Cigale louis sicard 1895

In 1895, one of the most famous Tileries of Marseille asked Louis Sicard to create a corporate gift that clearly symbolized Provence. He modeled an Earthenware paperweight with a cicada resting on an olive branch and sign it with the motto imagined by the famous Provençal poet, Fréderic Mistral: "Lou Souleù mi fa canta" (The sun makes me sing). From 1900, Louis Sicard develops his cicada in a wide range of objects whose cicada bouquet holder is the most known today. The earthenware Cicada is today world famous and is traditionally offered in Provence as Lucky Charm.