The House
THE HOUSE
One city. One furnace. One unbroken craft.
MISHKAH is a small atelier in Cairo that has been blowing glass since 1985. We make candlesticks, vases, perfume bottles and ornaments — by breath, without moulds, finished in fired 24-karat gold.
This page is the short way in.
The name
A mishkah is the niche that holds a lamp — the recess in a wall where a single flame was set to light a room. It is the oldest lighting technology in this city, and it is still the idea behind everything we make: take one small light, and give it back to the room amplified.
The craft
A rod of borosilicate glass, a flame past a thousand degrees, and a person who has spent years learning what glass will do next. No moulds, no machines, no two alike.
The heritage
Every form we blow is named for something that already stands in Cairo — the mashrabiya screen, the shamsa medallion, the qubba dome, the muqarnas vault, the tiraz band.
The collections
- Candlelight — vessels for the hour when Cairo turns gold.
- The Perfume Atelier — descendants of the flasks of Fatimid Cairo.
- Vases & Decor — as much object as vessel.
- Gifting — made to be given, boxed as one.
The standard
Blown, never moulded. Every vessel is shaped by a human breath at the furnace.
True 24K gold, fired in. Fused to the glass in the kiln — inseparable for generations.
One Cairo atelier. Every piece from the same workshop, the same named hands.
Insured to your door. DHL Express worldwide. If it arrives damaged, we replace it free.
Practical
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Glass breathed in Cairo.