EUROPEAN, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY OR LATER | JEWISH MARRIAGE RING

The closest parallel to this ring is a Jewish wedding or betrothal ring located in the New York Jewish Museum identified as 15th or 16th century (inv. no. M45). However, such betrothal rings were frequently copied during the 18th and 19th centuries and the present example is likely to date to a later period of history.

RELATED LITERATURE

Vivian B. Mann, “The First English Collector of Jewish Wedding Rings and their Dealers,” Images: A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture, vol. 11, no. 2,December 2018, pp. 177-185