Bold Antique Agate Figa h&c with British hallmarks for Chester

with British hallmarks for Chester 1890• Size 6

5mm wide (knuckle to knuckle) and 1

in the Georgian style

Fifteen sparkling and bright single-cut diamonds offer great finger coverage in a near half-eternity style

each link has a domed volume but is hollowed to minimize the gold weight

Bold Antique Agate Figa h&c with British hallmarks for ChesterThe mano figa (figa being Italian for fig, slang for female genitalia) comes to us as a talisman from Etruscan Italy, though the sign has been used as an obscene gesture throughout cultures for nearly 8,000 years. In ancient times, the amulet was worn as an invocation of fertility and virility, particularly through its reference to femininity. Around the 17th century, the talismans began to rise in popularity in South America particularly Peru and