Brands with a Mark. The story of Leitão & Irmão: “We must never diminish the value”

“We must not fall into the temptation of lowering the level of quality to cut costs.” So says Jorge Leitão, the current head of Leitão & Irmão, the company founded in 1822 in Porto, whose history is deeply intertwined with that of Portuguese jewellery and goldsmithing — after all, it was once considered the jeweller to the Portuguese crown.