Early Victorian Weird Bear & Snake Fob Pendant Dutch almost Holbeinesque in appearance

almost Holbeinesque in appearance

It's modelled in bronze

meaning the dates were 13 days out of sync)

The main body is crafted from a single piece of orange coral

It's crafted in 18 karat gold with millegrain platinum settings and an unusual gold wirework gallery

Early Victorian Weird Bear & Snake Fob Pendant Dutch almost Holbeinesque in appearanceDATE: 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