Glass, Ceramics and Precious Stones
Primitive factories on Haret al-Birkedar just outside the Northern Gates still produce Muski glass , a form of hand-blown glassware popular in medieval times, which is nowadays made from recycled bottles. Recognizable by its air bubbles and extreme fragility, Muski glass comes in five main colours (navy blue, turquoise, aquamarine, green and purple) and is fashioned into inexpensive glasses, plates, vases, candle holders and ashtrays - sometimes painted with arabesque designs in imitation of enamelled Mamluke glassware. In the bazaar, the main stockist is Saiyid Abd al-Raouf (8 Sikket Khan el-Khalili), but it's better to go to the factory, where you can see the glass being blown, and also get a better price. The main one is called Al-Daour, and can be found by leaving the walled city through Bab al-Futuh, crossing the main road (Sharia Galal) and finding Haret al-Birkedar about 50m to your right behind the first row of shops; the factory is more or less at the end of it. A very different kind of glassware is the elegant handmade perfume bottles sold in the bazaars. The cheaper ones are made of glass and are as delicate as they look (GBPE2-10). Pricier versions (costing about four times more) are made of Pyrex and are a little sturdier (they should also be noticeably heavier).
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