Bold Victorian Gutta Percha Pocket Watch Chain with Locket from the 1890s

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Bold Victorian Gutta Percha Pocket Watch Chain with Locket:
This 13” long watch chain features very large links of black Gutta Percha with super locket and photo’s. Circa: 1890  AI-WC122014-10
Pocket watch ribbon or chain fobs were a short ribbon or chain that was attached to a watch and left hanging out of the pocket in which the watch was kept. Fobs were also referred to when ornaments hung at the end of such a ribbon or chain. Until World War I and the development of the wristwatch, most watches designed for men had to be carried in the pocket. About 1772 the fashion of carrying a watch in each waistcoat fob pocket was introduced. Watch fobs consisted of chains supporting seals. By the beginning of the 19th century, the fashion for elaborate masculine jewelry had passed, and all that remained of the watch fob was usually a simple chain.
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