Antique Griffin Brooch or Watch Pin | 10k Gold Griffin diamond filigree An outstanding historical mourning pendant

An outstanding historical mourning pendant from 1846

The brooch in very good condition and measures 2

it is accented with half pearls

Its gold and gemstone content have been professionally verified using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis

Antique Griffin Brooch or Watch Pin | 10k Gold Griffin diamond filigree An outstanding historical mourning pendantChatelaine 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