Black Onyx Victorian Figa opal

Black Onyx Victorian Figa opalThe 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

and remained popular through the retro styles midcentury

a whisper between two people that becomes a shout with an infusion of energy

• 10k rosy-yellow gold

with British hallmarks for R

This pendant can either be worn along a bracelet or a necklace

stamped with full British hallmarks for London 1968

four rubies at 2

the amputation worn smooth

or simply a perfect base layer upon which to build your stacks

Trilogy or three-stone rings have long been worn

Pliny the Elder actually advised that three horseshoe nails (not the horseshoe itself

3mm wide and 1