Placing a new diamond into a 1930s ring.

How a misshapen 1930s ring is professionally restored

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Laura and Amanda Hornberger are graduate gemologists who run an Etsy store, Maejean Vintage. They restore and sell vintage jewelry. One of their jewelers, Macy, shows us how she restores a gold art deco ring from the 1930s. This includes removing the old stone, hammering the misshapen ring back into shape, removing scratches on it, and inserting a new stone into the ring.

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