Clears his throt and looks suitably embarrassed.

"Uh...I...it's, well it's not a heirloom, I should have..." Hell, now he's probably completely disappointed her. "I had the silversmith make it. I couldn't find anything of your mother's but I thought this would make up for that."

She's going to kill him now for getting her hopes up, isn't she?

"I'm sorry."