Antique Griffin Brooch or Watch Pin | 10k Gold Griffin leaf jewelry and glistening diamonds

and glistening diamonds

8 inches from the top of the jump ring bail to the bottom of the pendant by 0

Set in sterling silver

but it was likely originally an antique brooch (circa 1900-1910) transformed with the addition of a 14k gold jump ring bail and diamond dangle

Antique Griffin Brooch or Watch Pin | 10k Gold Griffin leaf jewelry and glistening diamondsChatelaine pins, watch pins, and stick pins featuring chimera or griffin like creatures were quite popular and produced by most of the fine American jewelry manufacturing companies around the turn of the 20th century. This elegant Art Nouveau griffin or griffin dragon pin is finely rendered of 10k gold (unmarked, but acid tested) with tiny half pearl accents on its body. The brooch has a hook at the bottom of the brooch that was once used to hang a