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Science: Italy, Alessandro Volta (1745-1827), inventor of the battery, centenary of the invention, an impressive large cast bronze medal, 1899, by Giovanni Lomazzi (1853-1925), signed on truncation, bust r., legend with dates, rev. ornate plaque inscribed A VOLTA, with wreath, legend around, I TELEGRAFISTI D'OGNI NAZIONE NEL PRIMO CENTENARIO DELLA PILA, 94mm. (BDM III, 457), a splendidly sculptural medal in high relief, unobtrusive solder-mark on top edge, extremely fine and extremely rare
Giovanni Lomazzi was born in Antignate in the province of Como. He served two apprenticeships, at the foundry of Giuseppe Speluzzi and the laboratorio di cesello Michieli. Having worked in Venice he moved to Milan in 1883 to open his own "fonderia artistica e studio di cesello G. Lomazzi".
(Estimate: 150-200 GBP)