REAL Preserved Deadly Nightshade Assymetrical Crown

This crown features five REAL preserved deadly nightshade flowers nestled amid green glass leaves with peridot Swarovski crystal accents. The flowers are realistically painted and mounted to appear as if they are blooming on a branch. Black crystal pearls are used to represent the sumptuous poisonous berries.

The only metallic elements in this piece are the stems and headband. The petals and the sepal leaves have been meticulously preserved, painted, and sealed, so everything you are seeing is the wicked flower itself. This process also ensures that the flower is safe to wear and handle.

Deadly nightshade, or belladonna, is a fabulously and famously poisonous plant. Every aspect of it, the stems, roots, leaves, dainty flowers, and delectable looking berries contain tropane alkaloids, which affect the central nervous system. Even the genus name of the plant, atropa, comes from the final Fate in Classical mythology. Atropos is the crone who cuts the threads of life and thus determines when each of us will die. The name belladonna comes from the Italian words for beautiful lady. 16th century women would put drops of nightshade in their eyes to dilate pupils for beauty's sake.