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'Atiqot 88 (2017)
ISBN 2948-040X
Ottoman Pottery and Glass Bracelets from Yafo (Jaffa), Jerusalem Boulevard and Its Vicinity
(pp. 115–129)
Anna de Vincenz
Keywords: Jaffa, Late Ottoman period, history of manufacture, factory, typology, Ottoman Empire, production center, kiln, local production, Turkey, Greece, England, France, Germany
The Ottoman-period pottery uncovered on Jerusalem Boulevard in Yafo includes well-known types, dating from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries CE. These include hard paste and porcelain vessels, glazed vessels such as Didymoteicho and Çanakkale Wares, and coarse-ware vessels such as Gaza Ware and other local wares. Imitations of Chinese porcelain were observed, such as the use of transfer-printing technique and Sponge Ware. Also found were a Meissen coffee cup, clay pipes of the chibouk type, narghile heads, floor tiles and glass bracelets, typical of the Ottoman period. The numerous imported vessels in the assemblage correlate with the status of Yafo as a port city.