fme_740489 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
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Type : Médaille de mariage, Fidélité et Bonheur
Date: n.d.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver Petit
Weight : 15,83 g.
Edge : lisse + lampe
Puncheon : Lampe (1832 - 1841)
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire nettoyé, patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient 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 : ML.
Reverse description : Initiales M et L encerclées dans une couronne fermée de roses .
Commentary
Exemplaire attribué aux initiales des époux M et L.
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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