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from: Fisheye Venice

The ancient wooden sign above the door reads "Zago," but this long-established stationery shop is named Il Pavone ("The Peacock"). It's on the Campiello dei Meoni at San Polo 1478, not too far from the Rialto Bridge.

Il Pavone makes and sells colorful "peacock" papers, journals, photo albums, wax seals, decorative rubber stamps, and related gift items. If you're looking for a stamp of your initial or a Venetian motif (such as the winged lion that my wife wanted to buy), just ask the friendly, English-speaking proprietor to show you his catalog. After you've picked your design, he'll make a rubber stamp on the spot and test it with an inkpad before taking your money.

Another branch of Il Pavone is on the Fondamente Venier dei Leone in Dorsoduro, not far from the Peggy Guggenheim art museum.

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