plot and sanctioned the attempted assassination of Elizabeth. Mary denied the accusation and was spirited in her defense.One of her more memorable comments from her trial was "Remember Gentlemen the Theatre of history is wider than the Realm of England"


According to watchismo site. It is believed Mary gave this watch as a gift to Mary Seaton, one of her maids of honor. The skull is of silver gilt and is engraved with lines of Horace, figures of Death with his scythe and hourglass, Adam and Eve, and the Crucifixion. The lower part of the skull is pierced to emit the sound when it strikes, being cut in the form of emblems of the Crucifixion. The works occupy the brain's position in the skull fitting into a silver bell which fills the entire hollow of the skull The hours are struck on this bell by a small hammer on a separate train..

[via watchismo]