This hair ornament is one of the most extraordinary pieces of Tiffany's jewelry to survive, incorporating a remarkably realistic rendering of two dragonflies resting on two dandelion puffs, or seedballs. Thematically characteristic of his work, it shows the plants not at the height of bloom, but in a natural fading state, just before the seed pods are blown away. Remarkably, one of the puffs is portrayed as already partially stripped of its pods. The dragonflies, a familiar Tiffany motif, feature shimmering black opals along the back and in an almost unbelievable creation in metal filigree, gossamerlike wings. The hair ornament was originally owned by one of Tiffany's most ardent patrons, Louisine W. Havemeyer.