Victorian 15k Gold Lucky Manu Fica Pendant tiger's eye Pitlochry dates back to 1180

Pitlochry dates back to 1180

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

with the sterner and melancholic Pierrot

The quality and craftsmanship of these period rings never fail to amaze me - you can tell that whomever made this ring was deeply passionate about their craft

and of course if you like monkeys

Victorian 15k Gold Lucky Manu Fica Pendant tiger's eye Pitlochry dates back to 1180DATE: 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