{"product_id":"1830-first-communion-certificate-jeannette-rossignol-notre-dame-de-bourg","title":"Antique 1830 First Communion Certificate | Basset Engraving, Paris | Notre-Dame de Bourg | Jeannette Rossignol","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fine early 19th-century French \u003cstrong\u003eFirst Communion certificate\u003c\/strong\u003e dated \u003cstrong\u003e21 March 1830\u003c\/strong\u003e, issued at the church of Notre-Dame de Bourg to a young girl named \u003cstrong\u003eJeannette Rossignol\u003c\/strong\u003e and signed by her parish priest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe certificate is a \u003cstrong\u003ecopperplate engraving\u003c\/strong\u003e headed in script \u003cem\u003e“Précieux souvenir si vous êtes fidèle”\u003c\/em\u003e (“A precious keepsake, if you remain faithful”). The scene shows a priest holding the chalice before a draped canopy and tall candlesticks, flanked by two clergy in surplices, with a row of girls in white veils and dresses kneeling at the altar rail, while their parents look on from either side beneath the tall arched windows of the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath the image, the printed text is completed by hand in brown ink:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Jeannette Rossignol a fait sa 1re Communion dans l’Église de N.-D. de Bourg le 21 du mois de Mars de l’Année 1830”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(“Jeannette Rossignol made her First Communion in the Church of Notre-Dame de Bourg on the 21st of March in the year 1830”)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt bears the flourished signature of the \u003cem\u003ecuré\u003c\/em\u003e. Publisher’s line: \u003cstrong\u003e“à Paris chez Basset, rue St Jacques N° 64 – Déposé”\u003c\/strong\u003e, the well-known Parisian house of devotional and popular prints. Notre-Dame de Bourg is most likely the collegiate church of Notre-Dame in Bourg-en-Bresse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA family pair:\u003c\/strong\u003e a companion certificate for \u003cstrong\u003eCécile Rossignol\u003c\/strong\u003e, almost certainly Jeannette’s sister, who received her First Communion in the same church on the very same day, signed by the same priest but printed from a different Basset plate, is also available in our shop – a rare chance to reunite two sisters’ keepsakes from 1830.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e engraved and hand-completed First Communion certificate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Basset, rue Saint-Jacques 64, Paris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21 March 1830\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e French\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e sheet approx. 14.5 × 16.5 cm (5.7 × 6.5 in), laid on a card mount approx. 17.5 × 21 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e good; age toning, a small rust-coloured spot at left, uneven deckled edges, firmly mounted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn evocative piece of French Catholic family history, nearly two centuries old. The item you receive is the exact one pictured.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacra Relics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59226342523215,"sku":null,"price":59.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1035\/5556\/3855\/files\/1830-first-communion-certificate-jeannette-rossignol-basset-engraving.jpg?v=1792710014","url":"https:\/\/sacrarelics.com\/products\/1830-first-communion-certificate-jeannette-rossignol-notre-dame-de-bourg","provider":"Sacra Relics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}