{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-crowned-madonna-and-child-shrine-medal","title":"Vintage Bronze Crowned Madonna and Child Shrine Medal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis oval medal frames the Virgin and Child the way a shrine frames a statue. Mother and Son are both crowned, and behind them stands a whole small architecture: brick courses, a planked door, curtains looped back at either side, and a lamp burning above each curtain. The effect is a chapel niche carried in the hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing on the piece is lettered, so it speaks entirely through its imagery, and that imagery belongs to the venerated shrine images of Europe — the kind of statue that is crowned by decree, dressed by the parish and kept lit day and night. The crown belongs to Mary as queen and to her Son as king; the burning lamps belong to the people who keep watch in front of them, one generation handing the vigil to the next. The relief is cut deep enough that the figures stay readable at a small size.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crowned Madonna and Child 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in the USA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArtisan-cast from an antique original\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinished by hand, so every piece is subtly unique.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuy the medal alone, or add an optional chain or cord necklace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd a cord or chain to have it arrive assembled and ready to wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrives in a deluxe velour jewelry box\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Equatoria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48943644377273,"sku":"3c3-1053-B","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-1053-B.png?v=1787688781","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-crowned-madonna-and-child-shrine-medal","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}