A handblown Japanese small glass shot cup from Sghr Sugahara's Duo collection — a design that fuses two colors of glass into a single vessel. The upper rim is soft sky blue; the base pools into warm amber. Where the two meet, the colors overlap and refract, catching the light in a way that reads unmistakably like a sunset caught in glass. Nothing on the shelf looks like it. Nothing else quite does what it does when the light passes through.
The form is a classic old-fashioned silhouette — flared at the top, narrower at the base, sturdy in the hand — sized as a small pour. Works for whisky over ice, sake, mezcal, an amaro after dinner. Or water. The color does the rest.
Made in Tokyo by artisans at Sghr Sugahara, a Japanese glass studio founded in 1932. Each cup is individually mouth-blown and finished by hand. Small variations in form, subtle bubbles, and faint lines are inherent to the making — the mark of the glassblower's breath rather than a machine.
Holds 4.1 oz / 120ml.
WHY IT'S SPECIAL
- Handblown in Tokyo by Sghr Sugahara: a glassmaker founded in 1932, still making every piece by hand nearly a century later.
- Two colors fused into one cup: soft blue at the rim, warm amber at the base — the color transition reads like a sunset, and the effect deepens when the cup catches the light.
- Individually mouth-blown: small bubbles, faint lines, and subtle variations in form are inherent to the process. Each piece is one of a kind.
- Old-fashioned silhouette in a small pour size: right for whisky over ice, mezcal, sake, or a nightcap.
- Sold individually.
DETAILS
- Material: handblown glass
- Volume: 4.1 oz / 120ml
- Color: amber and blue (Duo collection)
- Each piece is individually handmade — small variations, bubbles, and lines are inherent to the process
- Made in Tokyo, Japan by Sghr Sugahara
THE BRAND
Sghr Sugahara has been making glass in Tokyo since 1932 — nearly a century of practice, still entirely by hand. The studio's approach borrows from traditional Japanese design principles: simplicity, restraint, and a preference for form that reveals the material rather than obscures it. Every piece is individually mouth-blown by an artisan, then finished by hand. The variations that result — small bubbles, subtle asymmetries, differences in weight from one piece to the next — are part of the object. Not flaws. Signatures.
