Live auction - fme_610874 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de Mariage, Paix de Lunéville (1801)
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Live starting : Type : Médaille de Mariage, Paix de Lunéville (1801)
Date: 1810
Metal : silver
Diameter : 41,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver Pingret
Weight : 31,67 g.
Edge : inscrite : G. J. BOURQUIN. E. A. MARQUIS. LE 19. FEVRIE. 1810.
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Patine grise hétérogène. Traces d’un ancien nettoyage dans les champs
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Deux époux, face à face, vêtus à l’antique, prêtent serment devant un autel gothique. Au centre, derrière l’autel, l’Hymen avec deux amours accroupis, brandit une couronne
Signature au pied de l’autel : ANDRIEU F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONOGRAMME (MB).
Reverse description : Couronne de roses.
Commentary
La médaille est aux noms des époux : Bourquin et Marquis pour le 9 février 1810.
The medal bears the names of the spouses: Bourquin and Marquis for February 9, 1810
The medal bears the names of the spouses: Bourquin and Marquis for February 9, 1810
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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