Live auction - fme_731028 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille, Mariage de la paroisse de St-Jean-en-Grève
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
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| End of the sale : | 24 June 2025 15:19:26 |
Type : Médaille, Mariage de la paroisse de St-Jean-en-Grève
Date: (1780)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 43 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 35,59 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Jolie exemplaire à la patine marron avec une petite usure sur certains reliefs. Présence de quelques fines rayures
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Terisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : LA RELIGION ET LES MOEURS. // À L’EXERGUE : MARIAGE DE LA PAROISSE / DE ST JEAN EN GREVE / FONDE L’AN 1780..
Obverse description : Couple agenouillé et se tenant les mains devant une allégorie féminine de la Religion, assise sur des nuages et tenant une croix. Signé : B. F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : POUR / RECOMPENSER / ET PERPETUER / LA CONNOISSANCE / ET LA PRATIQUE / DE LA RELIGION / CHRETIENNE.
Reverse description : Légende en 7 lignes horizontales dans une courone de laurier et palme.
Commentary
La médaille a gardé un demi cerclage en métal doré.
Diamètre sans le cerclage : 41,5 mm.
Un exemplaire similaire est visible dans les collections du Musée Carnavalet.
The medal has retained a half-circle in gilded metal. Diameter without the circle: 41.5 mm. A similar example can be seen in the collections of the Carnavalet Museum
Diamètre sans le cerclage : 41,5 mm.
Un exemplaire similaire est visible dans les collections du Musée Carnavalet.
The medal has retained a half-circle in gilded metal. Diameter without the circle: 41.5 mm. A similar example can be seen in the collections of the Carnavalet Museum
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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