Vintage Bronze Virgin in Profile Medal, French
Product Details
The Vintage Bronze Virgin in Profile Medal is one of the most designed pieces in the vintage line. Our Lady appears in profile within a raised central roundel, veiled and looking down, a plain disc halo behind her. Around that portrait the field opens into a six-pointed star of beaded bands studded with small domed bosses, all of it held by a smooth outer rim.
The profile is what makes it unusual. Most Marian medals face her forward; here the modelling is portrait-like, the way a French medallist of the period would cut a head, and the beaded star gives that quiet face a setting rather than a frame. The effect is closer to a rose window than to an ordinary devotional medal, and the French original it follows was made for people who wanted both at once.
The Virgin in Profile 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 Virgin in Profile Medal is one of the most designed pieces in the vintage line. Our Lady appears in profile within a raised central roundel, veiled and looking down, a plain disc halo behind her. Around that portrait the field opens into a six-pointed star of beaded bands studded with small domed bosses, all of it held by a smooth outer rim.
The profile is what makes it unusual. Most Marian medals face her forward; here the modelling is portrait-like, the way a French medallist of the period would cut a head, and the beaded star gives that quiet face a setting rather than a frame. The effect is closer to a rose window than to an ordinary devotional medal, and the French original it follows was made for people who wanted both at once.
The Virgin in Profile 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
