Tiffanie Cat Picture
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The Tiffanie emerged in the UK as a result of the breeding programme for Burmillas, when it was discovered that when Burmillas carrying the longhaired gene (as a result of the Chinchilla background) were mated, some of the offspring were semi-longhaired. At first, the appearance of these kittens was not taken seriously and they were simply sold as pets, as the Burmilla breeders were aiming to produce shorthaired silver shaded cats. However, a group of breeders became very interested in this very pretty new variety and decided to breed them in their own right as a separate breed. Progress was slow in gaining recognition for the Tiffanie, but eventually they achieved preliminary recognition under the GCCF in 1991, moving to full Championship status in 2003, although it is still very much a minority breed in terms of numbers bred. The Tiffanie will be found in the Foreign Shorthaired Section of a GCCF show, despite the coat length, as it is part of the Asian Group, which otherwise is comprised of shorthaired cats. The parent Bermilla breed can be traced back to two cats owned by Baroness Miranda von Kirchberg in Britain, when a male Chinchilla kitten named Jemari Sanquist (that she had bought as a pet for her husband) mated one of her Burmese female cats, Bambino Lilac Fabergé, totally unknown to her. The resulting kittens were born in 1981, all black shaded silver of good Burmese type, and the breeder decided to develop this new breed, giving it the name of Burmilla, and it was first recognised by the GCCF in 1989.