E-auction 649-663053 - fme_764083 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille, Unis à jamais
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| Estimate : | 65 € |
| Price : | 42 € |
| Maximum bid : | 42 € |
| End of the sale : | 22 September 2025 20:51:40 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Médaille, Unis à jamais
Date: 1884
Metal : silver
Diameter : 39 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver PETIT Louis-Michel (1791-1844)
Weight : 24,66 g.
Edge : lisse + corne ARGENT
Puncheon : corne ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Frottements au revers. Petite usure sur certains reliefs
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la Collection Terisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : UNIS A JAMAIS.
Obverse description : Couple vêtu à l’antique se donnant la main, avançant vers une statue de l’Hyménée, posé sur un piédestal, qui tient un flambeau. Derrière la statue, un jeune chêne est enlacé avec un arbuste. L’épouse dépose une colombe aux pieds de la statue. Signature à gauche : PETIT INV. ET F. .
Reverse
Reverse legend : J. BIGAUT / M. LEUVRAIS / 8 JUILLET / 1884.
Reverse description : Légende gravée en 4 lignes dans une couronne fermée de roses.
Commentary
Cette médaille est décernée aux noms des époux : Bigaut et Leuvrais.
This medal is awarded in the names of the spouses: Bigaut and Leuvrais
This medal is awarded in the names of the spouses: Bigaut and Leuvrais
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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