Serving water from a carafe changes how a table looks, and the VINGA York is built for exactly that moment. Made of soda-lime glass with clean upright lines and no decoration to date it, it holds 1450 ml, which covers a small dinner table or a meeting room without constant refilling.

The design is deliberately timeless rather than seasonal, so it fits a modern kitchen and a formal dining room equally. It is intended for cold beverages such as water, juice and iced drinks, and it is dishwasher safe, which makes it realistic for daily use rather than a cupboard piece. The carafe stands 26 cm tall on a round base and comes in a gift box, ready to hand over as it is.

Glassware works as a corporate gift when the recipient will use it at home, and this one does. It suits year-end client gifts, property and hospitality handovers, and staff anniversaries where something for the home is more welcome than another piece of office equipment. Restaurants, hotels and wine importers also buy it as branded serviceware for their own tables, and it combines with the wider VINGA drinks range into a multi-piece set.

Glass takes engraving and print cleanly, and a discreet mark near the base usually looks better on a carafe than a large logo across the body. MerchRepublic shows you the placement options, produces your order in bulk and delivers across the EU.