Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Egyptian mother of pearl

Egyptian mother of pearl box it will make a great gift. We have a collection of Egyptian mother of pearl jewelry boxes made of wood with inlaid pieces of mother of pearl and velvet inside.



















Shisha, Egyptian water pipe

Shisha, Egyptian water pipe...

Shisha is a very popular smoking tool in Egypt both by Egyptians and also by foreign tourist who sit at cafes and enjoy smoking and talking with Egyptians.












Egyptian Papyrus Paintings


The stem of the papyrus was used by the ancient Egyptians to make paper-like writing material. Each of our paintings on this ancient paper tell a significant story from ancient times. Many of these scenes were sketched from the carvings found at various historical sites within Egypt. All of our scenes are hand painted. Further, we display each artist's signature as evidence of his/her work.






























Cups and Mugs

Printed Mugs with ancient Egyptian Pharaonic pictures (Tutankamon , Cleopatra , Nefertiti , Isis , Nefertari , Akhenaton and others.







Egyptian handmade Perfume Bottles

Each of our unique pieces goes through a 7 main steps before it is ready for sale:
1) Preparing glass in accordance with the specified design size.
2) Our glass blowers heat the glass and start shaping the different pieces without using any molds.
3) First quality check to insure size matches the targeted design.
4) Our craftsmen start etching pieces in accordance to the specified design.
5) Our artesian start painting pieces then preparing them to be heated for 5 – 6 hours in a high temperature oven to fix colors.
6) Once the pieces are done they are left for 3 – 4 hours then once again our artesian start painting the gold and preparing pieces to go into the oven again for 5 – 6 hours.
7) Second quality check is made for color matches and gold degree as well as any air bubbles that might be in the glass.