Vintage Bronze Grotto Madonna Medal with Two Shields
Product Details
The Vintage Bronze Grotto Madonna Medal is an arched plaque with a scene on each face. The front is a grotto: a veiled woman with a rayed halo stands among rough rocks with her hands joined, and a small heraldic shield fills each upper corner, one holding a winged warrior with his weapon raised over a fallen form, the other an armoured figure carrying a banner.
The reverse holds a second apparition scene, a robed figure with arms spread wide and a great rayed nimbus behind the head, standing on the rocks above a small kneeling witness. No lettering was cast into either face, so the whole medal speaks through relief alone, soft and deep in the manner of an old French plaque. That silence suits the subject, since what happens at a grotto is something seen rather than something said, and the shields at the corners set the vision under the guard of heaven's soldiers.
The grotto Madonna medal was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves the medal's vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
Product Details
The Vintage Bronze Grotto Madonna Medal is an arched plaque with a scene on each face. The front is a grotto: a veiled woman with a rayed halo stands among rough rocks with her hands joined, and a small heraldic shield fills each upper corner, one holding a winged warrior with his weapon raised over a fallen form, the other an armoured figure carrying a banner.
The reverse holds a second apparition scene, a robed figure with arms spread wide and a great rayed nimbus behind the head, standing on the rocks above a small kneeling witness. No lettering was cast into either face, so the whole medal speaks through relief alone, soft and deep in the manner of an old French plaque. That silence suits the subject, since what happens at a grotto is something seen rather than something said, and the shields at the corners set the vision under the guard of heaven's soldiers.
The grotto Madonna medal was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves the medal's vintage character.
- Made in the USA
- Artisan-cast from an antique original
- Finished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.
- Buy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace
- Add a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear
- Arrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box
