Jewish Betrothal Ring
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 1938
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.8 cm
- Presented by
- Viscount Bearsted through The Art Fund
Within the Jewish community, betrothal rings were common in south Germany from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.
They were often given by the fiancé to his bride-to-be one year before the marriage and were normally too big to wear regularly. Inside the container which sits atop the ring is a Hebrew inscription which reads 'Good Luck.' The bezel has been styled after Romanesque synagogues.
Provenance
Mrs Holbrooke, Bladon Castle; Christies, 1938.