Antique Griffin Brooch or Watch Pin | 10k Gold Griffin leaf jewelry 05 inches from top to

05 inches from top to bottom by 1

This 14k gold pendant is accented with an etched black enamel snake with tiny rose cut eyes surrounding a carved banded agate forget me not flower encircled by lustrous half pearls

The charm was originally an antique pin transformed with the addition of a 14k gold jump ring bail

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

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

Antique Griffin Brooch or Watch Pin | 10k Gold Griffin leaf jewelry 05 inches from top toChatelaine 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