Palestine Pottery, Iznik Style ,Jerusalem ceramic Tile, islamic, Very Rare

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Palestine Pottery, Iznik Style ,Jerusalem ceramic Tile, islamic, Very Rare:
$1000.00

you are offerding on this very rare and early palestine pottery tile ,this tile was made in around 1930s\' to commemorate the opening of the saint andrews church the was built in jerusalem from 1927 to 1930 , the tile was made by the famous armenian artist ohannessian who made a lot of tile works in the church complex (ohannessian was the \"dome of the rock tiles\" workshop founder and manager ),this wonderful tile is made from glazed pottery and on it there is the scottish cross symbol and on it a painting of the actual church of saint andrews with an inscription \"saint andrews jerusalem\", this tiles are very very rare and i have never seen another one like this , the tile was broken and glowed as you can see in the photos and there is a small chip in its edge but this does not effect the beauty of this important and rare tile .the size of the tile is :15x15 cm or 6x6 inch
David Ohannessian

The Armenian potter David Ohannessian, whose tiles decorate the Rockefeller Museum, was born in a small village in Eastern Anatolia (Turkey) in 1884. At the age of fourteen he joined a pottery workshop in Kutahya and within a short time became its owner. Ohannessian produced tiles and vessels and renovated buildings, some of them historical sites, in Turkey, Egypt, and Saudia Arabia.

During the First World War, Ohannessian and his family were exiled to Syria. It was in Aleppo that he met the British diplomat Sir Mark Sykes, who was instrumental in bringing him to Palestine in 1918 to renovate the tiles of the Dome of the Rock. The ceramic workshop he established on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem was called \"Dome of the Rock Tiles. \"It produced various types of ceramics and provided tiles for churches, cemeteries, and public buildings, among them Government House and, of course, the Rockefeller Museum. Ohannessian continued to work in Jerusalem until 1948, after which he relocated to Beirut, where he died four years later.

The tiles produced by Ohannessian for the Rockefeller Museum are the most complicated of all his works, owing to the use of thecuerda seca(\"dry line\") technique. Their special designs do not appear on any of his other tiles.

St Andrew’s Church, Jerusalem, was built as a memorial to theScottishsoldiers who were killed fighting the Turkish Army duringWorld War I, bringing to an endOttomanrule overPalestine. It is a congregation of theChurch of Scotland.One the main campaigners for the memorial church wasNinian Hill, an Edinburgh shipowner andChurch elder. The foundation stone was laid byField Marshal Lord Allenbyon 7 May 1927 and the church was opened in 1930 with Ninian Hill as its first minister.The Church was much used by Scots serving in theMandate administrationand soldiers serving withScottish Regimentsstationed in Palestine during the Mandate and the Second World War. After the out break of hostilities in 1948 the church was on the front line. Firstly between Jewish forces inWest Jerusalemand Palestinian irregulars in theOld City, later between theJordanian Arab Legionsoldiers and theIsraeli army. The minister,William Clark Kerr, remained in the Church throughout this period, ringing the church bell and conducting Sunday services. In one cable to Edinburgh he wrote: \"All night battle round the building...St Andrew\'s Cross(Flag) on both church andmanse. If that is not enough will tryRampant Lion.\"[1]Services are held every Sunday at 10am and there is a guest house providing accommodation for visitors.A new minister has recently been appointed: Rev George Shand, who was previously at St Thomas\'s Church inLeith.

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