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It's been a while since I have visited the CS section. My mom wears a daily right hand ring that was my great grandmother's. I have loved it ever since I was a little girl. Turns out my mother has a bracelet of five matching green jade cabochons from my great grandmother too. She is considering on breaking up the bracelet so that my sisters and I could have the ring replicated and each have one. Apparently she had been considering this for a while but backed out when the jeweler told her it would be terrible to break up such a beautiful bracelet since the stones are so well matched. It kind of slipped out at dinner one day when I was asking to wear her ring during the meal. She saw the excited look on my face and now is reconsidering. Yay! I told her I would research and get a quote and she can decide from there. She actually has "to find" the bracelet but said the color is rich and that the stones are a little smaller.
So my question is what PS vendor would be great for the job. Any thoughts? I don't think it's particularly difficult but I want it to be really well made. Same 18k yellow gold. Hers has been through very tough times and still looks great for being something that was made over 65-70 years ago or more.
I have attached some pictures. Hoping PSers can give some advice. Also I am not sure I love the underside being open. A lot of dirt gets in there. Any suggestions on that? The profile has some thinning gold work... Wondering what you suggest for the profile? Plain? I want to keep the side butterflies. My mom was surprised by that and suggested a simpler setting. For some reason though I feel like it would feel more sentimental being closer to the original design. Hmmm
It's been a while since I have visited the CS section. My mom wears a daily right hand ring that was my great grandmother's. I have loved it ever since I was a little girl. Turns out my mother has a bracelet of five matching green jade cabochons from my great grandmother too. She is considering on breaking up the bracelet so that my sisters and I could have the ring replicated and each have one. Apparently she had been considering this for a while but backed out when the jeweler told her it would be terrible to break up such a beautiful bracelet since the stones are so well matched. It kind of slipped out at dinner one day when I was asking to wear her ring during the meal. She saw the excited look on my face and now is reconsidering. Yay! I told her I would research and get a quote and she can decide from there. She actually has "to find" the bracelet but said the color is rich and that the stones are a little smaller.
So my question is what PS vendor would be great for the job. Any thoughts? I don't think it's particularly difficult but I want it to be really well made. Same 18k yellow gold. Hers has been through very tough times and still looks great for being something that was made over 65-70 years ago or more.
I have attached some pictures. Hoping PSers can give some advice. Also I am not sure I love the underside being open. A lot of dirt gets in there. Any suggestions on that? The profile has some thinning gold work... Wondering what you suggest for the profile? Plain? I want to keep the side butterflies. My mom was surprised by that and suggested a simpler setting. For some reason though I feel like it would feel more sentimental being closer to the original design. Hmmm
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