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Marriage Forever Medal
Oscar Roty (French, 1846–1911)
French
1895
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 4.1cm (1 5/8in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number1977.733
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medals
DescriptionA circular medal, commemorating marriage.
Obverse: Man seated on rock at proper left placing a ring on the finger of a vieled woman seated on a rock at proper right, within a landscape; inscribed on rock at proper right "O ROTY/1895" and in exergue "SEMPER".
Reverse: Tree at proper right before a monument of Eros standing on a pedestal, with hills and water at proper left; uninscribed.
Obverse: Man seated on rock at proper left placing a ring on the finger of a vieled woman seated on a rock at proper right, within a landscape; inscribed on rock at proper right "O ROTY/1895" and in exergue "SEMPER".
Reverse: Tree at proper right before a monument of Eros standing on a pedestal, with hills and water at proper left; uninscribed.
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed on rock at proper right "O ROTY/1895" and in exergue "SEMPER".
ProvenanceBy 1977, anonymous collector; 1977, lent by anonymous collector to the MFA; 1977, given by this anonymous collector to the MFA. (Accession date: October 12, 1977)