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Celuk silver
Celuk in Gianyar is the Balinese silver village, and its craft holds a registered geographical indication. The work is hand made in small workshops, the recognisable technique is fine granulation and filigree, and the questions a buyer has are alloy content and hallmarking rather than design.
A protected name.
Kerajinan Perak Celuk Gianyar Bali
IG.00.2018.0000041
Registered for Bali, covering the silver craft of the village rather than a product line.
What makes it different.
- Granulation and filigree
- The technique the village is known for, applied by hand. It is labour rather than machinery, which is what sets both the look and the price.
- Alloy content is the contract term
- Sterling is a defined standard and it has to be specified and verified. This is the one place where a handshake is not enough.
- Hallmarking rules are your market's
- Several destinations require assay marking on precious metal. It is a destination requirement rather than an Indonesian one, and it is often discovered late.
- Small workshops, real capacity limits
- Hand work does not scale by adding a shift. A large order is assembled across workshops, with the consistency question that brings.
Getting it out.
- High value, small volume
- Air freight and insurance rather than container economics. Security and documentation matter more than freight cost.
- Denpasar
- Direct international flights from Bali, which suits a product that travels by air.
What we source here.
Indonesian ceramics
Tableware and decorative ceramics from Bali and Java. The glaze is where the compliance question lives, and batch variation is normal.
Indonesian wooden homeware
Boards and bowls are wood products and food contact articles at the same time. Two sets of rules apply, and most buyers only check one.
How to verify an Indonesian supplier
Two public government registries, the cross-check between them that catches most problems before a deposit moves, and the part only a visit can answer.
What a sample actually proves
The narrow question a sample answers, and why the sealed duplicate you never open is worth more than the one you evaluate.
Questions buyers ask.
How do I verify silver content?
Independent assay on the shipped goods, and it is worth doing on a first order from anybody. Alloy content is invisible and it is the one property where a buyer has no way to judge by eye. The cost is trivial against the value of a consignment.
Do I need hallmarking?
It depends on your own market, and several require assay marking on precious metal before it can be sold. That is a destination obligation rather than something the Indonesian producer handles, and it is worth establishing before production rather than after.
Can Celuk handle a large order?
Collectively, and it is assembled across workshops. Hand granulation does not scale the way machine production does, so a large order means longer lead time or more units involved, and the second brings a consistency question with it.
What does your service cost?
Five per cent of the order value, paid by you and never by the factory. A factory audit starts at $250 depending on location. We work with orders from $10,000 per shipment.
Worth reading.
Buying from Celuk, Gianyar?
Tell us the specification and the port. We go to the region, look at the material and put the documents together before anyone quotes a price.
Sources
- 1Register of protected geographical indications. Direktorat Jenderal Kekayaan Intelektual, Republic of Indonesia. Checked 5 August 2026.