No. 98710653

Rome 1960 - Olympic Games - Olympic torch
No. 98710653

Rome 1960 - Olympic Games - Olympic torch
Official 1960 Rome Summer Olympics torch, constructed of bronzed aluminum, measuring 15.5″ in length and 3.75″ at its widest point, manufactured by the Curtisa firm of Bologna. The torch’s designer, Amedeo Maiuri, was a renowned Italian archaeologist famous for his studies of the Roman site of Pompeii. Inspired by the designs and patterns of the host city’s ancient ruins and monuments, the torch is grooved with slender conical fluting along its candlestick frame, features consistent with the classical touch of the 1960 Games. The torch platform bears the engraving, “Giochi della XVII Olympiade,” and maker’s marks, “M. F.—Curtisa—Bologna, 1292,” can be found inscribed on the bottom of the handle,
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