Valentine's Gift Idea

Gold Plated Silver Earrings Heart of Viana with blue zirconia, part of the COLOURING TRADITION collection.

The colour Red is an intense color heavily associated with feelings of love, romance, and passion. Full of emotion and exciting energy, it can also symbolize determination, courage, and power. Red gemstones are thought to boost feelings of enthusiastic love and increase confidence.

The COLOURING TRADITION collection is inspired by the colors found in the Portuguese landscape - green, red, and blue. The jewels from this collection hope to bring the symbolism and the tradition of Portugal to you.

Unisex Crewneck sweatshirt 50% cotton and 50% polyester

Heavy Cotton Poly Blend with Light Fleece Interior 

Unisex / Fits true to size

Silver ring in filigree, part of The Classics Collection.

Silver 925% ring with 1.5 cm and 5.8gr.

Handmade in Portugal.

Have your pick. From fresh to warm, from floral to woody, this Gift Box offers you a quick view of a collection that bears the soul of Claus Porto and of more than 130 years of crafting tradition. This elegant white box, with golden embossing, opens up to present nine colorful soaps wrapped in vintage Art Deco-inspired packaging, and that are part of our brand’s unique design heritage. The ideal gift, if you are willing to share a treasure.

9x1,8 oz. Net wt. / 9x50g

Details:

The assortment in this gift box features a selection of nine soaps of the Deco range. Blended with shea oil, these colorful soaps draw on the dramatic designs that first made Claus Porto’s name in the early 20th Century. Voga, Alface, Favorito, Elite, Banho, Ilyria, Chypre, Deco and Cerina are the soaps presented in this coffret.

Voga’s fragrance balances fruity freshness with understated acacia and sweet tuberose. A pinch of powdery musk adds a gentle afterglow. A captivating feminine scent.

Alface’s youthful and sunny fragrance will awaken your senses and subtly perfume your skin. Its joyful fragrance combines fresh orange blossom with velvety almond, wrapped around a radiant heart of white rose and jasmine.

Favorito’s unique fragrance combines juicy red berries and crisp green leaves, with the delicate scent of fresh-cut roses, warmed by a powerful pinch of pepper and patchouli. Cheery as a bright summer day.

Elite’s luscious fragrance will sooth your senses, while leaving your skin subtly scented. This refined and captivating fragrance blends the citrus notes of bergamot and mandarin, a heart of mellow wood, and touches of musk and powdery amber.

Banho’s revitalizing and zesty fragrance will give you an energizing boost and will exhilarate your senses. Deliciously fresh, this breezy fragrance is a stimulating citrus feast of lemon, orange, mandarin, verbena and basil, given added depth with musk and hints of vanilla.

Ilyria’s floral harmony will warm your senses while delicately cleansing and perfuming your skin. The fragrance is a blend of lemon and orange blossom, with mellow honeysuckle and exotic jasmine to create a fusion that’s sweet and refreshing.

Chypre’s distinctive fragrance merges tangy blackcurrant, lychee and mandarin with forest notes from cedarwood and oak moss. Delicate jasmine and red rose add a touch of refinement to this Orientally inspired scent. Comforting as a warm fireplace on a winter’s night.

Deco’s fresh forest fragrance blends notes of galbanum and cypress with a woody composition of pine, eucalyptus and balsamic elemi. It’s rounded off with a piquant touch of juniper and cedar. As bracing as an early morning forest walk.

Cerina’s woody, polished scent is strongly inspired by Portugal’s rugged coast. Notes of pine needle and sea moss, are embraced by the breezy sweetness of delicate white flowers. The result is as refreshing as a spritz of fresh saltwater.

Silver necklace with pearls and zirconia, part of the COLOURING TRADITION Collection.

Usually associated with feelings of hope and energy, Green is a youthful and healing color. Widely present in nature, it is a sign of renewal and growth. Green gemstones help promote change and create balance. Bring them with you to feel their powerful positive energy.

The COLORING TRADITION collection is inspired by the colors found in the Portuguese landscape - green, red, and blue.

Adjustable Silver Heart of Viana ring in filigree, part of The Classics Collection.

The Heart of Viana was created as a symbol of devotion to the Sacred Heart but soon became an icon and emotional heritage of Portugal.

Silver 925% adjustable ring with 2.8cm and 3.7gr.

Handmade in Portugal.

These beautiful hand beaded bags are definitely a conversation starter. 

A great accessory to add colour to an outfit. Can be used as a large purse or a bag.

This purse is handmade by artisans who skilfully stitch thousands of glass beads individually onto a cotton frame.  We design and collaborate with local enterprises who find work for women in rural Bangladesh. For example Kamuna, who manages our bead work division.  Kamuna been in a wheelchair from birth and this project has enabled her to buy her own house where she lives with her husband and son. 

Size: 24cm x 17 cm

Zip fastener 

Silver necklace in filigree, part of the Formas Collection.

Signet ring gold-plated on sterling silver.

Gold vermeil 18 kt. 

European Size 10

Made in Portugal

Crown Necklace with marcasites, part of Jewels of Marcasites Collection.

Marcasite jewels became popular in Portugal in the early 20th century as silver replicas of traditional pieces of Portuguese jewelry from the 18th century, which were made of gold and diamonds. The name Marcasite comes from the natural gem in these jewels.

Silver 925% necklace with 40cm (plus 5cm) and 3.8gr. 

Pendant with Marcassites and 2.5 cm.

Handmade in Portugal.

Size 5

- 925 sterling silver 

Girlfriend's Girlfriend is a jewellery project by Afro-Indigenous artisan, Lannii Layke. 

The process is of biomimicry and instinct; intuitive techniques of design carried by visceral recollection.

Mirroring the topographies of their birth memory - smoke, oil, and bone. Landscapes of water, skin and muscle are traversed from an embodied movement, and into their waxiness. Hand sculpted and carved to be as if they grew from their wearers body.

Lannii's work is currently based in Tkaronto (Toronto).

Silver Gold Plated Heart of Viana necklace in filigree, part of the Azulejo Collection.

The Azulejo Collection is inspired by the Portuguese tiles - a decorative and architectural element with more than 500 years of tradition that marks the Portuguese aesthetic and imaginary.

Gold plated silver 925% necklace with 45.0cm and 6.0gr. Heart of Viana with enamel and 4.0cm.

Handmade in Portugal.

Silver Viana's "Conta" bracelet in silver and onyx.

Portugal Jewels has designed an exclusive bracelet for the best dad in the world! The contrast between the black onyx and the Viana silver bead conveys a touch of modernity and tradition. This bracelet will be a perfect fit for the wrist of all our superheroes.

Silver 925% centre with 8mm and 1.0gr. String bracelet with onyx stones.

Handmade in Portugal.

Gold plated Silver Coin necklace, part of Filigree Collection

The Coins are adorned in a frame to be used as jewelry pieces. 

Gold plated silver 925% necklace with 45 cm and 6.1 gr. Medal with 3.5 cm.

Made in Portugal.

Barnacle Love, Paperback, By Anthony De Sa

Shortlisted for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize

Like Wayson Choy and David Bezmozgis before him, Anthony De Sa captures, in stories brimming with life, the innocent dreams and bitter disappointments of the immigrant experience.

At the heart of this collection of intimately linked stories is the relationship between a father and his son. A young fisherman washes up nearly dead on the shores of Newfoundland. It is Manuel Rebelo who has tried to escape the suffocating smallness of his Portuguese village and the crushing weight of his mother’s expectations to build a future for himself in a terra nova. Manuel struggles to shed the traditions of a village frozen in time and to silence the brutal voice of Maria Theresa da Conceicao Rebelo, but embracing the promise of his adopted land is not as simple as he had hoped.

Manuel’s son, Antonio, is born into Toronto’s little Portugal, a world of colourful houses and labyrinthine back alleys. In the Rebelo home the Church looms large, men and women inhabit sharply divided space, pigs are slaughtered in the garage, and a family lives in the shadow cast by a father’s failures. Most days Antonio and his friends take to their bikes, pushing the boundaries of their neighbourhood street by street, but when they finally break through to the city beyond they confront dangers of a new sort.

Anthony De Sa's novel of rare evocative power that captures the space between innocence and knowing--for a city, for a community and most especially for a trio of unforgettable boys.

     On a steamy summer day in 1977, Emanuel Jaques was shining shoes in downtown Toronto. Surrounded by the strip clubs, bars and body rub parlors of Yonge Street, Emanuel was lured away from his friends by a man who promised some easy money. Four days later the boy's body was discovered. He had been brutally raped and murdered, and Toronto the Good would never be the same. The murder of the Shoeshine Boy had particularly tragic resonance for the city's Portuguese community. The loss of one of their own symbolized for many how far they were from realizing their immigrant dreams.
     Kicking the Sky is told from the perspective of one of these children, Antonio Rebelo, a character first introduced in Barnacle Love. Twelve-year-old Antonio prizes his life of freedom and adventure. He and his best friends, Manny and Ricky, spend their days on their bikes exploring the labyrinth of laneways that link their Portuguese neighborhood to the rest of the city. But as the details of Emanuel's death expose Toronto's seedier underbelly, the boys are pulled into an adult world of danger and cruelty, secrets and lies much closer to home.
     Kicking the Sky is a novel driven by dramatic events, taking hold of readers from its opening pages, intensifying its force towards an ending of huge emotional impact.

Paperback Edition