Margherita or Le Petit Cactus
Damiani · Mellerio
Margherita
Margherita
A daisy, margherita in Italian, set in diamonds and named for the queen whose name it shares.
Le Petit Cactus
The flower of the vanilla cactus, which opens for one night a year, made as a small burst of rose gold stamens around a single stone.
Queens supply the stories. Le Petit Cactus refers to Marie-Antoinette, Mellerio's first royal client, and to the vanilla cactus Redouté painted for her, a bloom that opens for one night; Laure-Isabelle Mellerio drew it in 2019 as rose-gold stamens around a single stone. Damiani's Margherita honours Margherita of Savoy, for whom Enrico Grassi Damiani designed a daisy in the 1920s. The cactus flower is spiky and small, the daisy round and white.
| Fact | Margherita | Le Petit Cactus |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | — | 2019 |
| Designer | Enrico Grassi Damiani | Laure-Isabelle Mellerio |
| School | Milan & Valenza | Place Vendôme |
| Materials | white gold, diamond | rose gold, diamond, coloured diamond, sapphire, tsavorite, other |
| Moves | No | No |
| From | Not published | €440 |
| Top of line | — | €4,100 |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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