Bidspirit auction | Greek Gold Pin with Gryphon

Greek Gold Pin with Gryphon - 5th century BC A gold dress pin with tapering round-section shank, hollow-formed repoussé sheet gold finial of a crouching gryphon with wings spread, forepaws raised holding a hoop with short chain and amphora pendant. 14.9 grams, 12.5cm (5”). Fine condition. Rare. Provenance Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Literature See Marshall, F.H. Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, item 1999 for type.