Victorian 15k Gold Lucky Manu Fica Pendant tiger's eye Height: 15

Height: 15

This lovely 1920s niello silver chain is likely of French origin

but distinctly modern

The "covers" and "spine" are embellished with the most gorgeous floral engravings

Victorian 15k Gold Lucky Manu Fica Pendant tiger's eye Height: 15DATE: Victorian, c. 1900 The Manu Fica (aka figa, fig hand, mano fico) is an ancient obscene gesture, intended to figuratively represent sexual union. It was used to ward of the Evil Eye, apparently on the assumption that evil can be repelled by obscenity; that even demons will flee from the notion of sex reproduction. The fig (fica in Latin) was a fruit sacred to Bacchus, and associated by the Romans with female fertility and eroticism. Among Early