Carnevale dell Vecchie. All'Infaticabile Collega Forchieri Pietro coadiuvato dai Soci Giuseppe Giovetti e Antonio Bellei, Maestri economisti nell'Arte Culinaria, che anche in Questo 2° esperimento Gastronomico hanno Saputo manenere alta la fama da essi gia acquistata . In segno di ammirazione alcuni Colleghi Offrono

Modena: Circolo Tipografico Modenese, 1894. Broadside Calligraphic Manuscript.  398 x 49 mm., [15 ½ x 19 ½ inches].   Written in red and black ink, with lettering highlighted with gold and blue.  Capital letters enhanced with flourishes in red ink and with a corner piece in purple ink with a small watercolor of a chef dressed in a ceremonial toque against a blue background.  The paper was folded in fours, some discoloration caused by age at the edges, one small tear to left margin.  The certificate has pin holes in the four corners where the paper was pinned to a wall board.  The name "Pietro" is written on a small piece of paper and pasted over what must have been a mistake.  Very good condition.

An Award of Merit for Giuseppe Giovetti and Antonio Bellei, masters of the culinary arts and colleagues of the master chef Pietro Forghieri, the patriarch of the Forghieri family of Modena.  Modena was and still is, the center of "cuisine Italiano "and this award was given to Giovetti and Bellei for maintaining a high standard of the art and during the second "Esperiemento Gastronomico" which took place in 1894. 

A lovely survival of this Award of Merit.  Rare.  Not cited in any of the gastronomic bibliographies, ICCU or OCLC..

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