Panthère de Cartier or Lucky Animals
Cartier · Van Cleef & Arpels
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.
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.
Seen beside Van Cleef & Arpels' Lucky Animals, the Panthère de Cartier looks almost severe. Its gold head carries a lineage that runs from the spotted pattern of 1914 to the sculpted cats Jeanne Toussaint made from the late 1940s. The Lucky Animals, a cat, a lion, a rabbit and a hummingbird among the first nine of 2017, are hard-stone marquetry clips with beaded gold outlines, playful heirs to the house's La Boutique of the 1950s.
| Fact | Panthère de Cartier | Lucky Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | 1914 | 2017 |
| Designer | Jeanne Toussaint | — |
| School | Place Vendôme | Place Vendôme |
| Materials | yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, platinum, diamond, emerald, tsavorite, onyx, sapphire, ruby, lacquer | yellow gold, rose gold, mother-of-pearl, onyx, malachite, carnelian, tiger's eye, lapis lazuli, other |
| Moves | No | No |
| From | €4,400 | Not published |
| Top of line | €610,000 | — |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.