[1] Virginia Woolf conceived of "The Duchess and the Jeweller" in 1932 alongside several other stories including "The Shooting Party," as part of a group of caricatures and satires of the upper classes.
[2][3] Scholars have suggested that an argument between Woolf's lover Vita Sackville-West and West's mother, Victoria Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville, in which Vita's mother accused her of selling her pearls and replacing them with counterfeits, inspired the pearls central to the plot.
As a young man, he sold stolen dogs to wealthy women and marketed cheap watches at a higher price.
One day, Bacon enters his private shop room, barely acknowledging his underlings, and awaits the arrival of the Duchess.
When the Duchess invites him to an event that includes royalty and her daughter Diana, Bacon is persuaded to write a cheque .