Lucky Animals

Small animal clips built from hard-stone marquetry, malachite, tiger's eye, onyx and mother-of-pearl, each inside a contour of gold beads.

Introduced: 2017 — Date from the house's October 2017 press release as reported by Europa Star; no house page with the year was found.
Idea: The animal
School: Place Vendôme
Materials: yellow gold, rose gold, mother-of-pearl, onyx, malachite, carnelian, tiger's eye, lapis lazuli, other

The story

Presented in October 2017 with nine creatures, among them a cat, a lion, a hummingbird and a rabbit, the line follows the playful animal jewels of La Boutique, the house's 1950s line. New companions join most years, a teddy bear, a dachshund, a frog, a bichon frisé, each looking out with an onyx eye.

The ladder

Signature Lucky Animals Cat clip, 18K yellow gold, obsidian, onyx Not published

Prices as published by Van Cleef & Arpels in euros, October 2026.

Lineage

Alhambra

Answers · 2017
Alhambra, Van Cleef & Arpels (1968)
Van Cleef cut its hard-stone marquetry into a bestiary and kept the Alhambra's contour of gold beads round each creature.