Description: VINTAGE ITALIAN~SICILIAN~SIGNED~TERRACOTTA STATUE 1978 MINT COND.. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS Priority Mail. THIS IS A SIGNED HANDMADE TERRACOTTA STATUE FROM CALTAGIRONE, SICILY. 1978. IT MEASURES 14” HIGH AND IS 13” AT ITS WIDEST POINT. IT IS VERY DETAILED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION! I PURCHASED THIS TERRACOTTA IN 1978 ON MY VERY FIRST VISIT TO CALATGIRONE, SICILY. THE FAMILY I WAS VISITING SUGGESTED THAT THESE LOCALLY MADE TERRACOTTAS WERE THE BEST SOUVENIR THAT I COULD BRING HOME. THE PERFECT REMEMBRANCE OF THIS SMALL, CHARMING SICILIAN TOWN WHERE BOTH FRANK SINATRA AND DEAN MARTINS FAMILIES WERE FROM. ON MY LAST DAY MY FRIENDS PRESENTED ME THIS THIS TERRACOTTA STATUE OF AN AUTHENTIC MAFIA MAN. I HAD PURCHASED THREE TERRACOTTAS FOR SOUVENIRS BUT HAD NEVER SEEN THIS UNIQUE REPRESENTATION IN ANY OF THE STORES. THE ORIGINAL MAFIA WERE PEASANTS WHO ROAMED THE HILLS OF SICILY...WITH GUNS. THE GUN ON THIS STATUE HAS BEEN REPAIRED BUT NOT NOTICEABLY (PHOTO 11) ~ OTHERWISE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION! IF YOU VISIT SICILY TODAY YOU WILL FIND VERY FEW TERRACOTTA STATUES. A BIT OF A DYING ART. THIS STATUE IS SIGNED BY THE ARTIST ON THE BASE. LILLO NICOTZA. IT IS ALSO HALLMARKED CALTAGIRONE. A GREAT MANTEL OR BOOKCASE PIECE FROM ITALY THAT DEPICTS A GENUINE MAFIA MAN AT THE INCEPTION. WOW! LOOK HOW FAR THEY’VE EVOLVED! NOW THEY WEAR BRIONI AND RUN LARGE CORPORATIONS! CHECKOUT MY OTHER BEAUTIFUL AND UNIQUE TREASURES FROM MY TRAVELS AT SELLERS OTHER ITEMS. YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED!
Price: 179 USD
Location: San Antonio, Texas
End Time: 2024-02-07T23:41:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: 19.5 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Subject: Men
Theme: Italian
Year Manufactured: 1978
Model: STATUE
Brand: SIGNED
Origin: Italy
Type: Figurine
Color: Terracotta
Original/Reproduction: Vintage Original
Material: TERRACOTTA
Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
Production Technique: Pottery
