Opera or Bouton d'or
Buccellati · Van Cleef & Arpels
Opera
The Buccellati emblem, a four-petalled rosette of winding lines, cut out and worn as the jewel itself: in engraved gold, in diamond pavé, or laid over a pierced tulle lattice.
Bouton d'or
Little discs of gold, each with a stone at its centre, massed in rows and rings like the head of a buttercup.
Bouton d'or is the newer collection of the two by a year, yet its motif is older: Van Cleef & Arpels first set gold discs with a central stone in 1936, close cousins of evening-dress sequins, and revived them in 2016 as buttercup heads. Opera, from 2015, is new in form and old in source, Buccellati's rosette emblem drawn from Renaissance and Baroque ornament and worn whole for the first time.
| Fact | Opera | Bouton d'or |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | 2015 | 2016 |
| School | Milan & Valenza | Place Vendôme |
| Materials | yellow gold, white gold, rose gold, platinum, diamond, mother-of-pearl, chalcedony, sapphire, emerald | yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, diamond, chalcedony, onyx, carnelian, mother-of-pearl |
| Moves | No | No |
| From | Not published | Not published |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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