ITALY ITALIAN NAPOLI NAPLES NAPOLITAN PROMOTER CIRCLE MINIATURE MEDAL

17.7 (w/Loop) 15.2mm -1.55g

 The Neapolitan promoter club GB Vico - Naples Gilt bronze 17.7mm - 1.55gr. - R - Work: Giovanni Olivieri - Varesi n. 372. Obverse: CIRCOLO PROMOTORE PARTENOPEO GB VICO. NAPLES., Bust of Vico on the left. Under the bust: OLIVIERI. Reverse: Free field prepared for engraving, within an oak and laurel wreath knotted underneath.

 The Circolo Promotore Partenopeo Giambattista Vico was established in the city of Naples in 1870 on an initiative of Commendator Domenico Jaccarino, with the intention of Vico, Literary, Scientific, Industrial, Artistic. promote the study and dissemination of literature, science, industry and the arts. The club had the following name: Circolo Promotore Partenopeo Giambattista. Description of the Engraver: Giovanni Olivieri was a medal engraver of Neapolitan origin, active in the second half of the 19th century. The following have been mentioned about him: by Bartolotti, a medal for Pius IX in 1870 and by Forrer, a medal for the Pergolesi Musical Institute of Naples in 1874.