fme_1055347 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage
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Type : Médaille de mariage
Date: 1864
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MONTAGNY Jean-Pierre (1789-1862)
Weight : 11,91 g.
Edge : lisse + Abeille ARGENT
Puncheon : Abeille (1860 - 1880) ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Patine sombre hétérogène, présentant quelques points d’usure
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Prêtre bénissant un couple, vêtu à l’antique, agenouillé devant un autel sous un dais (pallium) tenu par deux enfants de choeur. Cierges en position 3. Signé : MONTAGNY. F.
Reverse
Reverse legend : M.. C.. / J.. F.. / 6 AOUT 1864.
Reverse description : Initiales et millésime gravés dans une couronne de feuillages et de fleurs.
Commentary
Médaille décernée aux époux : M. C. et J. F.
Medal awarded to the spouses: MC and J. F
Medal awarded to the spouses: MC and J. F
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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