E-auction 648-660369 - fme_675117 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
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| Estimate : | 50 € |
| Price : | 39 € |
| Maximum bid : | 40 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 September 2025 21:07:20 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
Date: 1856
Metal : silver
Diameter : 38,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver PETIT Louis-Michel (1791-1844)
Weight : 25,23 g.
Edge : lisse + main ARGENT
Puncheon : main indicatrice (1845-1860) et ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène, légèrement irisée, notamment au revers. Des frottements dans les champs suite à un ancien nettoyage. Présence de quelques fines rayures et des coups dans les champs
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Terisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : FIDELITE. - BONHEUR..
Obverse description : Couple, vêtu à l’antique, prêt serment sur un autel orné d’un arc à trois cordes, d’un carquois et du flambeau de l’Hymen. Signé : PETIT F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : LP / 16 SEPTEMBRE 1856.
Reverse description : Initiales et légende d’une ligne gravées dans une couronne de fleurs.
Commentary
Exemplaire décerné aux initiales des époux : L et P.
example awarded with the initials of the spouses: L and P
example awarded with the initials of the spouses: L and P
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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