Vintage Bronze Loaves and Fishes Medal
Product Details
The Vintage Bronze Loaves and Fishes Medal carries one of the oldest pictures in Christian art. A ringed cross stands at the center with an ear of wheat rising inside the ring, two fish swim across the shaft below it, and a rounded basket sits at the left, all held within a border of raised beads.
Bread, fish and basket together are the shorthand the early Church used for the feeding of the five thousand, and for the Eucharist that miracle looks forward to. Christians who could not yet speak openly of the altar could draw a fish and a basket of loaves, and everyone who needed to understand did. The relief is shallow and the shapes are deliberately plain, which suits a sign meant to be recognized rather than admired, and it reads clearly at a glance.
The loaves and fishes 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 Loaves and Fishes Medal carries one of the oldest pictures in Christian art. A ringed cross stands at the center with an ear of wheat rising inside the ring, two fish swim across the shaft below it, and a rounded basket sits at the left, all held within a border of raised beads.
Bread, fish and basket together are the shorthand the early Church used for the feeding of the five thousand, and for the Eucharist that miracle looks forward to. Christians who could not yet speak openly of the altar could draw a fish and a basket of loaves, and everyone who needed to understand did. The relief is shallow and the shapes are deliberately plain, which suits a sign meant to be recognized rather than admired, and it reads clearly at a glance.
The loaves and fishes 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
