Inside King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla’s Coronation High Jewellery

The Snake Has a Sensuous and Totemic Power That Has Beguiled the Aztecs, the Ancient Egyptians and the Greeks. in Greece, “It Is One of the Most Worshipped Animals and a Symbol of Rebirth, Renewal, Health and Fertility, ” Says Demetra Lalaounis, Director and One of the Four Daughters of the Famous Athenian Goldsmith Ilias Lalaounis. Since the Early 1960S, “Its Extensive Symbolic Meaning, Its Sensuality and Its Transformative and Elegant Qualities Keep Drawing Us Back to It and Challenges Us to Keep Reinterpreting It Using Different Techniques”. the Lalaounis Snakes Are Smooth and Shimmery or Textured Like Snakeskin with a Line of Diamonds Down Its Back.

Meet the Asian Royals Who Dazzled at King Charles’ Coronation

Some of Cartier’s Most Famous Serpentine Jewellery Was Created in Late 1960S for Mexican Actress Maria Félix, Including a 57Cm-Long Design. When Asked by a Reporter in 1981, “Why Snakes? ” She Replied, “Let’s Put It This Way, It’s More of a Fondness for Diamonds Than for Snakes. I’m Definitely Not About to Put a Real Python Around My Neck. ” We Think Many Would Agree.

How the Snake Became a High Jewellery Staple at Luxury Brands from Cartier and Tiffany & Co. to Bulgari – and It Didn’t All Start with Elizabeth Taylor Sporting a Serpenti Watch to Promote Cleopatra

By Robert Thorne

• Oct 8, 2026 • 3 min read

How the Snake Became a High Jewellery Staple at Luxury Brands from Cartier and Tiffany & Co. to Bulgari – and It Didn’t All Start with Elizabeth Taylor Sporting a Serpenti Watch to Promote Cleopatra

Direct Answer • Key Takeaway

It Was the Jewellery of Cleopatra, in Rome More Than 2,000 Year's Ago, That Inspired Bulgari to Create Its First Serpenti Watch in 1948. and the Sinuous Serpent Has Proved to Be Uniquely Suited to Jewellery Ever Since. as Bulgari Group’s Ceo Jean-Christophe Babin Says, the Serpent Has Showcased the Creativity and Ingenious Craftsmanship of the Italian Brand, Proving “It Was and Is the Ultimate Bulgari Icon of Endless Metamorphosis”.

Robert Thorne

Automotive & Future Transportation Editor

Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.

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