fme_692647 - LOVE AND MARRIAGE Médaille de mariage, Couple antique
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Type : Médaille de mariage, Couple antique
Date: 1889
Metal : silver
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver MONTAGNY Jean-Pierre (1789-1862)
Weight : 17,9 g.
Edge : gravée G.Z. A.V. UNIS LE 30 SEPT. 1889 + corne + ARGENT
Puncheon : Corne (1880 -)
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire nettoyé, des frottements dans les champs. Présence de quelques coups et rayures, notamment sur la tranche
Catalogue references :
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 devant un autel orné d’une couronne et d’un flambeau, signé : MONTAGNY. F..
Reverse
Reverse legend : ZV.
Reverse description : Initiales gravées dans une couronne de fleurs.
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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