{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-st-anthony-and-the-child-jesus-medal","title":"Vintage Bronze St. Anthony and the Child Jesus Medal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Vintage Bronze St. Anthony and the Child Jesus Medal shows the saint in the hooded Franciscan habit, knotted at the waist, wearing the wide tonsure and carrying the Child Jesus high on his arm while the Child reaches up toward his face. A spray of lilies rises behind his shoulder, and the modelling is deeply undercut around the two heads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe habit, the Child and the lilies together are the familiar attributes of St. Anthony of Padua, the Franciscan preacher asked above all for what has been lost, whether that is a set of keys, a patience, a person or a way back. The Child in his arms comes from the night a host looked through a doorway and saw the Infant Jesus resting on the book Anthony was reading. Nothing is lettered on the piece; the whole of it is modelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe St. Anthony 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":48943619768505,"sku":"3c3-1175-B","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-1175-B.png?v=1787688773","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-st-anthony-and-the-child-jesus-medal","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}