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Cá d’Oro is a glass manufacturing studio in Minas
Gerais, Brazil. Founder of the studio, Mario Seguso
descends from one of the most esteemed, historical and
respected glass manufacturing families on the island
of Murano, off the coast of Venice, Italy. Murano was
and still is internationally renowned for its glassmaking
industry and the Seguso family has been involved in the
industry since 1292.
In 1954, Mario Seguso, a descendant and at the
time still living in Italy, was invited to Brazil by Cristais
Prado, a renowned glass engraving studio. Mario was
enchanted by Brazil and decided to stay to produce
glassware following his family’s glass making tradition
for the Brazilian market. He founded a glass art studio
in Poços de Caldas and named it Cá d’Oro, which can
be translated into golden house.
Over the decades, Cá d’Oro had grown exponentially
and in the 1990’s, Mario Seguso passed along the
management to his son Adriano. Cá d’Oro is to this day
led by Adriano Seguso, and since a couple of years, his
sons Rodrigo and Guilherme are involved in the family
business as well, carrying on the centuries-old tradition.
The Seguso family produces their glass pieces by
fusing sand, calcium carbonate and sodium carbonate
through a melting process at a high temperature. The
skilled artisans working at Cá d’Oro then mould and
mouth blow the glass into the desired shape, creating
artistic and eye-catching decorative items.
Cá d’Oro
