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ORBISJEWELERS & SILVERSMITHS IN COLOMBO8 stores · curated ORBIS register
Colombo 3, Alfred House Gardens
Trading since 1922, Colombo Jewellery Stores is a family jewellery house built around Sri Lankan sapphires and its Sapphire Island collection, alongside fine diamond pieces and Swiss watch brands. Its showroom and head office sit at Alfred House Gardens in Colombo 3, with a second boutique at One Galle Face mall.
Best for Ceylon sapphires and fine jewellery
Dutch Hospital, Colombo 01
Galle Fort Jewellers’ Colombo branch offers sapphires, moonstones and custom gold jewellery with certification. Buyers should ask about stone origin, treatment and documentation before commissioning or purchasing a substantial piece.
Best for Certified sapphires, moonstones, and custom gold jewelry from the Galle Fort gem
Colombo 2, Colombo City Centre
The house traces its origins to 1865, when Don Theodoris Weerasiri opened a jewellery store on Chatham Street in the Fort, and it was revived in 1984 under D. B. Enterprise. Its showrooms now sell Ceylon gem-studded necklaces, pendants and made-to-order engagement rings from Colombo City Centre in Colombo 2 and One Galle Face mall.
Best for Ceylon gems and custom engagement rings
Colombo 03
Sifani is a jewellery business established in 1970 whose collections centre on coloured gemstones. Its online catalogue includes sapphire jewellery in gold alongside pieces using stones such as morganite. The company lists retail locations in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, as well as London.
Best for Coloured-gemstone jewellery
Sifani Jewellers is a family-run coloured-stone jewellery business established in 1970. Its designs draw on the turquoise water and white sand of the Maldives and the plant life of Sri Lanka, translating those colours into gemstone combinations rather than treating the islands as a generic motif. The company describes a collaborative process between designers and craftspeople. Stones are handpicked and paired, then balanced for proportion and symmetry before setting. Current pieces give that practice material detail. The catalogue includes an 18k white-gold star sapphire ring accented with diamonds. An 18k pink-gold morganite pendant offers another combination, while a white-gold butterfly necklace uses pink sapphires and diamonds. Those examples show a focus on coloured stones across rings and pendants, with necklaces extending the range. Sifani operates stores in Sri Lanka and the Maldives and maintains a customer-relations office in London. The business also names Pahamune House and a vocational training institute among its social programmes. A jewellery-setting school completes that group. The 1970 foundation and hand-selection process make the entry more specific than a general luxury-jewellery description. Its regional gemstone palette and family-run network root the business in Sri Lanka.
Colombo 05
Sonali Dharmawardena came to batik after working in pottery and jewellery and in fine art in oils and watercolour. She works natural fabric with wax as a resist and dye to create her own signature lines, fusing traditional Sri Lankan technique with new methods. The Sonali Dharmawardena and Acushla labels are both her registered trademarks.
Best for Signature wax-resist batik womenswear on natural fabric
Colombo
Stone-N-String is a Sri Lankan jewelry brand handcrafting coral, semi-precious stone and sterling silver pieces across three generations. The family business, trading for more than 40 years, also sells a men's Divo collection and Ceylon cinnamon.
Best for Handcrafted coral, semi-precious stone and sterling silver jewelry
Stone-N-String describes itself as Sri Lanka's leading fashion jewelry name, and its own account traces the business back more than 40 years to a family passion for coral and semi-precious stones. That founding material — genuine coral — remains central to the brand's identity today, worked alongside semi-precious stone and sterling silver into necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings sold from outlets in Colombo and shipped island-wide.
The company has since built out a men's line, Divo, covering chains, cufflinks, rings and tie pins, and has diversified beyond jewelry into genuine Ceylon cinnamon products — a nod to another of Sri Lanka's signature exports. Pieces are organized around recurring collections tied to occasions like Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Ramadan, alongside standing categories like lasso necklaces and pearl jewelry.
What distinguishes Stone-N-String from a typical fashion jewelry chain is the generational framing: the brand markets itself explicitly as a three-generation family craft business rather than a manufactured retail concept, with materials and techniques it describes as unchanged since its founders began. For shoppers seeking coral jewelry marketed as a distinct Sri Lankan material rather than a generic gemstone, it's a directly relevant stop.
Bambalapitiya, Colombo 04
A Sri Lankan gold jewellery house with over 75 years of trade and 15 branches, headquartered at No.36, Galle Road, Colombo 04. Ben Holdings (Pvt) Ltd backs the company. The workshop's craftsmen and designers produce wedding and engagement collections alongside the Aura white gold line and the Angel Collection for babies.
Best for Sri Lankan gold bridal jewellery and the Aura white gold line
Swarnamahal Jewellers counts over 75 years of trade in Sri Lanka's gold jewellery business and today runs 15 branches across the island. The head office and main branch stand at No.36, Galle Road, Colombo 04. Further showrooms run from Sea Street in Colombo 11 to Kandy and Galle. The house describes a fully equipped workshop and takes pride in the skills of its craftsmen and designers. It is backed by the investments of Ben Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. The catalogue is built around gold and runs from necklaces and bangles to earrings and rings and on to chains and pendants. Wedding and engagement collections sit beside the Aura line of white gold designs and the Angel Collection for babies. Pearl jewellery and men's pieces complete the range. The company reports that 80 to 85 percent of its customers return. It presents that figure as the measure of trust built over three quarters of a century.
Colombo 03
A Sri Lankan jeweller with collections in gold, diamond and gemstone — including certified Ceylon sapphires.
Best for Gold, diamond, and gemstone jewelry including certified Ceylon sapphires
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