'Little Mussolini' Pottery figure
Sandro Vacchetti
'Little Mussolini' a Rare Pottery Figure, 1937
In questionable taste, the figure of Little Mussolini, modelled as a small boy, with blond hair and frowning face, wearing a peaked, black beret, turquoise neckerchief and a small drum attached to a belt around his waist, his hands behind his back holding an axe.
Standing pigeon toed on circular black base
Marked on base; 'Essevi' S.Vacchetti Made in Italy No !7
14 1/2in (37cm) h.
Condition: One inch chip on bottom edge of base

Benito Mussolini was often depicted with an axe because he adopted the ancient Roman symbol, the ' fasces', a bundle of rods with a protruding axe head, as the emblem for Italian Fascism to symbolize state power, authority, and national unity,.
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