Fob Collection

Carroll / White Rabbit
Alice & the White Rabbit

Riding Dress 1819 Men
Top hat, high white cravat, blue fob ribbon, trousers, riding boots & spurs, brown coat with tails, knuckle length cuffs & cut away to reveal the waistcoat

Pocket watches and wristwatches 1929
A selection of pocket watches that register the minutes, seconds and fifth of seconds and a golfers pocket watch that has pure white metal case and also ladies wristwatches with lever moverment

Gentlemens pocket watches with lever movement 1929
Selection of gold gentlemens pocket watches, products for Harrods catalogue jewellery department. Date: 1929

Cossack Trousers 1820
Furry top hat, cut-away coat with long narrow tails, fawn colour cossack trousers, red under-waiscoat, shawl waistcoat, fob ribbon, watch seals & chain & tie-pin

Advert for Asprey mens leather wrist watches 1938
Aspreys stock of mens watches is representative of finest work of the recognised leaders in the craft of watchmaking. Date: 1938

The Famous Dolma Maker, Constantinople
A Famous Dolma maker. Dolma is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions. The stuffing may or may not include meat

Green Coat & Cane 1807
Green double-breasted cut-away coat with stand-fall collar & revers, white waistcoat, cravat & silk stockings, pale grey breeches, black pumps, top hat & fob ribbon

RMS Titanic - Maria Robinson's locket and brooch
RMS Titanic - property of Maria Robinson, fiancee of Wallace Hartley, bandleader and violinist, who died in the disaster. A 9 carat rose gold small oval locket

Gentlemens chains in 18-carat gold for fob watches. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Ladies watch in 18-carat gold case. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Gentlemens watch in 18-carat gold case. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895

Fashionable people playing the Capucine kissing game. The players must sit back to back with their arms entwined and endeavor to give each other a kiss on the lips by their contortions

Page of Victorian adverts 1897
A variety of advertisements in The Illustrated London News, dated May 1897. Date: May 1897

English gentleman holding his fob watch
Well-dressed man holding his fob watch in his hand. Date: circa 1830s

SPEAKING WATCH (INSIDES)
A watch designed by M.Sivan, which contains a miniature Edison phonograph, allowing it to speak the time, by reading off a rubber disc. Date: 1894

MAN OF 1790S
Fanciful Edwardian depiction of costume of the 1820s but looking somewhat earlier: coat described as a Jean-de- Bry, many fob ribbons, hessian boots, tall crowned hat. Date: early 19th century

The Loan Collection Exhibition - South Kensington: (left to right from top) Largest Known Pearl, Silver Flask, Silver-gilt Spoon, Coffret in Gilt Metal, Silerv-gilt Reliquary, Double-bulbed Cup

Advert for Waterbury pocket watches 1890
Waterbury pocket watches for men, with nickel siver cases. 1890

Advert for John Bennett pocket watches 1892
Seletion of pocket watches for men and women. 1892

Central African Republic - Baya People (Gbaya), comprising 34% of the population

Cutty Sark - Cpt. Woodget
The captain of the tea clipper Cutty Sark - Richard Woodget Commander of the vessel between 1885-1895. The famous ship was badly damaged in a fire on 21st May 2007

Fashionable jewels 1933
Model wearing ornamental jewellery with time watch which fastens on top of the womens clothing by Ciro. 1933

Advert for John Bennett pocket watches 1902
A selection of pocket watches, all available in Cheapside, London. 1902

Advert for John Bennett calendar watches 1902
Reverse pocket watch with the time on one side and separate clock for seconds and on the back the date with day, month, and year. 1902

Advert for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths novelty jewelley 1896
A selection of Victorian novelty jewelley; pearl bracelet, brooches, necklace with heart pendant and a perl necklace with heart pendant. 1896

Advert for Bensons pocket watches with roman numerals 1888
Special strength watches and chronographs. 1888

Studio portrait, Customs officer in uniform (W P Wood). circa 1912

WWI mourning fob with two photographs
First World War mourning fob with two photographs. The first is of 50170 Private William Miller, Sherwood Foresters (Notts. & Derby Regiment). Died 9th April 1917, aged 31

The Fashion in December 1795
Fashion satirised in 1795: a woman wears a long nightgown-like dress or smock with blouson sleeves and watch fob detail, and a turban with two tall feathers. Date: 1795

A scarecrow, 1793
A scarecrow of 1793 - a woman wearing a fashionable, but ridiculed, high-waisted gown (with watch fob) which makes it appear that her legs begin under her bosom

Advert for Asprey watches 1938
Asprey seletcion of watches from keys, bedside, gold note clips, wrist watches with cord bracelet and fob watches. Date: 1938

Sir Edward Grey - British Foreign Minister
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (18621933) - British Liberal statesman. Served as Foreign Secretary from 1905 to 1916. Date: circa 1914

Wartime Fashion - Paris Date: circa 1920

Items belonging to George Moore, Titanic seaman
Assorted items belonging to George Alfred Moore, seaman on the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship which sank on 15 April 1912 -- a pocket watch with ornate fob, a cigarette lighter

RMS Carpathia medal, divot and fob
1. A bronze RMS Carpathia medal with blue ribbon presented to the crew of the rescue ship by survivors of the Titanic disaster. 2. An iron ship divot inscribed RMS Titanic and engraved with a star

Fancy Waistcoat 1828
Blue cut-away coat, gigot sleeves, hip pockets, gold buttons, high stand-fall collar, patterned waistcoat, pleated shirt front with gold buttons. Back view included

Striped Cossacks 1823
Straw hat with broad brim & spreading crown, loosely tied plaid cravat, grey frock coat with roll collar, blue striped cossacks with fly front, white waistcoat, yellow fob ribbon

Striped Waistcoat 1816
Green coat, cut away at the front, velvet collar, sleeves gathered at the shoulder, turned back cuffs, pantaloons, black pumps, top hat, striped waistcoat with stand collar

Bon Genre No. 65 Costume
Men wear English style country clothes: cut-away tailcoats with roll collars & breeches. The ladies wear white muslin dresses & classically inspired hairstyles

Blue Coat 1830
Blue double-breasted tail coat cut-away at the front & with a high stand-fall velvet collar, white fly-fronted trousers, black pumps with bows, grey top hat & cane

Evening Dress 1920
Elegant gentleman in white tie & tails: single-breasted evening dress coat & white waistcoat, top hat, cloak or overcoat, white gloves & cane

H Gs a De Blowitz / Vfair
H Gs A DE BLOWITZ Bohemian English journalist in an overcoat with fur trim and a top hat

Evening Dress 1826
Short black cut-away coat with gigot sleeves, M -cut collar, white waistcoat, silk under- waistcoat, top hat, black pumps & Wellington pantaloons (buttoned at the calf)

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