Two diamond-encrusted Cartier brooches, depicting a falcon and a white Tudor rose, once owned by millionaire Virginia ...

The brooches were bought at auction from Dreweatts with a grant from the Art Fund, and a contribution from the Wolfson ...

The jewellery, which was given as a gift from Sir Stephen in 1937, depicts the cyphers of Edward IV, including the white rose of York upon the starburst, known as Rose en Soleil, and a falcon in a ...

Socialite Virginia Courtauld's diamond-encrusted brooches are going on display at an English Heritage attraction ...

Eltham Palace, a former Tudor royal residence, was transformed in the 1930s with art-deco features by Ms Courtauld and her husband Stephen. The falcon and white Tudor rose brooches have a similar ...

Eltham Palace, a former Tudor residence, was transformed in the 1930s by the daughter of an Italian shipping merchant and her husband, Sir Stephen Courtauld, into an art-deco home, with a nod to ...

Two diamond-encrusted Cartier brooches, once owned by the arts patron Virginia Courtauld, have been acquired by English Heritage and go on display today at her former home, Eltham Palace in London.

Eltham Palace, a former Tudor residence, was transformed in the 1930s by the daughter of an Italian shipping merchant and her husband, Sir Stephen Courtauld, into an art-deco home, with a nod to ...