Inheritance jewellery - come and share yours

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This ring is my inheritance from my dear grandmother that l collected today. I adore it.

Please do share your inherited rings and baubles

I have some gorgeous jewellery inherited Inc a 5 carat diamond necklace. Except I am too scared to wear it out and it sits in a safe.

When my dmum died I also took her engagement ring and Turned it into necklace. It was meant to look like an infinity sign but came out looking like an "s". So I never wore it as everyone asked me what the s stood for. Five years later I met my now now DH.. Guess what his surname starts with?

@WhyIsMyKitchenSoCold I love that square sapphire, v unusual

My Nana's ring, passed down from her Mum. My great grandad used to work for wedgewood, he made this for my great grandma and had it set into a ring.

@Bells3032 that's lovely! And convenient

Diamonds are made to be worn......

Wow @harknesswitch that's stunning and so unusual

I inherited two of my grandmother's rings which I loved, but they were too big for my finger. I had them merged and her first name engraved inside. It looks like her rings but with a modern twist (I had to add some gold to get it to the thickness I wanted) and I love the result. It did cost about a grand to do that though

I inherited my Nana's trilogy engagement ring and another ring of hers, neither fit my fingers so I had a pendant designed and made by a goldsmith using the diamonds and gold, along with some gold of my own. I love it and wear it every day

I have a my grandmas diamond engagement ring. It needs to be resized and something done with the setting as you can see the glue from the side.

A garnet ring from my grandmother and diamond signet ring from my grandmother. I wear the garnet ring every day but am waiting to get the diamond ring valued and checked over as I’d be devastated to lost the stone if it is loose. They’re both quite old, my grandfather was born in 1915 and my grandmother in 1920 and I believe both rings were bought second hand

I also have some rings coming to me from my mother in law who died last year

So hard OP.

I also have her wedding, engagement and eternity rings. I wear her eternity ring as it fits perfectly, but the other 2 are in a box. I’ll probably leave them to my kids. Or eventually sell them along with the bracelet.

Im thinking maybe the kids wont want them as they were very young when she died so they don’t remember her, and the items wont mean much to them, but if I sold them and bought something of my own, like 2 nice rings they will mean more to them.

I just dont know.

Diamond signet ring from my grandfather!

My DGM’s engagement ring. It has a big flaw but I love the colour and it reminds me of her. I should wear it more really.

Silver bangle from DGM that I adore as it’s full of the wonderful memories I have of her.

Diamond and emerald ring from DH’s DGM as his DAunt and DF wanted me to have something. I think DMIL has something for each of his brother’s OH’s. I had it resized (and valued...not frighteningly expensive) and I wore it lots pre lockdown.

My brother has taken the lot ☹️. Including things my mum wanted my daughters to have. He's not married, no children. It's all about having it all and leaving me to do all the shit jobs

I have jewelry given to me by my mother and living grandmother of theirs, including my wedding ring (which has been passed down for something like 5 generations), but the only thing I've inherited at this point is a necklace from my late grandmother. It is gold with three tiny diamonds. I love it and wear it whenever I can.

@CrotchetyQuaver that's awful. Have you asked him directly for a share?

My mother didn't have much, she left some odd gold bits and pieces, some of which were broken necklaces and bracelets. I have had them made into a couple of pieces for my sister and me, as they weren't usable, and I didn't want to get rid of them.

Had quite a lot - some really lovely pieces from a number of relatives. Some bastard broke in a nicked the lot - and took 2 drawers out of the lovely lacquer chest they were kept in that had belonged to my great great grandmother so I can't use that anymore either. They were insured but the sentimental feeling of a connection with previous wearers just isn't there.

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I don't know much about it, having only seen items on Antique Road Show and in newspapers, re metal detecting, but the signet ring tooling on the setting looks really aged, and rare, and the gold that denser colour, as though it could be centuries old, don't you think?

Diamond ring from my mum. I live wearing it.

A five stone diamond ring inherited from my grandmother (belonged to an aunt before that). It is about 70yrs old. It hasn't left my finger in 35 years. It is my most loved piece of jewellery.

@Diverseopinions yes I think it might be a bit special, I believe it may be late 1800s but need to get a jewellers opinion. The diamond is a fairly unusual cut and a decent size. I’d love to know more about it

Currently only my wedding ring which was my husband's great grandmother's.. just a plain D shaped band, nothing fancy worth nothing more then the gold it's made from. I'm lucky that for all major birthdays my mother buys me a vintage ring so I have a good collection. Although when she passes there will be an awful lot more. I am my mother's daughter a magpie when it comes to rings

@70isaLimitNotaTarget

I have 2 GM engagement ring , line of small diamonds , Cathedral Setting I think it's called . I never saw her wear it ever . It fits on my middle finger but I think too old to risk re sizing

Other one is an emerald in a pave halo setting . Not my type of ring but the emerald is stunning . Could be re set ?

You could get it done.

My engagement ring is Victorian and I had it re-sized. The shank was quite thin even then (20 years ago) and I was about to replace it with a shank from a ring my godmother gave me but then lockdown happened.

My only jewellery inheritance was my mum's simple rose gold wedding band. She died shortly before my wedding so we used it as my wedding ring. It means so much.

[quote Trumplosttheelection]@CrotchetyQuaver that's awful. Have you asked him directly for a share? [/quote]
Hi Trump. Yes I did several times, plus my now adult daughters asking why he wouldn't hand bits over. Apparently he needs it ALL to feel close to HIS mother. MY mother, THEIR grandma counts for nothing it appears. I realised a few years ago that he really wasn't a very nice person. It's all about the money with him, nothing else matters. He missed mum dying by a few hours back in September, (he lives in Spain) did the 14 days isolation staying with dad and finding out how much money was in her estate and then buggered off back home 2 days after the funeral whilst I was on a weeks prearranged holiday. He couldn't even be arsed to stay with our dad until we got back.

My lovely dad can see this unpleasant side to him but is too old now in his 90s to put his foot down. Him not being able to come back and cause trouble is one positive benefit of the lockdowns!