A handblown Japanese glass carafe in translucent indigo — the large format from Sghr Sugahara's Night Carafe collection. The silhouette is deliberately spare: a slender neck, a rounded body, a subtle curve at the shoulder designed to cradle a matching glass balanced on top. Water becomes still life. Indigo is the deepest colorway in the range — a rich, smoky blue that softens and shifts depending on how the light passes through.
Made in Tokyo by artisans at Sghr Sugahara, a Japanese glass studio founded in 1932. Each carafe is individually mouth-blown and finished by hand. Small variations in form, subtle bubbles, and faint lines are part of the making — the mark of the glassblower's breath rather than a machine.
Holds 720ml / 24.3 oz. Designed for water at the bedside, but equally at home holding wine, sake, or a single stem.
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.
- The Night Carafe design: subtle curve at the shoulder cradles a matching glass balanced on top — the pair reads as a single sculpted object at the bedside.
- Translucent indigo: the deepest colorway in the range, a smoky blue that catches the light differently through the day.
- Individually mouth-blown: small bubbles, faint lines, and subtle variations in form are inherent to the process. Each piece is one of a kind.
- Multi-purpose: works as a bedside water carafe, a wine or sake decanter, or a single-stem vase. Rare for one object to do all three well.
DETAILS
- Material: handblown glass
- Size: 3.1" W x 10" H / 79mm W x 255mm H
- Volume: 24.3 oz / 720ml
- Color: translucent indigo
- 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.
