Early Victorian Weird Bear & Snake Fob Pendant lava It's fully set with lively

It's fully set with lively paste gemstones in white

Cool vintage school badge once worn (presumably) by a chorister

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with stones are set in pairs

Early Victorian Weird Bear & Snake Fob Pendant lava It's fully set with livelyDATE: Victorian, c. 1840 A particularly weird fob pendant dating from the early Victorian era, circa 1840. It's an enamelled bear head atop a gold post with a snake coiled around, its head resting on the back of the bear's. The snake and the bear are rendered in vitreous enamel blue and red respectively and the gold post is covered in hand engraved embellishment with a coral fob base. What is the meaning? I have literally no idea The bear's features