fme_1055345 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage
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Type : Médaille de mariage
Date: 1866
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MONTAGNY Jean-Pierre (1789-1862)
Weight : 11,92 g.
Edge : gravée : J. GRIFEUILLE A. BOURDIN UNIS LE 1.ER X.BRE 1866 + Abeille ARGENT
Puncheon : Abeille (1860 - 1880) ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène, légèrement irisée. Coups sur la tranche
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 : BG.
Reverse description : Monogramme gravé dans une couronne de feuillages et de fleurs.
Commentary
Médaille décernée aux époux : Grifeuille et Bourdin.
Medal awarded to the spouses: Grifeuille and Bourdin
Medal awarded to the spouses: Grifeuille and Bourdin
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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