fme_1009405 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
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Price : 35.00 €
Type : Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver DROPSY Emile (1848-1923)
Weight : 6,43 g.
Edge : lisse + Corne 1ARGENT
Puncheon : corne 1ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Jolie patine grise hétérogène. Faible usure
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Un couple d’époux, vêtus à l’antique se dirige vers un autel à droite, où brûle un feu. En arrière plan, un paysage de campagne. Signé : E. Dropsy. Losange à l’exergue.
Reverse
Reverse legend : FIDELITE / BONHEUR.
Reverse description : Un amour assis à droite, inscrit sur une stèle la légende “fidélité bonheur”, au dessus de la stèle deux colombes donnent du bec. Signé : E. Dropsy.
Commentary
Médaille non décernée.
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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