GREEN HEAD

Beautiful ceramic earrings handmade and hand painted in Caltagirone Sicily Italy by local artisans embellished with coral, pearls and volcanic stone. Brass hook.

These cute little faces have an interesting story worth reading.

History of the Testa di Moro

The Moor's Head, a symbol of Sicily, has its origins in an ancient legend dating back to around 1100 when Sicily was under Muslim rule. One day, a Moor strolling through Palermo saw a young woman tending the plants on her balcony and fell in love with her beauty, and she reciprocated his affection. But later she discovered that he had to return to his homeland, where his wife and children were waiting for him. Desperate and mad with rage, that night, as soon as her lover fell asleep, she murdered him and cut off his head. With the Moor's Head she made a vase and planted basil, which she placed on her balcony. The plant, watered every day with the young woman's tears, grew and grew, becoming the envy of the neighbours, who imitated her by making vases in the shape of a head that soon filled the balconies of the city.