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  • Group amuletic heads & figures.
  • An itinerant salesman selling amulets against the bites of snakes and other animals to a crowd of people who purchase them eagerly. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1815.
  • St. Sebastian's Arrow with the letters IHS.
  • A postcard wishing good luck illustrated by various lucky charms. Chromolithograph.
  • Symbols and talismans from Hindu, pagan and Jewish religions illustrating superstition. Engraving.
  • 3 identical silver coins joined to form triangle. On one side are three little men.
  • Horse brasses used as a charm.
  • Painted amulet detail: the divine face, 17th century.