Victorian 9ct 1/2 Fob with Heart

The Unique and timeless, Victorian 9ct Yellow Gold and Rose Gold 1/2 Fob with Heart Pendant can be added to any Albertina or necklace, to create a new look.

Named after the reign of Queen Victoria, this style of jewellery was highly personal to the beloved queen, who was a style-setting icon of her time.

With a reign that spanned over 60 years, Queen Victoria was hugely influential in the history of jewellery design.

The rise of Britain’s Middle Class after the Industrial Revolution meant that, for the first time, common people could afford to purchase jewellery.

Originally referring to the small vest pocket of a gentleman’s outfit in which a watch would be kept, the word ‘fob’ became associated with the watch chain when it became customary to wear watches on a chain. Its meaning evolved from ‘small pocket’ to the chain that held the watch. 

Developed around the 1770s, alongside the invention of pocket watches, fobs were worn by both men and women, attached at the waist or to a belt originally.

Fob chains then had a major resurgence in the 1980s and were associated with women of style, elegance and high society. A classic, instantly recognisable design that has stood the test of time, fob chains and fob necklaces evoke character and polish – like a timeless Chanel suit.