Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in a cardboard box containing twelve objects (1883.598 A, 1903.201, 1908.439 A, 1922.205, 1922.206, 1923.213.11, 1923.256.5, TEMP.00866, TEMP.00867, TEMP.00868, TEMP.00877, TEMP.00878) and marked 'Watch fobs, keys etc. Pedometers'.
Event Date 2019
Author: David Kay

Context (References)
cf: Encyclopædia Britannica (2019) Watch fob https://www.britannica.com/art/watch-fob (last accessed: 28/03/2019)
Event Date 2019
Author: David Kay

Context (Analysis)
Watch fobs ornaments such as these were were popular throughout Britain's Georgian period, but had largely fallen out of fashion by the beginning of the nineteenth century (Encyclopædia Britannica 2019).
Event Date 28/3/2019
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Watch fob ornament. Comprises a central key-ring to which are fastened two pendants. One comprises an elaborate penannular suspension loop surmounting an oval base with an inset intaglio seal in pale pink semiprecious gem, being the portrait cameo of a man, though now cracked and chipped. The other has an even more ornate suspension loop formed into foliate motifs, and the oval base holds a reddish/purple semiprecious gem/cut glass setting.
Event Date 28/3/2019
Author: David Kay