With the experience of more than 60 years making works of art for the Catholic Worship and the high professional training of our master goldsmiths, instructed in all the craft techniques developed throughout history, we can offer you the most professional and qualified work in the realization of any type of restoration of your goldsmith objects.
With use and the passage of time, true works of art, ancient or contemporary, suffer deterioration and loss of finishes that undermine the material value they originally had.
In our workshops, we are highly qualified to restore to your work of art the beauty and value it had in its origins, following the same construction criteria and using the same materials and techniques that were once used by its creator.
In this way we assure you that your work of art will never be altered, thus maintaining the golden rule of the art of restoration.
As is well known, in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), a gigantic censer is “flown” at the Pilgrims’ Mass every week since the origins of the pilgrimage. There are currently two censers that carry out this spectacular celebration.
One dates from 1851, made by the goldsmith Losada, and the other, made entirely of sterling silver, was made in our workshops in 1971 as a replica of the previous one from 1851.
The 1851, made entirely of bronze and covered with silver, over the years and its continuous use, has suffered numerous flaws that, in an unprofessional manner, were repaired on multiple occasions by unskilled craftsmen.
Being already in a very deplorable state and having had the experience of the manufacture of the replica in sterling silver, our workshops were required to study its total restoration with the expectation of returning it to its origins and in turn, recover the state of security that requires this object (insignia of our goldsmiths in Spain) that in the exercise of its blasting, acquires a mass of inertia equivalent to 1000 kg in weight.
Today we can proudly say that the restoration was assigned to us and during Holy Week 2006, this emblem of the Catholic Religion returned to “fly” the Cathedral’s Crucifixion wearing its original appearance and equipped with maximum security, as it was conceived and made in 1851 by the goldsmith Losada.
This beautiful chalice was in its original state, but in very good condition.
Some of its enamels had been broken off and the
some stones were missing. It was bent and the frame was missing
internal that held all the pieces together.
After a thorough analysis, all parts were inspected and those missing were remanufactured. All the enamels were restored and the chalice was equipped with the required internal structure. Finally, after a careful hand polishing, its original finishes were recovered by applying 24-carat electrolytic gilding, thus restoring all its handcrafted richness to the piece.
