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Le Pupe (Dolls)
This item, consisting of a doll-shaped bottle, well dressed and ruddy, belong to the tradition of Grottaglie of the 19th century. The "mustached doll" recalls a curious legend: all starts with the "ius primae noctis" (right of the first night) according to which, the lord of the land had the right to spend the first night of love with all the ladies who got married there. According to the tradition, a peasant, to avoid sending his wife, dressed up as a woman to go to the castle and kill the lord. However, he forgot to cut his mustache, so he was discovered and executed. To remember the story, the artisan of the time made this "mustached doll"
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In our laboratory you'll find more than 60 types, differing in colour, shape and size.

022/12 H: 16cm


021/ 14 H: 21cm
022/15 H: 15cm

021/15 H: 20cm



118 H: 6,5cm
115/5 H: cm 10

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053/B H: 50cm
115/PD H: 10cm



023/8 H: 26cm


074/PD1 H: 28cm
023/PD1 H: 30cm


020/12 H: 25cm
022/PD7 H: 17cm


030 H: 13cm
036/V H: 28cm
034/PD1 H: 40cm
036/M H: 32cm


019/7 H: 22cm
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