Boucheron · 1968

Serpent Bohème

The serpent reduced to its head alone: a gold drop, first paved with diamonds, ringed by a border of gold beads.

From €1,860on the Boucheron site, October 2026

Introduced: 1968
Idea: The snake, the pavé sphere
School: Place Vendôme
Materials: yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, diamond, malachite, mother-of-pearl, onyx, quartz, garnet

Serpent Bohème at Boucheron At a retailer

The story

Introduced in 1968, the line distils a serpent motif Boucheron had used since the nineteenth century into a single beaded teardrop. The drop has since been made in sizes from XS to XXL, in three golds and in hard stones such as malachite, mother-of-pearl and onyx, often hung from the fine twisted chain the house has woven since the 1960s.

The ladder

Entry Bracelet Serpent Bohème motif XS, white mother-of-pearl (JBT00808) €1,860
Signature Bague Serpent Bohème motif XS, yellow gold and diamonds (JRG02143) €3,440
Top of line Collier Serpent Bohème, 23 motifs, white gold (JCL00993) €323,000

Prices as published by Boucheron in euros, October 2026.

Lineage

Answers · 1968
Serpenti, Bulgari (1948)
Twenty years after Rome wound its serpent round the wrist, Boucheron kept only the head: a gold drop ringed with beads.