Animaux de Collection or Butterfly
Boucheron · Graff
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.
Butterfly
The butterfly drawn in diamonds, from a pavé outline with an open centre to full wings of pear-shape and marquise stones.
Graff draws its butterfly almost entirely in white diamonds, either as wings of pear-shape and marquise stones or as an open pavé outline with a smaller butterfly at its heart. It is a motif more than a creature, light given a shape. Boucheron's Animaux de Collection are characters with biographies. Wladimir the cat wore a high-jewelry necklace in advertisements from 1978 to 1987, and in 2018 Claire Choisne gave him pieces of his own, with a sculpted gold coat and layered-stone eyes. London stylises; Paris portrays.
| Fact | Animaux de Collection | Butterfly |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | 1866 | — |
| School | Place Vendôme | London |
| Materials | white gold, yellow gold, rose gold, diamond, emerald | white gold, diamond, sapphire, ruby, tourmaline |
| Moves | No | No |
| From | €13,200 | €1,900 |
| Top of line | €275,000 | €196,000 |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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