Grasshopper Tiara

Grasshopper tiara in Art Nouveau style. 2 grasshoppers are facing each other in the center, with front legs resting on a large pearl. Their antennae are topped with pearls. The bodies are made of a yellow-green stone or enamel and the wings are green translucent enamel. Their eyes are rubies and the front of their bodies and the edges of their wings have diamonds. The bottome band of the tiara is rectangular cut rubies interspersed with round diamond and there are oval rubies in the central part of the tiara, on either end of the grasshoppers. There is a semi-circle of diamonds behind the grasshoppers.

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This Art Nouveau Grasshopper Tiara - made of pearls, rubies, diamonds, enamel and gold - was created by Luis Masriera y Roses, a jeweler from Barcelona. He was influenced by the works of Rene Lalique and came to be known as one of the most prominent jewelers in the Art Nouveau style.

This is pretty much the only picture of this tiara that I can find on the web. I did come across one site that showed the back as well which was kind of neat because there is a pin on the back in case you wanted to wear this as a brooch instead. Did I bookmark this site? Of course not. Can I find it in my history? It's like it was a dream that never was.

Anyway, I have no idea on size - this is either a teeny tiara or would make a big, honking brooch. I can't tell from the pictures! I think if you wanted to go in tiara mode you would probably attach it with ribbons or maybe it comes with a frame that it can attach to.

I'm kind of surprised I can only find one example of a grasshopper tiara. Art Nouveau was all about embracing the natural world and, I mean, there are at least 2 dragonfly tiaras out there! I just thought grasshoppers would have been better represented in tiara form. They are, however, very well represented in brooches and necklaces.

gold Art Nouveau style grasshopper brooch with a ruby eye, green enameled wings and tergum (back part of body) made of a cabochon opal.

Grasshopper brooch ca. 1900 - source

It's not a tiara but I couldn't resist including this. Isn't it just stunning? I would totally wear this and the tiara at the same time.

image of a white rabbit popping out of his rabbit hole, looking around, and going back in. His rabbit hole is surrounded by grass and some carrots in the ground.

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