Wladimir the Cat ring in white gold: a cat's head paved with white diamonds, green stone eyes and a green gem necklace, on a white ground. — Image © Boucheron

Animaux de Collection

Portraits of named animals (Wladimir the cat, Hopi the hummingbird, Nara the fawn) built up in pavé and coloured stones, each a single character sitting on the finger.

From €13,200on the Boucheron site, October 2026

Introduced: 1866 — The house dates its bestiary to its workshops in 1866; the launch year of the current Animaux de Collection line is not documented. Claire Choisne's Wladimir pieces date from 2018.
Idea: The animal, the pavé sphere
School: Place Vendôme
Materials: white gold, yellow gold, rose gold, diamond, emerald

The story

Boucheron traces its bestiary to its own workshops in 1866. Its mascot, Wladimir the cat, appeared on brooches at the end of the nineteenth century and wore a high-jewellery necklace in an advertising campaign that ran from 1978 to 1987. In 2018 Claire Choisne gave him pieces of his own, with layered-stone eyes, a sculpted gold coat and a gem necklace that recalls the campaign.

The ladder

Entry Bague Le Serpent, yellow gold (JRG02907) €13,200
Signature Bague Wladimir, le Chat, white gold (JRG03006) €139,000
Top of line Bracelet Python, rose gold (JBT00509M) €275,000

Prices as published by Boucheron in euros, October 2026.

Lineage

Answered by · 1914
Panthère de Cartier, Cartier (1914)
Where Boucheron gave each animal a name, Cartier chose one and made it the house's own, first as a pattern of spots.
Answered by
Butterfly, Graff
Graff draws its creature in diamonds alone, pear and marquise stones laid out as wings.