Remodelling vs Selling&Buying new

[Wise*Alternatives]

London, UK based, new to this site and novice!

What would you do?
I have a brilliant with small emerald rim, platinum mount with insignificant sparkle at mount shaft, given to my grandmother in 1918, probably 1.25 ct. I like the ring very much but a) the ring band size is too small and the ring itself looks a little "small".

Would you a) enlarge the band to fit and b) increase the ring in any way? One of the tiny emeralds is missing and I am not sure how secure the fitting is.

Many thanks for your advice and guidance!

Wise*Alternatives

 

[Hera]

Maybe you could post a photo?

Are you planning on wearing it every day?

I would take it to a jeweler to have prongs etc checked.

What''s a brilliant with an emerald rim? A round brilliant? Can we try the descriptions once again?

 

[Wise*Alternatives]

many thanks! I will reply properly after I have photographed the ring later today.
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[Tacori E-ring]

Is it the ring in your AV? If so I LOVE it and would do everything I cold to restore it. It would be a shame to sell or change your grandmother''s ring. I feel like you would regret it later.

 

[Gypsy]

I love it too! The abolute maximum I would do, and I would do this if and only if a very skilled designer could do it while making it look part of the original ring, would be to add a second halo with pave single cuts around the emeralds to increase the finger coverage, then re-shank it with more single cut pave it to size it up... and I''m not even sure I''d do that.

 

[eac]

Another vote to keep that gorgeous ring as it is, but have the missing emerald replaced and have the band sized to fit. Have you had the ring cleaned by a jeweler at all? That is guaranteed to show you its full sparkle potential. An elderly relative gave me a ring that had been sitting unworn in her jewel box. I had it cleaned, and it turned into a real dazzler.