When you’re thinking about creating something as personal as memorial jewellery, a piece that holds your loved one’s ashes, handwriting, photograph or print, it’s completely natural for the cost to be one of the first questions on your mind. But as you can probably expect, with every piece being made bespoke to you and your loved one, there isn’t a single price that fits every piece.
The beauty of memorial jewellery comes from the personalisation on offer, because at the end of the day, these keepsakes deserve to be as unique as the stories and memories they hold. Price can vary depending on the type of metal you pick, the exact design and different customisation options on offer.
So rather than throwing a single number at you that won’t tell you the whole story, we wanted to walk you through what shapes the price of a piece so you can not only understand where your money is going but also choose something that feels right for both your budget and the person you’re honouring.
We’ll always keep our current prices visible and up to date on our memorial jewellery collection pages, so if you want an exact figure for a particular design, that’s the best place to look. But if you want to understand why prices differ so much from one piece to the next, this guide should give you everything you need.
Memorial Jewellery Cost at a Glance
- Memorial jewellery typically ranges from around £45 for a simple, self-fill piece and up to £225 or more for a fully bespoke, professionally made design, with the exact price shaped by material, personalisation and craftsmanship.
- Self-fill pieces tend to sit at the more accessible end of the range, since you’re doing the filling yourself at home rather than sending your loved one’s ashes away to be professionally embedded.
- Sterling silver designs are generally more affordable than gold vermeil or solid gold, though 18ct PVD gold offers a warmer, longer-lasting finish at a price that sits comfortably in between.
- Adding personal touches like diamond dust, birthstones or charms will increase the price a little, but they’re often what makes a piece feel truly individual to the person you’re remembering.
- You can see our current, up to date prices for every design in our memorial jewellery collections.
How Much Does Memorial Jewellery Cost?
Memorial jewellery can range from a modest, self-fill charm you fill at home yourself, right up to a fully bespoke, professionally made piece in solid gold with multiple personal details included, and the difference between the two can be considerable.
What we’d encourage you to think about isn’t so much the price on its own, but what that price is made up of, because once you understand the different elements that go into a piece, the pricing starts to make a lot more sense.
A simple sterling silver piece that you fill with ashes yourself at your kitchen table will always cost less than a piece where craftsmen handle the ashes for you and set the whole thing in gold. Neither is better than the other, they’re just different ways of creating the same kind of comfort, and the price simply reflects the materials and the work involved.
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What Affects the Price of Memorial Jewellery?
Material
The metal your memorial jewellery is made from has one of the biggest impacts on price, and we offer a few different options so you can choose based on both budget and personal taste.
Stainless Steel
Stainless steel is our most accessible option and a lovely choice if you want something hard wearing and low maintenance without spending as much. We offer several designs, like our Duo Disc necklace, in either stainless steel or sterling silver, so you can pick whichever suits your budget and the way you want to wear it, without compromising on the design itself.
Sterling Silver
Sterling silver sits a little above steel and is one of the most popular choices across our collection, giving you something beautifully made that will last for years with the right care.
Gold Vermeil
Gold vermeil, which is sterling silver finished with a layer of real gold, sits a little higher again because of that extra layer of precious metal. It gives pieces a warmer look without the price of solid gold.
18k PVD Gold
Our 18ct PVD gold sits in a similar place to gold vermeil but is designed to be more hard wearing, which makes it a lovely option if you want something you can keep on most of the time without worrying about the finish dulling.
Solid Gold
Solid gold will always be the most expensive choice simply because it’s gold all the way through, and for a lot of families, that’s exactly the point, as they want something as permanent and as precious as the memory it holds.
Self-Fill or Ashes into Resin
If you’re looking into ashes jewellery specifically, there are a couple of different directions you can go, each making a difference to the final price.
Self-Fill Ashes Jewellery
With our self-fill ashes jewellery, we send you the piece along with everything you need including a tiny funnel, a pin and clear instructions, so you can add your loved one’s ashes yourself in your own time and in your own space. Because you’re doing this part yourself, these pieces tend to be priced lower, and a lot of families like having that hands-on moment at home rather than sending ashes away.
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Ashes Into Resin
Our professionally made ashes into resin jewellery works very differently, and the price reflects just how much care and skill goes into it. Rather than you filling the piece yourself, our own craftsmen take your loved one’s ashes and set them into resin using strict, carefully controlled processes. It takes a steady hand and a lot of attention to detail to get the resin poured, set and finished so it looks as beautiful as it feels meaningful, and that skill and equipment simply isn’t something you could replicate at your kitchen table.
On top of the base process, there are also personal touches you can add that will increase the price further, things like a scattering of diamond dust through the resin, two colours of resin marbled together to create a swirl that’s completely unique to that piece, or even having the making of your piece filmed behind the scenes so you can watch it come together. None of these extras are essential, they’re simply there for families who want to take their piece that little bit further, so it really comes down to your own budget and how much you want included.
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Personalisation
Every extra detail you add to a piece, whether that’s a name and date engraved on the back, a birthstone chosen to represent the month someone was born, or a small charm added to a necklace, will add a little to the overall cost.
It’s worth thinking about which details matter most to you rather than trying to include everything, because sometimes the simplest, most restrained piece can feel just as meaningful as one with every option added.
Size and Design Complexity
Larger pieces, or designs with more intricate detailing, naturally take longer to make and use more material, so they tend to cost a little more than simpler and smaller designs. A simple, understated charm will usually be priced lower than a larger pendant made with more elaborate detailing, even if they’re made from the same metal.
Multiple Ashes or Engravings
If you want to combine ashes, handwriting or fingerprints from more than one person into a single piece, this may add a little to the price, since it takes extra time and care to include each individual element accurately. Families often choose this option when they want one piece to represent several relationships at once, like a mother and father, two pets or two grandparents.
How Much Does Each Type of Memorial Jewellery Typically Cost?
Ashes Jewellery
Self-fill ashes jewellery sits at the more affordable end of our range, since you’re filling the piece yourself once it arrives. Our professionally made resin ashes jewellery, where our own team embeds the ashes for you, is priced a little higher to reflect that specialist work, and prices rise further depending on the metal and any personalisation you choose. You’ll find our full, current pricing on our ashes jewellery collection page.
Handwriting Jewellery
Handwriting jewellery is priced according to the piece you choose and the metal it’s made from, with sterling silver designs generally more affordable than gold options. You can see the full range and current prices on our handwriting jewellery collection.
Fingerprint Jewellery
Fingerprint jewellery follows a similar pattern, with pricing shaped by the metal and the style of piece, whether that’s a simple pendant or something with additional engraving. Current prices for every design are listed on our fingerprint jewellery collection.
Photo Jewellery
Photo jewellery, where a treasured image is engraved directly onto the piece, is priced depending on the design and metal chosen, and you can find up to date pricing for the full range on our photo jewellery collection.
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Is Memorial Jewellery Worth the Cost?
There’s no getting away from the fact that a well-made piece of memorial jewellery is an investment, both financially and emotionally, and only you can decide what feels right to spend.
But for so many people, that investment isn’t really about the price tag at all but about having something real and physical to hold onto on hard days, and something you can wear to weddings, birthdays and everyday moments so the person or pet you’ve lost still feels part of it all.
Whether a piece is worth the cost isn’t something we can answer for you, but families who’ve worn theirs for years often tell us the comfort it’s brought them has meant far more than what they paid for it in the first place.
How to Choose Memorial Jewellery Within Your Budget
If cost is a big factor in your decision, there are still plenty of ways to create something meaningful without stretching further than you’re comfortable with. Engraved memorial jewellery and self-fill ashes jewellery are usually the most affordable routes, simply because they involve less hands-on craftsmanship than something like ashes set into resin. That doesn’t mean any less care goes into them, our engravers and the process behind these keepsakes still take real skill and attention, it just means the process is quicker from start to finish, which naturally brings the price down without cutting any corners along the way.
Sticking with sterling silver over 18k PVD gold will also keep costs lower while still giving you a beautifully made piece. And rather than adding every personalisation option available, it can help to choose the one or two details that mean the most, like adding a single meaningful charm to your bracelet rather than three. A simpler piece, chosen with care, can hold just as much meaning as the most elaborate design in our collection.
Conclusion: How Much Does Memorial Jewellery Cost?
Memorial jewellery doesn’t have one fixed price, and what you’re quoted will change depending on the metal, the maker and any added personalisation. But what matters most is finding a piece that feels right for you and for the person you’re remembering, at a price you feel comfortable with.
We’ll always keep our current prices visible on our memorial jewellery collection pages, so you can see exactly what a piece costs before you commit to anything, and our team is always happy to talk you through your options if you’re not sure where to start.
Frequently Asked Questions
The cost of ashes jewellery depends on whether you choose a self-fill piece, which you fill with ashes yourself at home, or a professionally made piece, where our own craftsmen set your loved one’s ashes into resin for you. It also depends on the metal you choose and any personalisation you add, like engraving or a marbled resin finish. You’ll find our current, up to date prices listed on our ashes jewellery collection.
Memorial jewellery can sit at a similar price point to other high quality keepsakes, though the exact cost depends heavily on the material and craftsmanship involved. Many families find that a piece they can wear every day, rather than store away, feels worth the investment simply because of how often it can bring them comfort.
Handwriting jewellery is priced according to the design you choose and the metal it’s made from, with sterling silver options generally more affordable than gold vermeil or solid gold. Current prices for the full range are available on our handwriting jewellery collection.
Choosing an engraved memorial jewellery piece in sterling silver or stainless steel with minimal additional personalisation is generally the most affordable way to create a piece of memorial jewellery, since engraving is a quicker process than setting ashes into resin, and sterling silver costs less than gold vermeil, 18ct PVD gold or solid gold.
Pet memorial jewellery is generally priced in the same way as our other memorial pieces, based on the metal and design. This includes both our pet ashes jewellery and our engraved paw print and nose print jewellery, which is priced the same as our other engraved or ashes pieces. That means you can create something just as meaningful for a pet as you would for a person, without expecting to pay a different price simply because of who or what you’re remembering.
Our prices can change from time to time depending on factors, like material costs, so we’d always recommend checking the relevant collection page for the most current price on a specific design rather than relying on a figure you’ve seen elsewhere.
Last reviewed: August 2026
