Drawing
Everything starts with a drawing: proportions, thicknesses and details are settled before the metal is touched.
Jewellery & GoldsmithingGondomar · Portugal
From sketch to jewel, gold and silver in good hands.
We make gold and silver jewellery in Gondomar — from wax to casting, from stone setting to polishing, without forgetting our 100% handmade filigree.
41°07′N · 8°32′W
Illustrative videoSince 2000
In Gondomar, the capital of Portuguese goldsmithing, a jewel passes through many hands before it reaches the person who will wear it. At Celior, those hands work gold and silver from the wax to the final polish. Filigree, made by hand the way tradition demands, is part of who we are — but it is far from all we do.
01 — The Workshop
Tradition
does not fear the future.
A jewel is born in stages. Follow a ring from the first line to the final shine.
Moulds & wax
From the model comes a mould; from the mould, the waxes — injected one by one and gathered on a tree, ready for casting.
Lost-wax casting
The tree is set in a flask of investment, the wax burns out in the kiln and gold or silver takes its place. When the investment is broken away, the tree emerges in metal.
Stone setting
Under the loupe, stone by stone: prongs, pavé, bezel. Each stone is seated and secured by hand, at the bench.
Finishing & shine
Cutting, filing, soldering, polishing, ultrasonic cleaning and steam. Each piece passes through many hands until the shine is just right — only then does it leave the workshop.
02 — What we do
From wax to
the final shine.
Gold and silver worked in our workshop, stage by stage.
Moulds and waxes
Moulds and wax injection, assembled on a tree for casting.
Casting
Lost-wax casting in gold and silver.
Bench work
Cutting, filing, soldering and assembly of every component.
Stone setting
Under the loupe, stone by stone: prongs, pavé, bezel.
Finishing
Polishing, ultrasonic cleaning and steam, until the shine is right.
Filigree
100% handmade. A member workshop of the Filigrana de Portugal mark.
03 — The tradition
A lace of
gold and silver.
Filigree is the art of twisting two very fine wires of gold or silver, flattening them and using them to fill metal frames, until the piece looks like lace. Practised in Gondomar since the 18th century, it has become the craft that defines the town.
At Celior, filigree is 100% handmade. We are a member workshop of the Filigrana de Portugal mark, created by the municipalities of Gondomar and Póvoa de Lanhoso to certify handcrafted production and protect it from industrial imitations.
<0.2mmwire thickness, after passing through the ruby dies
2wirestwisted, annealed and flattened into one
XVIIIthe century in which filigree took root in Gondomar
2023the year Gondomar filigree was listed in Portugal's National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage
04 — From the bench
Pieces that leave
our hands.
05 — Who we are
The people
behind Celior.
Celior is run by people who know every bench in the workshop. Every project starts with them — and they are the people you will be talking to.
06 — Contact
Let's give shape
to your project.
geral@celior.pt
Certification
Member workshop
Filigrana de Portugal