18th century religious medallion

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Found this tonight in the same area where I have found numerous 18th century buttons and the 1794 bale seal. Based on that and the dark green patina Im calling this 18th century. Ecce Homo(behold the man) and mater salvatoris( our saviors mother). Any opinions on age welcomed

 

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Hi , After the war of the Austrian Succession between the Catholic and Protestant powers The Pope in 1749 started to sanction Catholic Medals and many of the common ones remained unchanged in shape and design for 200 years.The best known is the Protect Me From Evil St Benedict or The Devill Chasers . FOUND MOSTLY ON ROSARY BEADS . Often keep with family bibles which could be 250 years old Hope this helps TP

 

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Hi , In 1719 the Transportation Act was passed which allowed British Convicts to be deported to the North America Many of the convicts were rather under desirables like poor Catholic Irish and Petty Criminals. Used as indentured labour. I do believe this happened in Maryland .May that the story of your find TP

 

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Some of Marylands first settlers were Catholic but its founders welcomed Protestants and I believe they in fact comprised the majority of the earliest settlers. There were Virginians already settled on Kent Island at the founding of the Maryland colony and this led to a lot of conflict in Marylands earliest beginnings. Hard to say how this got in this field as I dont think there were many Catholics in Maryland especially on the Eastern Shore but your right definitely more around here than elsewhere in the colonies

I agree. Although the province or colony of Maryland was tolerant and accepting of Catholics, their numbers still appear to have been a low minority compared to the Anglicans and non affiliated. I have been doing quite a bit of ancestral research on my families and others in 18th century Maryland, and the material existing on the Catholics compared to the rest is not large. That is a very interesting find, and unlike the many other, and apparently later, Catholic medallions I have seen posted here. HH