Brass Bottega Incisioni di Cesare Giovanelli Indian Buffalo Belt Buckle

[wingless]

Here are images of my brass Bottega Incisioni di Cesare Giovanelli Indian buffalo belt buckle. This was my father's who has passed several years ago.

The belt buckle brass has black ink rubbed into the engraving, then a clear lacquer coating applied to both sides.

This is 3" wide by 1-7/8" tall by 1/16" thick. The mass is 55.4 grams.

This is new and unused.

It looks to me from the signature format that this might have been by the artist, Cesare Giovanelli, instead of by his students.

My guess is this was done in the 1980's.

Is there any feedback on this belt buckle or the artist? Thank you!

 

[wingless]

This is the artist's web site.

Bottega Incisioni di Cesare Giovanelli

 

[Roger Bleile]

If the buckle was engraved by Cesare Giovanelli it would be signed "C. Giovanelli, Inc." Inc. is the abbreviation for insisore which is Italian for engraver. In my experience, work signed "Bottega C. Giovanelli" (from the studio of Giovanelli) is either work by students or mass produced work on guns like the Beretta Silver Pigeon line. The mass produced work is usually roll die impressed. Your buckle looks hand engraved. The nature of the engraving leads me to believe that it is student work.