E-auction 611-590400 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
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Type : Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
Date: 1897
Metal : gold plated silver
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver Petit
Weight : 15,48 g.
Edge : Gravée : P. CORDIER J. MUSSEL UNIS LE 21 AVRIL + Corne ARGENT + 1897.
Puncheon : corne ARGENT
Coments on the condition:
Médaille astiquée, présentant de l’usure sur les reliefs. Quelques rayures sont visibles ainsi petits coups sur la tranche et des traces d’usure sur les hauts reliefs
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Médaille provenant de la collection Terisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : FIDÉLITÉ BONHEUR.
Obverse description : Un couple, vêtu à l’antique, prête serment sur un autel orné du flambeau de l’Hymen, d’un carquois et d’un arc à trois cordes. Signature en bas à gauche : PETIT F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : CM.
Reverse description : Couronne de feuillages et de fleurs avec en son centre le monogramme des époux.
Commentary
Médaille avec le monogramme et les noms des époux : CM, Cordier et Mussel.
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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