E-auction 675-712689 - fme_749029 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
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| Estimate : | 85 € |
| Price : | 45 € |
| Maximum bid : | 46 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 March 2026 20:35:20 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
Date: 1875
Metal : silver
Diameter : 39 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver PETIT Louis-Michel (1791-1844)
Weight : 25,09 g.
Edge : Gravée : 1.ER FEVRIER 1875. + Abeille ARGENT
Puncheon : Abeille (1860 - 1880) ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Patine sombre et hétérogène. Présence de traces d’usure à l’avers, au revers et sur la tranche. Traces d’un ancien nettoyage
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. Il n’y a pas d’accent sur les lettres E de FIDELITE.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CM.
Reverse description : Couronne de feuillages et de fleurs avec en son centre le monogramme des époux : CM.
Commentary
Médaille avec le monogramme des époux : CM.
Medal with the spouses' monogram: CM
Medal with the spouses' monogram: CM
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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