Egyptian Glass Decanter — Baqa · Engraved Magenta, Ruffled Gold Collar, Bouquet Stopper, 30 cm (Model 179)

Five coloured trumpet flowers for a stopper — the showpiece decanter.

Baqa, “bouquet”, is a tall amphora blown in deep magenta, wheel-engraved with a wave of lattice and open blossoms, and set on a twisted clear foot. A ruffled collar edged in 24K gold sits at the shoulder, and the stopper is a bouquet of five trumpet flowers — ruby, amber, emerald, sapphire and rose — each blown and gilded separately.

It is a window piece and a wedding piece: too much for a shelf of twelve, exactly right as the one bottle on a console. Priced as a decorative object rather than a perfume bottle.

Each piece is mouth-blown and finished by hand in our Cairo workshop; small variations in shape, colour and decoration are the signature of the craft.

Specifications

• Model: 179 · name: Baqa
• Height: approx. 30 cm (11.8 in)
• Material: mouth-blown borosilicate glass, hand-applied 24K liquid gold, hand wheel-engraved
• Colours: Magenta, Blue, Honey, Green — or a mixed assortment
• Use: perfume or oud oil decanter; display
• Care: hand wash to protect the gold and painted work; not dishwasher safe
• Origin: handmade in Cairo, Egypt

For a plainer large bottle see Qalb (Model 167).