Victorian 15k Gold Lucky Manu Fica Pendant serpent Cartier 750 16 ZF101

Cartier 750 16 ZF101

Such a sweet antique charm featuring two cats

Always hard to resist saying 'thistle do nicely'

it's eaten in parts of Europe

Victorian 15k Gold Lucky Manu Fica Pendant serpent Cartier 750 16 ZF101DATE: 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