Dipping my grandmother's wedding ring?

LEJC

I would worry that in having the ring dipped that you take away some of its significance in as much as it isnt grans ring anymore...personally I would leave them as they are..as they are "how gran had them".
Years ago I had one of my Grans rings reset,into a slightly more modern setting but using the original materials..ie the diamonds and the gold...the resulting ring is lovely..and I do sometimes wear it although its lost the original charm that made it hers first...and possibly with hindsight I should have left it as it was...afterall that was the ring she picked so she must have liked it.

On the subject of should I be buried in my jewellery..absolutely no way..I do want someone in the family to enjoy it so I guess if you were my grandaughter I would be pleased you had the ring...just not sure if you shouldnt appreciate it in the same way I did...but thats your choice...

brians_daughter

TBH if it was my Gran i know she would be horrified that her rings were not on show and being used by someone. I am sure your Gran came from an era where everything was precious, re-used and well loved.

I know if it was my Gran she would be more than happy with me having them dipped in order to wear them more often... i cant see the sense of keeping them in a drawer etc, and i know that my Gran wouldnt want this - you obviously want to wear them, but they dont fit in with your own wedding/engagement rings... I would think about what Gran would want, and see a jeweller and if they say its possible i would deffo go for it!

Sammy_Girl

I think it's a lovely idea if it means you are going to wear it more often - much better than sitting in a drawer. I would go talk it over with a reputable jeweller to discuss the possibilities and how/if it will affect the ring.

Fwiw, I have my grandmother's wedding and engagement ring and had the engagement ring resized to wear on my right hand and the plain wedding band was taken to a jeweller at Hatton Garden where they added diamonds all the way around - eternity ring style. It really is lovely.

ETA: the wedding band I used as my wedding ring which personally gives extra significance to me.

Britwife

I think it would depend if the ring is an heirloom and hallmarked. It's really not like mum and dad's as grans will be from a different era.

I wouldn't have it dipped though and wear it as it is. There is nothing wrong with mixing precious metal colours and is quite the fashion anyway.

I think if her gran wanted to be buried with them, she would have said so at some point.