What it will cost
Five questions. You get a range and the workings — no email address, no “request a quote”, no waiting two days to find out it was never in your budget.
No black box
Every number the estimate uses
Bench rate is £35 an hour and it is built into the ranges below rather than billed separately. A commission takes 21 days whichever row you land on.
Starting range, by piece
- A ring
- £120 – £220
- Earrings
- £70 – £180
- A pendant
- £90 – £200
- A name or word piece
- £140 – £260
- Remodelling something I own
- £180 – £600
- An engagement ring
- £850 – £2400
Stone, added on top
- No stone
- —
- Freshwater pearl
- £5 – £40
- Amethyst, garnet or aquamarine
- £10 – £220
- Moonstone or labradorite
- £15 – £70
- Sapphire
- £120 – £900
- A stone I already have
- £40 – £40
Metal multiplier
- Sterling silver
- × 1
- 9ct gold
- × 2.4
- 18ct gold
- × 4.2
Detail, and rushing it
- Plain and simple
- × 1
- Some detail
- × 1.25
- A lot of detail
- × 1.6
- No deadline
- × 1
- Within a month
- × 1
- Sooner than three weeks
- × 1.15