fme_717574 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Couple antique
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Type : Médaille de mariage, Couple antique
Date: n.d.
Metal : gold plated silver
Diameter : 34,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MONTAGNY Jean-Pierre (1789-1862)
Weight : 17,50 g.
Edge : lisse + abeille ARGENT
Puncheon : Abeille (1860 - 1880) ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène, des frottements dans les champs. Petite usure
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Terisse
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 faux pour l’homme et d’un fuseau avec le fil pour la femme, signé : MONTAGNY. F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Couronne de fleurs.
Commentary
Exemplaire non décerné.
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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