Panthère de Cartier or Bee de Chaumet
Cartier · Chaumet
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.
Bee de Chaumet
The bee reduced to the cell it builds: a gold hexagon, repeated side by side into bands, hoops and pavé, with the insect itself landing only on the larger pieces.
Both animals belonged to a person before they belonged to a house. The bee was Napoleon's, and Chaumet descends from Nitot, the jeweller who served him; the panther was the nickname Louis Cartier gave Jeanne Toussaint, his jewelry director. Their treatment has since diverged. Panthère de Cartier is the whole cat, sculpted: gold head, lacquered spots, tsavorite eyes, onyx nose. Bee de Chaumet, launched in 2011 with a campaign to protect the bees, mostly leaves the insect out and builds its bands from the hexagon of the comb.
| Fact | Panthère de Cartier | Bee de Chaumet |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | 1914 | 2011 |
| Designer | Jeanne Toussaint | — |
| School | Place Vendôme | Place Vendôme |
| Materials | yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, platinum, diamond, emerald, tsavorite, onyx, sapphire, ruby, lacquer | rose gold, white gold, yellow gold, diamond, sapphire |
| Moves | No | stacks |
| From | €4,400 | Not published |
| Top of line | €610,000 | €7,400 |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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