Chain Necklace with Red Jasper Stones and Sicily Ceramic COFFA Bag

Very eye-catching necklace, handmade with precision and patience, with chain with red jasper stones and wonderful hand-painted Caltagirone ceramic Coffa.

Do you know the history of Sicilian coffes? Today renowned as fashionable accessories, especially because they have been revisited by the most famous fashion designers, their origin actually dates back to the ancient Sicilian peasant tradition.
In fact, they originated as very simple straw baskets (the leaves of the dwarf palm tree were needed to make them), which were attached to the neck of a donkey or horse and were used to hold food and provisions for the peasants.
Today, the coffees are still made on a straw base, but are adorned and embellished with pom poms, tassels, mirrors and all kinds of fabrics.