fme_1055204 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Couple antique
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Type : Médaille de mariage, Couple antique
Date: 1885
Metal : gold plated silver
Diameter : 34,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MONTAGNY Jean-Pierre (1789-1862)
Weight : 17,69 g.
Edge : gravée : 21 FEVRIER 1885 + corne ARGENT
Puncheon : main indicatrice (1845-1860) et ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée à la patine grise et un peu sombre
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : L’époux à gauche, l’épouse à droite, vêtus à l’antique, se serrent la main devant un autel orné d’une couronne et d’un flambeau, accosté d’une houe pour l’homme et d’une quenouille sans fil pour la femme, signé : MONTAGNY. F. .
Reverse
Reverse legend : AC.
Reverse description : Couronne de fleurs entourant un monogramme.
Commentary
Médaille décernée au monogramme des époux : LC.
Medal awarded with the spouses' monogram: LC
Medal awarded with the spouses' monogram: LC
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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