Early Victorian Weird Bear & Snake Fob Pendant lava Cool vintage school badge once

Cool vintage school badge once worn (presumably) by a chorister

The principal stone is a vibrant 2

with stones are set in pairs

while the strategy on both sides remains murky

Early Victorian Weird Bear & Snake Fob Pendant lava Cool vintage school badge onceDATE: 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