This essay discusses genuine medieval Jewish marriage rings, mostly dated to the fourteenth century, and then examines the rise in the collecting of Jewish marriage rings in the nineteenth century. As a result of the paucity of genuine medieval examples, forgers created rings that drew on characteristics of the early examples and on the decorative forms and techniques of other types of jewelry. Unscrupulous dealers then sold the forged marriage rings to collectors eager to complete their collections by including a Jewish example. The essay concludes with a consideration of possible motives for acquiring Jewish marriage rings.

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英国第一位犹太结婚戒指及其经销商的收藏家：对于玛格丽特·奥林（Margaret（Peg）Olin）来说，他对犹太艺术一直有新奇而独特的见解

本文讨论了真正的中世纪犹太结婚戒指（主要是14世纪），然后考察了19世纪犹太结婚戒指收藏的兴起。由于缺乏真正的中世纪典范，伪造者利用早期典范的特征以及其他类型珠宝的装饰形式和技术创造了戒指。然后，不道德的商人将伪造的结婚戒指卖给了渴望通过加入一个犹太人的例子来完成其收藏的藏家。本文的最后考虑了购买犹太结婚戒指的可能动机。