Oh thanks so much monarch64!
So so touched by all your sweet ring compliments!
I do wear my mom's ring sometimes and it always makes me smile.. actually just wore it over Mother's Day weekend.
It is actually an old euro cut diamond that was reset by Tiffany in the 1950's.
It was my grandmother's original engagement ring from the 1920's.
My mom's father passed away in the 1940's and my grandmother got remarried so she gave the stone to my mother when she got engaged to my Dad in 1955. They brought it to Tiffany to have to set by them. Back in those days Tiffany would set stones that were not purchased from them. She wore it with my grandmother's wedding band too as my grandmother wore a new band from her 2nd husband.
Sorry.. that's a lot of family history there to keep track of.
As far as deciding between wearing the marquise vs the emerald cut I have been wearing the marquise more I guess it's because it's the "new kid on the block." The emerald cut ring I have had for 20 years now.. it was a present from my DH for my 40th Bday. The marquise I got from a New York auction about a year and a half ago.
I really only wear it on vacation if I'm going on a cruise or to a party or out to dinner on a Saturday night. It's "a lot" to wear to the supermarket!
RE the Tiffany marquise and round band.. I bought that from Ebay a few years back.
I also found on Ebay the original Tiffany catalog from the 1970's that the ring is in! I love finding stuff like that. Here are some pix. It's the bottom ring in the catalog.. "GG"
This is so special. I LOVE that you’ve got the listing, too. On another forum a member recently asked for help identifying a vintage (Tiffany, as it turns out!) piece, and someone else had a decades-old Blue Book with tons of information about the collection - it was so much fun to read about! And now your story!
This totally needs to be cross-posted in the Tiffany thread Rubies! @Ally T needs to see it!
I know! How fun that I was able to find the catalog. I knew the ring was from the 1970s and I saw a seller on Ebay who was selling a lot of old Tiffany catalogs. He was so nice as I gingerly asked him if he could look through a few of them to see if my ring was in there I then I would of course buy the catalog right away and he found
This is so special. I LOVE that you’ve got the listing, too. On another forum a member recently asked for help identifying a vintage (Tiffany, as it turns out!) piece, and someone else had a decades-old Blue Book with tons of information about the collection - it was so much fun to read about! And now your story!
This totally needs to be cross-posted in the Tiffany thread Rubies! @Ally T needs to see it!
Pretty please?!!! 
Posting like mad today.. and this one is actually VCA related.
I recently bought a pre-loved "Cadenas" watch in stainless steel.
Interestingly "Cadenas" means padlock in French which is a fun fact and adds to my claim that most of my 10 words of French that I know are jewelry terms.
VCA only currently sells the 18K version.. they seemed to have discontinued the stainless version so I felt lucky to find this.
I love the style.. not the most practical watch though. the face is teeny tiny. Well I guess that is what phones are for.
Hellooo Ally T!
Hellooooo LLJsmom!
One last non VCA post I promise.. here is the Harry Winston "ring that ate my finger."
One last non VCA post I promise.. here is the Harry Winston "ring that ate my finger."
Nooooo!! Not my ring. Just a Harry Winston ring I tried on a few years ago from a seller in Florida.
Thanks as always for the sweet weet compliments on the pieces that are mine.. I love all your stuff too!!
@yssie
Ooo! Found a "whole team" shot from last year..
Missing some rookies but has most of the old timer heavy hitters.
NO MORE BASEBALL REFERENCES! I PROMISE!
Left to right and top to bottom.
PINKY - Cartier Nigeria, 11 carat tw emerald cut band, Vintage Tiffany marquise and round band.
RING FINGER - My moms old cut Tiffany set engagement ring and band, Vintage Tiffany sapphire "Diana" ring and matching Tiffany sapphire and diamond band, 4.3 carat marquise, Perlee band.
INDEX FINGER - 7 carat emerald cut, baguette band, ruby heart halo ring, thin ruby/diamond eternity band, pave band that matches the ruby ring.
POINTER - 2.65 carat pear bezel set in yellow gold with matching band, 1.68 heart diamond ring set in rose gold with matching Perlee rose gold band.
Whew! I think it got most in this pix.
In addition a new VCA wide Perlee clover band in white gold, the aformentioned yellow gold bubble ring and an assortment of rolling rings and other Cartier no stone rings bought mostly second hand from Ebay.
Oh thanks so much diamondseeker 2006.. your compliments truly mean so much. Funny because I think your collection is absolutely dreamy too! 
I think it’s because they are launching a new Alhambra ring with a spinning motif. One side rose gold guilloche and the other carnelian. It’s already on socials and looks so much fun!
I’m so annoyed!! How on earth do they justify the expense of creating whole new designs when they’re resource-strapped to the point where their customers can’t even place orders for existing stock piecesCatch up on current inventory first please, VCA!!
I purchased my second piece this week. My pics aren’t great but I’ll post what I have anyway. The WMOP Alhambra bracelet in WG…ordered from the VCA site with no modifications bc the 7.48” length is perfect for my wrist/hand size. My Andrew Moline pearl studs came today; I’ll try to sneak in a shot of one of them and post more in the pearls sub.
Oh my.. I think you most definitely should get the wide Perlee clover band if you love it! Your fingers ALWAYS look long and lovely in your pix.. My hands and fingers are very small too but I love me a wide band.. that fatter the better unless I can't bend my knuckle!
It's actually a very comfortable ring to wear which is always a plus.
I love that you love the Cadenas too! It's just so unusual it really caught my eye for years. I think I first saw it when the Duchess of Windsor's jewelry came up for auction.. seems to have been one of her faves. It's actually a bit more of a bracelet now instead of a watch since I really have to squint to see the time but c'est la vie I guess.
Would you get white, yellow or rose? I have tried on all 3 in the past.. captured on camera of course.
Ok, that says it all. In real life, I would wear the clover ring only ion weekends, and that defeats the purpose. I need one that I can wear every day. Ok, back to the single row. Sorry, I'm just basically self-therapying here in your thread. But I love your ring and would love see more pictures where ever you happen to be. Thank you again for the additional pics. You made such a great choice.
I purchased my second piece this week. My pics aren’t great but I’ll post what I have anyway. The WMOP Alhambra bracelet in WG…ordered from the VCA site with no modifications bc the 7.48” length is perfect for my wrist/hand size. My Andrew Moline pearl studs came today; I’ll try to sneak in a shot of one of them and post more in the pearls sub.
Hi Rubies, thank you for posting more pics. I think you're right. If you go for the chunky rings, you just need to suck it up and go for it. I've been rethinking and wondering if I want a big diamond band instead, like an eternity with 50 pointers. Huge statement. But I tried a full eternity today, at local high end jewelry store, and it was just too disrupting to the adjacent fingers and I don't think I could get used to it. The other option is to go with a five stone. But my gut says I prefer the single row perlee. I sooo wish I could try on the perlee clover ring in my size in white gold. That would squash that dream forever. I honestly think the large clover ring represents the life I wish I lead, and the single row represents the actual life I lead.
Gotta go with your gut. As Shakespeare said.."To thine own self be true."
Posting like mad today.. and this one is actually VCA related.
I recently bought a pre-loved "Cadenas" watch in stainless steel.
Interestingly "Cadenas" means padlock in French which is a fun fact and adds to my claim that most of my 10 words of French that I know are jewelry terms.
VCA only currently sells the 18K version.. they seemed to have discontinued the stainless version so I felt lucky to find this.
I love the style.. not the most practical watch though. the face is teeny tiny. Well I guess that is what phones are for.
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