{"product_id":"vintage-bronze-stella-maris-star-border-medal-small","title":"Vintage Bronze Stella Maris Star Border Medal, Small","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Stella Maris medal is a small round piece with a wide border of pointed stars raised all around the rim, so the whole thing reads as a night sky. Within it the Virgin stands upon the water, her hands joined and rays about her head, the sea worked in low horizontal lines beneath her feet, her title divided to left and right of the figure: \u003cstrong\u003eSTELLA MARIS\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStar of the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the oldest of Mary's titles, sung in the hymn \u003cem\u003eAve Maris Stella\u003c\/em\u003e since at least the ninth century and carried ever since by sailors, fishermen, emigrants and anyone making a crossing. The star is the fixed point you steer by when the water gives you nothing else, which is the whole of the devotion in one image. At three quarters of an inch it wears easily every day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Stella Maris 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":48943588311225,"sku":"3c3-1280-B","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/3c3-1280-B.png?v=1787688764","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/vintage-bronze-stella-maris-star-border-medal-small","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}