My grandmother had a few nice pieces of jewellery which, if we girls were perhaps feeling down in the dumps or recovering from colds etc., she would allow us to "dress up" in and pretend we were princesses.
Amongst them was a beautiful aquamarine ring, which was my favourite. In fact, when I became engaged I opted for this type of stone in my ring.
Subsequently the original passed to my aunt, and just before she died she told me it had belonged to my grandmother's Aunt, who shared the same first name as me! (I had only just discovered that part of the family tree, and this individual in particular!)
After my aunt's death, a couple of years ago, all her household possessions (and the jewellery) were shipped over to America by her son, so I will never know what happened to the ring. It is quite sad as he never showed any interest in family heirlooms, or the story that surrounded that particular ring!
