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Ethnic Wire Breaking Hand Bag

Ethnic Wire Breaking Hand Bag

£ 101.00
Wire Breaking Bag

Wire Breaking Bag

£ 101.00
Small Cherry Design Felted Soap

Small Cherry Design Felted Soap

£ 13.00
Green Felted Soap

Green Felted Soap

£ 13.00
Blue Olive Design Felted Soap

Blue Olive Design Felted Soap

£ 13.00
White-Pink Olive Design Felted Soap

White-Pink Olive Design Felted Soap

£ 13.00
Olive Design Felted Soap

Olive Design Felted Soap

£ 13.00
Purple Cherry Design Felted Soap

Purple Cherry Design Felted Soap

£ 13.00
Cherry Design Felted Soap

Cherry Design Felted Soap

£ 13.00
Felted Rose Design Soap

Felted Rose Design Soap

£ 13.00
Special Gift Box

Special Gift Box

£ 8.00
Stone Printing Rectangle Pillow

Turkish Tradition

Stone Printing Rectangle Pillow

£ 46.00
Stone Printing Square Pillow

Turkish Tradition

Stone Printing Square Pillow

£ 46.00
Stone Printing Runner

Turkish Tradition

Stone Printing Runner

£ 46.00
Diagonal Striped Wire Breaking Hand Bag

Turkish Tradition

Diagonal Striped Wire Breaking Hand Bag

£ 89.00
Derbent Woven Pillow

Turkish Tradition

Derbent Woven Pillow

£ 53.00
Wire Breaking Hand Bag - Gold

Turkish Tradition

Wire Breaking Hand Bag - Gold

£ 98.00
2 Colour
Wire Breaking Hand Bag - Silver

Turkish Tradition

Wire Breaking Hand Bag - Silver

£ 98.00
2 Colour
Embroidered Wire Breaking Slippers And Bag Set

Turkish Tradition

Embroidered Wire Breaking Slippers And Bag Set

£ 256.00
2 Colour 5 Size
Embroidered Wire Breaking Slippers - Gold

Turkish Tradition

Embroidered Wire Breaking Slippers - Gold

£ 155.00
5 Size 2 Colour
Iznik Tile Tulip Plate
Iznik Tile Tulip Plate
Iznik Tile Tulip Plate
Iznik Tile Tulip Plate

TURKISH TRADITION

Iznik Tile Tulip Plate

£ 66.00
Product Description
  • Diameter : 18 cm
  • Hand wash only
  • This product is produced personally for you upon the order. Estimated production time: 8-10 days. Shipment duration will be additional and may vary with the shipment adress.

A long lost tradition. What makes ceramics from Iznik, an Anatolian town of bygone fame, special? The region’s pottery tradition stretches back to prehistoric times, but the art form blossomed under the Ottomans. In the late 15th century, craftsmen of Iznik replaced the traditional clay used in ceramics with quartz. The innovative technique produced a bright white base that made the four traditional colors found in Iznik pieces–turquoise, cobalt, malachite, and coral–stand out under a thick transparent glaze.


Ottoman sultans favored the new look and soon exquisite Iznik çini (pronounced “chee-nee”), as the tiles are known locally, adorned public spaces and important buildings in Istanbul, including the court’s main residence, Topkapi Palace. Iznik ceramics spread far and wide, even piquing the interest of Genoese and Venetian merchants. This golden era lasted for about 100 years. The decline of the Ottoman Empire meant a loss of protection for the craft, which had all but disappeared by the late 17th century. For the next several hundred years, original Iznik pieces appeared solely in art brokerages and museums worldwide (including the Louvre and the Smithsonian).


Today, a renewed interest in Ottoman heritage has sparked efforts to restore Iznik çini to their former glory by Turkish artists.

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