{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-st-anne-teaching-the-virgin","title":"Vintage Bronze St. Anne Teaching the Virgin","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze St. Anne Teaching the Virgin is an openwork medal built around a lesson. St. Anne sits with a book before a small standing girl who faces her, the two set beneath a canopy of lilies crowned by a cross, with beaded scrollwork framing the scene and a banner across the base lettered \u003cem\u003eSte ANNE\u003c\/em\u003e, Saint Anne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe child at her knee is the Virgin, and this is the scene that gave \u003cstrong\u003eSt. Anne\u003c\/strong\u003e her place as patroness of mothers, grandmothers and teachers: the mother of Mary teaching her daughter to read the scriptures her Son would one day fulfil. Medals in this form were carried home from her great shrines at Sainte-Anne-d'Auray in Brittany and Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre in Quebec, and the pierced work keeps a generous piece feeling light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe medal was faithfully reproduced from an antique French 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":48943638315193,"sku":"3c3-1073-B","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-1073-B.png?v=1787688779","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-st-anne-teaching-the-virgin","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}