Gold, silver, plique-à-jour enamel, crystal

H  7.00cm (2.76 in)  |  W  12.00cm (4.72 in)

The radical design of this beautiful tiara echoes the heraldry of Samurai helmets & thus is a very strong example of Japonisme

Literature
llustrated in our book:
Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sonya Newell-Smith, Tadema Gallery London Jewellery from the 1860s to 1960s, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2021, p. 282
The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair, 2002, Handbook, Published in association with Harpers & Queen, Silver, Jewellery & Objects of Vertu, Tadema Gallery, Stand 21, illustrated p. 279.
Helen Ritchie Designers & Jewellery 1850-1940, Jewellery and Metalwork from the Fitzwilliam Museum, 2018, pp. 130-31 biography

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