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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 121 € |
| Maximum bid : | 127 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 November 2023 17:20:53 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Bénédiction Nuptiale
Date: 1891
Metal : gold plated silver
Diameter : 36,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver ERDMANN Adolf (1815-1905)
Weight : 21,41 g.
Edge : gravée : corne ARGENT + ALFRED TIRVEILLOT CELINE VARRAZ UNIS LE 28 AVRIL 1891
Puncheon : corne ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Médaille dorée, présentant une jolie gravure au revers. Faible usure
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : BÉNÉDICTION NUPTIALE.
Obverse description : Couple placé de part et d’autre d’un autel portant une flamme et décoré d’une guirlande, béni par un personnage voilé au centre au centre, derrière l’autel, sous une arcade. L’époux glisse un anneau au doigt de son épouse. Signé : L B TT.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CV.
Reverse description : Cinq anges volant au dessus d’un médaillon gravé, posé sur deux rameaux fleuris. Les anges tendent un voile et dispersent des fleurs. Signé : ERDMANN INV..
Commentary
Médaille, conservée dans son écrin rouge à feutrine bleue, décernée au monogramme de l’épouse : CV, et aux noms des époux : Tirveillot et Varraz.
Historical background
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
It was customary in the past to give a treizain during the wedding mass. This treizain was blessed and signified entry into a community of property for the married couple. The treizain, which later became a medal or wedding token, was so called in honor of Jesus Christ and the twelve apostles. This practice continued until the first half of the 20th century. The reference work on the subject is the work of Jules Florange, Love and marriage in numismatics, Moulins, 1936 now replaced by that of Henri Térisse, La Numismatique du Mariage, Argenton-sur-Creuse 2008.
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