DGC405780 Bronze amulet depicting a phallus encircled by a serpent (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: amulets of this description were in common use in Italy, especially in the Naples area, up to the nineteenth century and represent a continuation from classical antiquity of the use of priapic talismans as protective or fertility objects; illustration from \'The Worship of Priapus\' by Richard Payne Knight (1750-1820) published in 1786 for the Dilettanti Society and reprinted with additions in 1865;); Prismatic Pictures ; English, out of copyright.