Decoration of vine shoot in sections

Female anthropomorphic head adorned with fruit

Have you ever wondered why there is a Sicilian tradition of making majolica plant-holder heads

burst into the house declaring his love for her

later being useful at night for quenching thirst

Testa di moro media frutta uomo H 26 cm Teste Decoration of vine shoot inThe tradition of making plant holders in the shape of a head comes from a legend according to which a young girl from Palermo cut off the head of her beloved Arab, having failed to convince him to stay by her side forever in the city of the golden basin. Then, to make the memory of her only love "sacred", she planted basil in the head, which, having grown lush, would have aroused the envy of the neighbors, who had terracotta heads made to grow the