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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 410326, member: 5833&quot;]Here is some of Caruso&#039;s work:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]142918[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]142919[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The imagery of the medal looks to me like it references his mature artistic style.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caruso was a respected ceramicist who had a long life &amp; career.&nbsp; It is not surprising that someone would have made a medal for him.&nbsp; As INH suggested, possibly a souvenir made to go with a retrospective exhibit of his work.&nbsp; It is quite usual to put the name of the subject on a portrait medal.&nbsp; One way of doing this, as with the Toscanini medal in the thread I pointed out to you, is to include a replica of the subject&#039;s signature.</p><p><br /></p><p>While the making of medallions is not entirely unrelated, we have no evidence Caruso ever turned his hand to this form.&nbsp; Living in the same time period as a political leader does not mean you are necessarily such an enthusiastic supporter of that leader that you would feel impelled to make a medal in celebration.&nbsp; What evidence do you have that Caruso was ever a Fascist?&nbsp; Because of my interest in cameos, I look at coins and medals fairly often.&nbsp; The vast majority of heads/busts are presented in profile, and these are about 50/50 right- and left-facing.&nbsp; Usually I refer people here to point out that left-facing cameos are not rare, so not worth more.&nbsp; I refer you to point out that not one of the right-facing profiles is Mussolini.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know what the Fascist &#039;beam&#039; is, only the fasces, which was also used as a symbol of Imperial Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think it was a very creative explanation, completely without reasonable support.&nbsp; There is a saying: When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras.</p><p><br /></p><p>It actually interests me more that someone scratched the name Nino Caruso in cursive script on the back when the name is already on the front, so not needed for identification.&nbsp; It was not easy to do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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