Interesting flower re-carved from a hat ornament. The back side of the flower shows very fine carving so it clearly had a different use in the past. We have another one just like this in the collection (See Flower 544 – Quick Find 8910). These two flowers are very rare and it is surprising that intricately carved hat ornaments were re-carved to be used as a simple flower. A matter of fashion no doubt. A similar type of flower (nr 256) is depicted in professor i and Floral Patterns in Chinese Decorative Art’.