Salvo Mug by Patrizia Italiano – Octopus

Handmade white ceramic from Sicily

Patrizia Italiano is a renowned Italian artist and ceramist, whose work is a true celebration of Sicily, her homeland and her main source of inspiration. Patrizia Italiano lives in Sicily, Italy, between Palermo and Filicudi, one of the Aeolian Islands.

She draws her inspiration from Sicilian landscapes, its history and its people. She is famous for her anthropomorphic vases, the famous Sicilian Moor’s Heads, which she reinterprets with great humour and a modern twist, giving them the names of Sicilian merchants.

Here we have Salvo, the octopus seller.

High-temperature glazed art ceramic, very sturdy and with colours that will not fade.

They are all differents!

Ancient engraving -board of Natural History in colour nineteenth century

Memento Mori sculpted from a deck of cards - Poker 

Size M

RED color

Anatomy - Antique chart by D'Orbigny - 1869

In colors

Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History

The Skull and its Octopus

The skull is made of tamarind wood and the octopus is carved from deer antler, an assembly of carved pieces of deer antler. Articulated jaws and deer antler teeth.

Origin: Indonesia

Sold WITHOUT glass bell

Ex-Voto heart in clay by Cuore di Argilla 

Italy crafts - Made in Venice

A contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional ex-voto, originally a votive offering made to a god in request of a grace or in thanks for a grace obtained after a vow.

Botany plate by Michel Etienne Descourtilz

From the Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles ou histoire naturelle des plantes usuelles des colonies françaises, anglaises, espagnoles et portugaises.

Published in 1827/1833

Painted engraving from the 19th century

Papuan dagger in engraved cassowary bone

Papuan handicraft

Ref B

Carved swordfish rostrum: Unique piece

Skulls motifs

Indonesian craftsmanship

BLONDE heartsease flower in hair

Souvenir in hair in the Victorian manner of 19th century funerary reliquaries, mourning memories

Artistic work carried out by the Maison Vaillant since 2023 in Rambouillet

Natural History Board 

Oeuvres du comte de Lacépède, comprenant l'histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares, des serpents, des poissons et des cétacés: accompagnées de 150 planches gravées sur acier, représentant au moins 500 animaux.

Published in 1836 by P.Duménil, Publisher in Paris

Snakes - Zoology

Color plates, watercolor and gummed engraving.

Board size: 22x13.5cm (In-8)

Atlas of descriptive anatomy of the human body

Anatomy board

By Doctors Bonamy and Paul Broca

Draftsman: Emile BEAU

Published on July 1st 1854

Hair tattoo - Reproduction in hair of a prisoner’s tattoo from the 19th century.

Souvenir in hair in the Victorian manner of 19th century funerary reliquaries, mourning memories

Artistic work carried out by the Maison Vaillant since 2023 in Rambouillet

Reproduction of the tattoo of Pierre Joseph Cethier, former soldier and farmer, in prison in 1877.

Anatomical plate: "L'Anatomie de L'Homme" by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob -1837/1843

Deer antler sculpture - Totem with 3 octopuses on pedestal

Material : Antler

Origin: Indonesia

Cup by Patrizia Italiano – Octopus – Handmade white ceramic from Sicily – Large model Salvo

Handmade white ceramic from Sicily

Patrizia Italiano is a renowned Italian artist and ceramist, whose work is a true celebration of Sicily, her homeland and her main source of inspiration. Patrizia Italiano lives in Sicily, Italy, between Palermo and Filicudi, one of the Aeolian Islands.

She draws her inspiration from Sicilian landscapes, its history and its people. She is famous for her anthropomorphic vases, the famous Sicilian Moor’s Heads, which she reinterprets with great humour and a modern twist, giving them the names of Sicilian merchants.

High-temperature glazed art ceramic, very sturdy and with colours that will not fade.

They are all differents!