This circle pin of a howling wolf has been beautifully designed and crafted.  It is hallmarked 925 for sterling.  It also has the standing lion hallmark of England, the 3 castle hallmark of Denmark and a cross with the numbers 2000 which identifies that it was created in commemoration of the turning of the millennium.  It is also marked with the SW hallmark of the artist.  And there are a couple of additional marks I can't quite make out.  

The pin measures 2" across and weighs 23.3 grams.  The sterling wolf is set onto a textured sterling circle.  The pin mechanism works easily and securely.  This pin is in great vintage condition.

Throughout the 40 years that I have been in business, I have purchased jewelry from pawn shops throughout the Southwest that had collections of dead pawn. Most of these pawn shops and trading posts are now closed.  The Native American would pawn his jewelry for immediate cash.  The shop would hold it and charge interest until he could reclaim it.  Dead pawn are the pieces that were never retrieved.  Old Pawn Jewelry typically dates from the early 1900s to the 1970s.  Most of the early pieces are not signed because it wasn't the Native American tradition to sign the pieces they crafted.  Also, the turquoise in old pawn is turquoise that you can't get anymore because many of the mines have closed.  And, the red and orange coral is rare because of the coral bleaching which is happening today. 

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