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

and glistening diamonds

there is a chip to one of the side diamonds visible under magnification

A beautiful coral line pendant created from antique stick pins (circa 1870-1900)

Set in sterling silver

The large Old European cut diamond in the top of the reticulated pendant weighs approximately 18 points (0

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