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What a lovely thread! I have rings that belonged to each of my grannies, I wear them all the time and feel them close to me. I have my Mum's wedding ring, which I had made easily into a pendant, I got a jeweller to solder a largish ring on the wedding ring so it will hang on a chain, and then had a little pearl drop fixed on the inside so it look like it's in a frame.
But I have so much stuff from the family. Some of my most precious things are my gggrandmothers hand made linen sheets and pillowcases, signed with laundry ink 'W McDonald 1825', she married in 1827.

I have my grandmothers wedding ring and fob watch which was also a wedding present and my grandfather clock which he never altered when clocks went forward or back and neither do we. Mum has her fathers pocket watch and my youngest has a china doll which was bought fot my grandmothers sister has a child x

I think mine has to be the Christening Gown and shawl.The gown is well over a hundred years old now ,and is too fragile to be worn anymore.The last to wear it was my son 25 years ago.
I also wear my Nanna's wedding ring.She was born in 1890.I can't remember when she married but I think about 1911/12.

Wonder if anyone will wear ours - inside is MIzpah.

Hi ,
I have a Clock that has the inscription:
To J. Hutt
From Sir John Wolfe Barry and Partners
in Grateful Appreciation of
60 years unfailing Loyalty and Devotion,
1869-1929.

J. Hutt is a distant ancestor in my family.
How many people these days stay with a company that long?
Sue

hi all ,
i have my grandparents love tokens ,given when they got engaged, a little gold brouch of a bird on a branch ,and an emerald and gold tie pin , they will be passed on to my gran kids .

Nice to see you Jules, my mother had a long amber and a mourning necklace which were both my grans but where they went to????

I don't have anything from my family but I do have a stack of amber jewellery from my father in law that was his mothers...I was given it when I married my husband....

Jules..

I have a silver chain purse my gran gave me when I was about 9, used to use it for my collection for Sunday School! It had been hers. A garnet ring which belonged to my other g.mother. A Viennese wall clock about 180 years old which was my dad's, in turn it will go to son and then gdau.
Three weeks ago I gave my gdau a pair of my g.aunts drop earrings, very pretty with seed pearls and turquoises on them.

Have my mother's wedding and engagement rings, keep meaning to have them made into a ring for g.dau.

I have my grandmother's rolling pin, made from the oar of my gt grandfather's ferryboat, and a small crucifix that my grandmother picked from the Thames mud in Chiswick when she was young ( sometime between around 1890 and 1905), it is dated October 13th 1853 with two initials...i would love to find out who it had belonged to .

The other thing which I cherish, is an aspidistra lol, I have a photo of my grandmother with it about 1900 and it is still with me, re-potted and split a few times lol.

I have my mother's and mother-in-laws wedding rings.
I also have my father's awl and his clothes brushes,
priceless treasures.lolx

Emmax

Mine is my Great Great Grandmother's engagement ring. It a solid 24 carat gold band inset with a diamond and 2 sapphires and beautiful. My Nan gave it to me for my 21st Birthday as I was the oldest granddaughter. I have always loved this ring and now that I am interested in genealogy it has become even more precious.

Tina x

Yes Sue my most treasured possession are 2 medals my grandfather won at the Royal Tournament in front of the then King & Queen. They were for tent pegging, and lemon cutting which was done on horseback. My mother told me that you had to cut a lemon in half with a sword, but my grandad would practive with a quarter.
Carol

I haven't a great deal but I have my grandfather's tobacco jar made of pewter. I have been trying to find out how old it might be but haven't had any luck. I keep my fuses for the house in it so it is doing a very useful job . I also have two napkin rings made of ivory, each with the initial of my great grandparents. I believe they were a wedding present when they got married in 1849.....no family silver though....shucks- jl

I'm sure most of us have a treasured possession that has been passed down from the family. What is yours?
Mine, I treasure an old fruit bowl, which my grandma sent away for with coupons from Black and Greens tea.!! It was a set of six small dishes and one large bowl , (the only one left) and i still use it today for fruit.