fme_625049 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage
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Price : 22.00 €
Type : Médaille de mariage
Date: 1878
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MONTAGNY Jean-Pierre (1789-1862)
Weight : 11,03 g.
Edge : gravée : 26 X.bre 1878 + abeille ARGENT
Puncheon : Abeille (1860 - 1880) ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire anciennement nettoyé. Des frottements dans les champs. Une petite usure sur les reliefs
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la Collection Terisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Couple vêtus à l’antique devant un autel orné d’une couronne et d’un flambeau.
Reverse
Reverse legend : BG.
Reverse description : Initiales gravées dans une couronne végétale.
Commentary
Exemplaire aux initiales des époux et présentant la date de l’union sur la tranche 26 décembre 1878.
example with the initials of the spouses and the date of the union on the edge: December 26, 1878
example with the initials of the spouses and the date of the union on the edge: December 26, 1878
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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