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{
    "localId": "6897",
    "label": "Jewish Marriage Ring",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2386"
}

{
    "id": "6897",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2386",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Jewish Marriage Ring",
    "description": "Rings of this type were made especially for Jewish wedding ceremonies, during which the groom would place one on the bride's middle finger. The filigree and enamel floral ornaments are characteristic of this type of ring. Elaborate examples could also be adorned with a complete miniature gabled building, thought to represent Solomon's temple or a synagogue. (The connection between the new husband and wife and their future life together is compared to a building in the Torah.) Here, this motif is reduced to a gabled rooftop covered with blue enamel. This roof opens up to one side and reveals a gold plate inscribed in Hebrew with the first letters of \"Mazel tov\" (Good luck).",
    "provenance": "Melvin Gutman, New York, by 1969; Sale, The Melvin Gutman Jewelry, Part V, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 May 1970, lot 111, p. 39 [illus.]; Zucker Family Collection, New York, 1970, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2021, by gift.",
    "date": "17th-18th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.2386",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "rings",
        "jewelry"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_IL.2001.10.7_Clsd_TR_T05II.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_IL.2001.10.7_Clsd_TR_T05II.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_IL.2001.10.7_Clsd_TR_T05II.jpg",
    "imageCount": 13,
    "pageCount": 13,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 4.6,
            "height": 2.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall H: 1 13/16 x W: 1 1/16 in. (4.6 x 2.7 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "Engraved on interior hinged plaque under gabled roof: [first two Hebrew letters of the words “Mazel Tov”]",
    "med": "gold, blue enamel",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6985"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "1954",
        "2227"
    ]
}

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    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_IL.2001.10.7_Opn_TR_T05II.jpg",
    "mediaId": "5dfde14731b2be91"
}