My sister ALisha and I had a fun time going through our parents’ jewelry boxes. My mom’s jewelry was more traditional and included many pieces from the 1980s. Since then, she has not really made any jewelry purchases. A favorite piece of hers is an Opal Triplet pendant that she had custom made after purchasing the stone. My dad’s jewelry consists of lots of 18k yellow gold chains from Italy given to him from his parents, as well as lots of watches! A favorite piece of his is a Girard-Perregaux watch given to him by his father.
Pictured are two pieces from my parents’ jewelry collection: my mom’s engagement ring, which is a three-stone diamond ring done in a 14k yellow gold bypass style. The ring is crowned on top an owl carved out of soapstone. One of my dad’s watches is pictured on an antique blue plate, featuring Andrew Jackson. The plate was found at an old antique shop by my sister–Jackson owned a large plantation and estate near where we live.
Janet Deleuse August 17, 2009 at 5:51 pm:
My 92 yr. old Mother in law gifted to me HER old mother in law’s gold woven chain that was gifted to her from her mother in law–incredible! It is a handmade gold chain with the scrolls that resemble the iron works from Paris–the family is from Nice, France–& it’s tradition for the french women to give the chain to their daughters–in this case moi.
I wrote about it on my blog Janet Deleuse Newsletter
http://deleusejewelers.com/DeleuseBlog
Janet Deleuse
gemgossip August 19, 2009 at 2:29 am:
Janet,
I would love for you to take a picture of that gold woven chain and email it to me with a family heirloom story–I can add to my blog, and Family Heirlooms section. That would be amazing!
-D
charitybracelet@gmail.com
Jennifer May 4, 2010 at 9:02 pm:
I think that passing down a family heirloom is very important. I have a gold watch with diamonds on the face that was given to me on my graduation that was my aunts who had passed away. This is something that I will pass on to my children and hopefully they will pass it on to there children as well.