HUSBAND and wife team Francisco and Casilda Figueiredo are “among the last exponents of a traditional Portuguese handicraft - making ornamental ceramic penises.”
Says Francisco at his workshop in the Caldas da Rainha region, preparing a mould of the couple’s top-of-the-range two-foot phallic-shaped bottles (RRP. 15 euros):
“The days of the ceramics trade here are numbered. I see no possibility of survival. It will never be like it was in the past.”
The couple produce ceramic mugs with a penis sticking out of the bottom or the side, penis-shaped bottles and ceramic soccer figures with a penis popping out from under a flag.
“There were many people making ceramics, but now locally there is just us,” says Casilda. “We exported to Germany, Canada and France. Today we just sell to visitors and local shops.”
The tradition is said to have started in Caldas da Rainha when King Dom Luis, who ruled from 1861 to 1889, suggested that local potters make something more interesting…
The traditional craft has faced a slow decline as buyers in Portugal and beyond become more liberal and the figures lose their ability to provoke.
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January 24th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Don’t have adress, only know the small city, is Caldas da Rainha, Portugal.
You can see here a video about:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1830639/cocks_factory_os_das_caldas/
November 16th, 2008 at 4:53 am
Does anyone know how to contact the portuguese penis factory? Email address, website etc?
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:58 am
Terry, you should read the whole thing before you comment… it is NOT about heads or Ego, so it can’t be Beckhams!
July 7th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
diary -… and who was the model…..???
Beckham of course - you silly girl. Apparantly Dayvids got a big one as well!
July 7th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Are they robust ?
July 7th, 2008 at 11:55 am
what a relief - what with anoraks arsenal conections I saw the headline and thought that it was an article about C Ronaldo
was getting ready to be mad… 
July 7th, 2008 at 10:59 am
… and who was the model…..???
M and A
bashful? nahhhhhhhhhhh
July 7th, 2008 at 10:58 am
do they make anything with knobs on…?
July 7th, 2008 at 10:53 am
A China willie, have they moved to Beijing?