Victorian 15k Gold Lucky Manu Fica Pendant serpent tests as base metal and

tests as base metal and sterling silver

It's modelled in 15k gold throughout

and beautifully cut

Always hard to resist saying 'thistle do nicely'

it's eaten in parts of Europe

Victorian 15k Gold Lucky Manu Fica Pendant serpent tests as base metal andDATE: 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