Do you have any family/inhereted jewellery?

[LaFataTurchina]

Inspired by the signet ring thread...

I used to have the most beautiful gold ring with a big coral on it inhereted from my Sicillian great aunt...then my student house got burgled, and poof went my jewellery box :(

I always like it when my mum lets me borrow her jewellery - lots of lovely silver and coloured glass stuff from when her brother went to India in the '70s.

I think I'll definitely keep my few bits of real jewellery and then give them to my (as yet imaginary) daughters when they turn 21.

I have my mum's wedding ring and use it as my own. she can't wear rings anymore and asked me if I wanted it when I was getting married. its a plain gold ring and means the world to me. She has a lot more jewellery that I have been told I will inherit (just not for a long long time hopefully).

I have my gran's engagement ring and a silver and marcasite ring of hers which I wear all the time.

I also have a box full of 60s and 70s gold rings all with different stones I inherited from my aunt, She had tiny fingers so they don't fit me or DD but I can't part with them.

Yup, I have a silver locket and bangle, a ruby and diamond ring and an opal and diamond ring, all given to my grandma by my grandad for various anniversaries/birthdays.

I don't have it yet because she's still with us but my granny has told me I'm getting her trilogy diamond ring. I've loved it all my life and is twice the size of my very similar engagement ring. Only problem is I have very small fingers and think it may need resetting when it's resized.

She's already given me a cubic zirconia cocktail ring that is beautifully set so has everyone fooled its a 2 carat diamond solitaire.

My mum also gives me things that she no longer wears. I borrowed a lovely amethyst cocktail ring which she said I could keep.

I love sparkly things and old stuff even more.

My godmother gave me a beautiful small enamel, diamond, and coral Victorian pendant she got from her mother who got it from her stepmother.

There is a gruesome story connected with it - the stepmother had run a pub in Leeds, and loved good jewellery. Word must have got out, as she was burgled, and murdered, and her jewellery stolen. The jewellery was all recovered when the murderer tried to pawn it, and he was hanged in Armley Gaol in Leeds.

For my birthday a couple of years ago my nana gave me her gold necklace that she bought in Israel 30 years back. I'd always admired it and now i wear it everyday.

I have a silver gate bracelet with a heart shaped padlock fastening on it that was my mum's in the 70's. She gave it to me when I was around ten and it's been one of my most treasured possessions ever since.

I have quite a few items that my mum isn't using anymore, the most special (to me) is a Georg Jensen/Royal Copenhagen necklace with a pink porcelain rose with silver leaves.

I also have a silver pendant with a massive light blue stone cut like a diamond which my dad's mum (apparently) used to wear. I got it after she died - the rest of her jewelry was given to my dad's sister, so even if I don't remember my granny wearing this pendant, it's very special to me.

I never met my mum's mum as she died when my mum was quite young, but I have a couple of items that were hers, including a gold ring with a blue stone and white/clear stones around it. It's not a very precious ring at all, but it's quite sweet. I also have a very pretty gold chain that was hers - I borrowed it from my mum once and she didn't want it back as it's not her style.