Early Victorian Weird Bear & Snake Fob Pendant giardinetti ring with enamelled roundels and RAF

with enamelled roundels and RAF tail markings

It dates from the turn of the 19th Century

and clear Birmingham hallmarks date it to the year 1870

It's crafted in 15 karat gold with highly ornate openworked shoulders and pierced scrolled detailing to the gallery

Early Victorian Weird Bear & Snake Fob Pendant giardinetti ring with enamelled roundels and RAFDATE: 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