The first Armenian pottery enterprise, "Dome of the Rock Tiles", was established in Jerusalem in 1919, by ceramist David Ohannessian, once the co-owner of a large ceramic enterprise in Kütahya (Turkey), known for several large projects for the decoration of mosques and public buildings in Kütahya, Bursa, Istanbul, and Cairo. In 1920, the workshop received an order for English, Arabic, and Hebrew street signs for newly named streets in Jerusalem. During the British Mandate period, Ohannessian participated in numerous private and governmental architectural projects in Jerusalem, among them the Palestine Archaeological Museum. His employees, Neshan Balian and Megerditch Kirakoshian, established their enterprises, both active in...
D. Ohannessian, fragment of facade decoration, Emeq Refaim st., 25. Jerusalem, early 1930s.
D. Ohannessian, Fountain at the entrance of the Citadel. Jerusalem, early 1920s.
Dome of the Rock Tiles workshop in Jerusalem, 1920s.
Girls painting pottery vases at the Dome of the Rock Tiles workshop, Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem, c. 1936. The workshop was run by Armenian ceramicist David Ohannessian. (Source: researcher S. Moughalian, 2017)
Jerusalem Givati Parking Lot (City of David) (Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands)
Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands
Israel-Palestinian Authority/Central Highlands
