Live auction - fme_943704 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de Mariage, Paix de Lunéville (1801)
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 85 € |
| Maximum bid : | 111 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 October 2024 14:50:00 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Médaille de Mariage, Paix de Lunéville (1801)
Date: 1809
Metal : silver
Diameter : 41,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Engraver ANDRIEU Jean-Bertrand (1761-1822) / JOUANNIN Julien-Marie (1780-1813)
Weight : 33,08 g.
Edge : gravée : - UNIS LE 3 JUIN 1809 -
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Médaille nettoyée, traces de frottement, traces d’oxydation
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 : ALT.
Reverse description : Couronne de roses entourant le monogramme des époux.
Commentary
Médaille décernée au monogramme des époux : ALT.
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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