General Chat

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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 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..

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????

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 .

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

Wonder if anyone will wear ours - inside is MIzpah.

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.

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

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 a ruby and diamond ring that my father bought my mother for their ruby wedding anniversary. I also have a Mizpah ring which I bought many years ago, as my father had the word Mizpah tattooed on his arm.

I love the Mizpah verse..
I had a brooch with it on that was my great granma's.
I lost it but always remember the verse.
Sue

I wonder what happened , there I was writiing along full of memeories and I thougt that I had pressed the submit button, Came back and I am not here, well i know I will be when you al read this but where have I gone. will write again this evening

Thank you all for your lovely stories. These old items obviously mean alot to most of us and its so interesting to hear about them.
I also have my Grans wedding ring, and grandfathers WW1 medals.
Love the story of cutting a lemon on horseback.!!
Rose, do you use the rolling pin?

My mothers wedding ring became my daughters wedding ring, she was the closest to her grandma. My grandma's fob watch, and rings etc from my Mum. Thing that means the most though is a Christmas decoration of a glow in the dark cherub!!! It still glows after 62 years!!!!!!!!! My brother thinks its probably radio active he he.