Cartier · 1914

Panthère de Cartier

The panther as the house's own animal: first a pattern of spots, then a whole cat in gold, lacquer, onyx and green garnet.

From €4,400on the Cartier site, October 2026

Introduced: 1914 — The panther-spot pattern first appeared in 1914; the first fully three-dimensional panther jewel, a brooch for the Duchess of Windsor, followed in 1948.
Designer: Jeanne Toussaint
Idea: The animal
School: Place Vendôme
Materials: yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, platinum, diamond, emerald, tsavorite, onyx, sapphire, ruby, lacquer

The story

The motif entered Cartier's work in 1914, and Louis Cartier nicknamed his jewellery director Jeanne Toussaint 'la panthère'. Under her, the animal became fully sculpted in 1948 with a brooch made for the Duchess of Windsor. Today's rings and bracelets carry the head in gold with lacquered spots, tsavorite eyes and an onyx nose.

The ladder

Entry Bague Panthère de Cartier, or jaune, laque, grenats tsavorites, onyx €4,400
Signature Bague Panthère de Cartier, or jaune, laque, grenat tsavorite, onyx (sculpted head) €14,800
Top of line Bague Panthère de Cartier, articulée, pavée, or gris, émeraudes, onyx, diamants €86,500
High jewelry Collier Panthère de Cartier, pavé, or gris €610,000

Prices as published by Cartier in euros, October 2026.

Lineage

Answers · 1914
Animaux de Collection, Boucheron (1866)
Where Boucheron gave each animal a name, Cartier chose one and made it the house's own, first as a pattern of spots.