Original Wallis Simpson Engagement Ring

It is engraved with a personal message we are ours now 27 x 36.

Original wallis simpson engagement ring.

Edward viii abdicated the throne to marry twice divorced american wallis simpson presenting her with a 19 77 carat emerald ring. Wallis simpson s 200 piece jewelry collection went on sale on april 3 1987. The collection also included a 19 karat emerald and diamond ring commemorating their secret engagement in 1936. The ring had the inscription we are ours now 27 x 36.

Duchess of windsor engagement ring. Shortly after he gave up the throne wallis simpson obtained a divorce from ernest simpson and edward and wallis were married in 1937. Fitting to the epic love story of wallis simpson the duchess of windsor and edward viii who abdicated his throne for her the 19 77 carat emerald engagement ring bore a personal inscription. One diamond ring is expected to bring more than 750 000 and a sapphire and diamond bracelet by van cleef arpels given to wallis simpson two weeks before her marriage to the duke may fetch.

The numbers signify october 27th 1936 the date edward proposed to simpson. Of course she kept the original mounting her entire life. The inside of the ring was inscribed with the words. The engagement ring given by prince edward known to his family and friends as david to wallis is a stunning 19 77 carat emerald ring by cartier.

The engagement ring contained a huge 19 77ct emerald surrounded by a halo of diamonds in yellow gold. The engagement ring was a 19 77 carat emerald in yellow gold and was engraved with the message we are ours now. They referred to themselves as w e which are their combined initials. In recent history wallis simpson was the original royal to start the colored engagement stone trend.