Black pine cone with decorated foot handmade by Terrecotte del Sole with Sicilian decoration in blue and red.
Height 45 cm
The pine cone , the fruit of the pine, has always and in various civilizations contained within itself the symbolic meanings of life force, immortality, divinity, linked to the tree that generates it together with those of fertility and regenerative force for the seeds it contains. Sicilian popular tradition believes that it is a good omen to give pine cones to display in the home as a wish for health and good luck to the family who lives there.