Chinese souvenir from great grandparents who'd visited there as tourists. Comments are closed for this object What's this? Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the ...

The word originally entered the English language in either the 18th or 19th centuries, and was originally related to pocket watches. The word "fob" — which comes from "fuppe," the German word ...

Amongst the smallest hallmarked antiques commonly available are watch fob medals, a decorative item now scarcely remembered, even by the few remaining wearers of pocket watches. Fob medals ...