DIAMOND FIVE-STONE RINGSet with graduated old brilliant-cut diamonds, diamonds approx. 1.20cts total, ring size approx. M, cased by A. Marx & Co., 121 Regent St., LondonFootnotesProvenance: Sheila Wingfield, née Beddington, Viscountess Powerscourt (1906-1992) Sheila Wingfield, Lady Powerscourt (1906-1992), was a poet and a writer. Wealthy and beautiful, she was largely self-taught and fought various obstacles during her lifetime to gain recognition for her work, despite admiration from contemporary writers such as W.B Yeats, Sir John Betjeman and T.S Eliot. Her best-known work, considered her masterpiece, is her 2000-line poem, Beat Drum, Beat Heart (1946), written about World War II, in which her husband served and was captured by the Germans in North Africa. Please note this lot has VAT at the prevailing rate on both Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.
DIAMOND FIVE-STONE RINGSet with graduated old brilliant-cut diamonds, diamonds approx. 1.20cts total, ring size approx. M, cased by A. Marx & Co., 121 Regent St., LondonFootnotesProvenance: Sheila Wingfield, née Beddington, Viscountess Powerscourt (1906-1992) Sheila Wingfield, Lady Powerscourt (1906-1992), was a poet and a writer. Wealthy and beautiful, she was largely self-taught and fought various obstacles during her lifetime to gain recognition for her work, despite admiration from contemporary writers such as W.B Yeats, Sir John Betjeman and T.S Eliot. Her best-known work, considered her masterpiece, is her 2000-line poem, Beat Drum, Beat Heart (1946), written about World War II, in which her husband served and was captured by the Germans in North Africa. Please note this lot has VAT at the prevailing rate on both Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.
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