E-auction 657-679340 - fme_731725 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
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| Estimate : | 28 € |
| Price : | 25 € |
| Maximum bid : | 25 € |
| End of the sale : | 17 November 2025 20:34:40 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
Date: 1870
Metal : silver
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver Petit
Weight : 15,92 g.
Edge : gravée : M.S. E.B. UNIS LE 28 MAI 1870 + abeille ARGENT
Puncheon : Abeille (1860 - 1880) ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire nettoyé, frottements dans les champs et traces d’oxydation. Présence de coups et rayures
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Terisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : FIDÉLITÉ BONHEUR.
Obverse description : Un couple, vêtu à l’antique, prête serment sur un autel orné du flambeau de l’Hymen, d’un carquois et d’un arc à trois cordes.
Signature en bas à gauche : PETIT F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : SB.
Reverse description : Initiales S et B encerclées dans une couronne fermée de roses .
Commentary
Exemplaire dédié aux initiales des époux : M. S. et E. B..
example dedicated to the initials of the spouses: MS and EB
example dedicated to the initials of the spouses: MS and EB
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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