I REMEMBER the first (and only) pair of diamond earrings I was given, in my twenties: tiny, antique dragonfly studs from Bentley & Skinner on Londonâs Piccadilly, purveyors of the finest antique jewellery. âYou can only have these if you promise to wear them. Donât leave them sad and lonely in your jewellery box,â insisted my benefactor. I duly wore them on repeat, even on my wedding day as my âsomething oldâ.
For those fortunate enough to have a jampacked jewellery boxâor pieces snaffled away in strategic hiding places (âno one will look in the rusty tea caddy at the back of the cupboardâ)âI can hazard a guess that you might not wear your more sentimental pieces. Inherited jewellery carries the weight of emotional memoriesâsometimes lovely, but sometimes sad and complicated, which makes forgetting about them easier than begrudgingly pinning them to a coat lapel once a year. If these jewels donât fit with your life or simply arenât your style, selling them to buy something new and shiny is an optionâdonât let the money dissolve into the next heating bill or food shop. However, I would encourage owners to think outside the box and commission something special. Rather than replace, rework said sparkler into a piece you (or a beloved family member or fiancée) will cherish wearing and pass down the generations with stories to tell. If only jewellery could talk.
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