{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-flower-and-st-anthony-medal","title":"Vintage Bronze Flower and St. Anthony Medal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe front of the Vintage Bronze Flower and St. Anthony Medal is a single deep blossom, its broad petals folded around a knotted center with one leaf turned under, modelled so fully that the flower forms the whole outline of the piece. The reverse is flat and quiet by comparison: a haloed figure in a friar's habit holding a small child against his shoulder, Saint Anthony of Padua and the Christ Child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony was the Franciscan preacher whose sermons emptied the towns of northern Italy into the fields to hear him, and the child in his arms comes from the night a host looked in and saw the Christ Child standing on his open book. He is invoked for what has been lost, keys and patience and faith and people, and his medals were among the most commonly carried in Catholic Europe. At three quarters of an inch this one is easy to keep close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe medal was faithfully reproduced from an antique original and cast in the USA using a traditional fine-detail casting process that preserves its 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":48943434662073,"sku":"3c3-749-B","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-749-B.png?v=1787688714","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-flower-and-st-anthony-medal","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}