fme_625063 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage
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Price : 25.00 €
Type : Médaille de mariage
Date: 1873
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MONTAGNY Jean-Pierre (1789-1862)
Weight : 11,30 g.
Edge : lisse + abeille ARGENT
Puncheon : Abeille (1860 - 1880) ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Beaux reliefs à l’avers. Des frottements dans le champ du revers
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. Signé : MONTAGNY.F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : AC / 10 MAI 1873..
Reverse description : Initiales et date gravés dans une couronne de fleurs.
Commentary
Exemplaire aux initiales des époux pour le 10 mai 1873.
example with the spouses' initials for May 10, 1873
example with the spouses' initials for May 10, 1873
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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