Can you have old jewellery melted down and re-fashioned?

[robino]

I inherited lots of my grandma's gold jewellery. Some I will keep and maybe wear. Some is knackered - her locket which she wore every day for ever is so worn that it has a hole in the back. Some is just not to my taste.

It seems such a shame that it's just "stuff" at the moment. I'd love to turn it into something that I would wear again and again.

Is it possible to melt it down and make it in to something I would wear? How would I go about it?

Is it gold?
Is it all the same carat?
Yes you can if it is gold - you would prob need to find an actual jeweller rather that just a shop that sells jewellery ifywim.
It may turn out to be quite costly - I had to have a tiny extension of 1 cm added to a gold bracelet and it cost me a fortune.
You may be better off selling it and buying something you like.

Yes but it does have the potential to be quite expensive. Whereabouts in the country are you? There is a jewellers near me that does exactly this but the costs are quite high I think. This is the shop near me. If you have a rummage through the site you should find some stuff about having old jewellery redone.

Go to an independant jeweller. My mum had a coral necklace she inherited from her great aunt broken up and remade as earrings for her daughters (all seven of us) Each pair was different and it was a fantastic way of sharing out an item she would never have worn herself.

hello.
DP is a jeweller.
after the gold is melted, when it is refashioned, about 10% is lost in the process. DP charges around £8-9 a gram to make stuff i think.
doesnt have to be the same carat, but if you wanted it hallmarked they would mark it at the lower.
will be worth mending the locket if you like it.
altering other pieces would be cheaper than starting from scratch.
also, the workmanship of the pieces you have needs to be considered, would you want to turn it into something inferior.
any q's dp will be happy to help im sure.

Yes - my engagement ring is my great grandmothers engagement ring. It was a very old fashioned design, but I loved the history behind it (and the stones, on a more shallow level), so we had it redesigned by a goldsmith/jeweller type person (I'm sure there's a proper name!). I love my ring - unique and about 100 years old now.