What to do with inherited eternity ring?

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My nanny passed away recently. She gave me her eternity ring shortly before she died. It's beautiful, but I've kept it in a drawer because I don't know what to do with it. It is worth several thousand pounds so not the sort of thing I would feel comfortable wearing everyday, but I don't want to never see it either if it's stuffed in a drawer. Any suggestions?

Insure it and wear it. She would surely hate for it to be stuffed in a drawer.
People wear engagement rings worth thousands every day.

Honestly. Just wear it !
Maybe just on special occasions but please wear it. Don't sell it. Do you have daughters? Save to pass on to them.

My advice would be wear it and enjoy it . I've got very high value sentimental rings, I've worn for many years. I have never lost them.

Keep it in a special jewellery box (hidden!) and take it out of an evening to admire it

Or

Wear it for special occasions?

Wear it. I inherited an expensive ring. She wore it every day, so I do. No point it being in a drawer! It is named on our insurance policy though, just in case!

I inherited a beautiful engagement ring from my grandmother but it wasn’t to my taste at all and had the main stone reset into a ring that was and wear all the time. I know she would have preferred that to it being in a box 360 days of the year and only coming out for family occasions.
Would doing something with the stones be an option for you?

Repurpose the stones into a piece of jewellery you would enjoy wearing?

Save it and pass it down?

Have you declared it to your contents insurer? Depending on their thresholds for undeclared individual items it might not be covered otherwise.

Insure it and wear it. Nowhere near the same value, but I've worn my grandma's wedding ring for over 30 years now. It's special.

I have an expensive watch and it is only covered by insurance if it is in our safe at home, or on my wrist.

Insure the ring and wear it. It is wasted if it’s hidden away.

Gosh I would wear it. I love my inherited ring, and would love an eternity ring.

If you like it, wear it.
And insure it, with photos.
Your finger is probably a safer place to keep it than a jewellery box in an empty house!

I have my grandma's engagement ring and I wear it all the time. It's on the same finger as the silver ring I inherited from my mum. I liked to think it connects us together.

Before you wear it take it to a good jeweller and get it valued and also checked to ensure the settings are all safe so you won’t lose any stones.

Then insure and wear with joy. If it’s really not your thing now keep it safe and wait a while. I now wear things I inherited a long while ago and didn’t feel were ‘me’ at the time. Though a lovely eternity ring is pretty timeless..

Wear it, or get the stones reset into something you would wear, at least on special occasions. I'm currently getting a ring made from my mums engagement ring which was too fragile to wear and not to my taste, my nanas engagement ring, and adding some stones. I'm delighted with the design, and its lovely to not have them sitting in the drawer unloved

I need a photo before I can comment and in fact would love to see all inherited rings. Love some jewel pics
If you love it though, do wear it

Another vote for wearing it

I agree - wesr it. I have expensive rings and have never been mugged but have been burgled twice and had jewellery taken

You should wear it.
Most peoples engagement rings cost several grand and they are worn every day. Make sure it fits you properly first- have it resized if needed and then never take it off for any reason. Then you will never lose it.

It's safer on your hand, with you, than left in an empty house that could be burgled. Just make sure you get it sized to fit you perfectly, so it won't fall off. And enjoy it. Your Grandmother would want that.

I have similar but it’s tiny and I have fat fingers. 😢 I also have my great grandmother’s wedding ring, which I’ll have to swap for my own soon, it’s falling off since I lost weight. I don’t know what to do with it, it’s a ‘Russian’ wedding ring, 3 joined rings, so probably not suitable for re-sizing.

I had my mums engagement ring which was too small and a sentimental eternity ring of my own melted and combined into a new very special ring. I knew mum would have loved the idea

Where would posters recommend for having jewellery repurposed?

Wear it!

My mum gifted me her mum's engagement ring. It's worth five figures. The safest place for it is on my finger! Plus I like it.

Get yourself a small shadow box, put it in then keep it on your dressing table or somewhere you will see it often.