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The story of Armenian ceramics would have been told so differently had it not been for the Pro-Jerusalem Society. This committee, founded by Sir Ronald Storrs, the first military governor and his advisor Charles Robert Ashbee, undertook the restoration and preservation of Jerusalems historic sites during the British mandate. For the restoration of the centuries old glazed tiles decorating the Dome of the Rock, the Society located David Ohannessian of Kutahya, a master ceramist whose works enhanced the splendour of palaces in Turkey, Syria and Egypt, and were much in demand in Europe and the Middle East. David Ohannessian established Jerusalems first Armenian ceramic workshop in 1919. The workshop never accomplished the restoration project of the Dome of the Rock tiles. However, it was not long before it started catering for Jerusalems big international as well as the elite of its local communities. In spite of its short lived production, (1919-1948), the grace and beauty of Ohannessians tiles changed the face of the city by decorating its mansions, institutions and public places, and influenced Jerusalems arts and crafts till this present day and time.

 

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