The Tantura Hug Mug is named after the coastal Palestinian village built facing a lagoon and five little islands. This was a Mediterranean safe anchorage spot for over 4,000 years. Tantura’s scenic shoreline had clear and warm salty sea waters with sweet natural springs on the shore.
The mug holding the ‘Tantura waters’ is stamped in Arabic with ‘Palestine’ on one side and a ‘Tatreez’ embroidery pattern of a Palestinian Cypress tree or an olive branch on the other. Continuing the 9000 year old pottery tradition of Palestine, Waters of Palestine mugs are each handcrafted and no two are exactly the same. They are shaped to rest naturally between your hands. The art of glazing is 4000 years old and produces slightly different effects of glazes. The mug is matte and speckled on the outside, with a beautiful contrast of the glazed color of the Seafoam Light waters of Tantura on the inside.
The over 3,300 year old Tantura village rested between land and sea. It was a rich fishing village that hosted visitors on vacation who rested there from Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. It was shaped by salt air, the daily tide and lived by the rhythm of the Mediterranean. In May 1948, the village was ethnically cleansed and fully destroyed. The islands and the lagoon hold the songs of the swimmers and fishermen, and the laughter of splashing children. The sea still carries its name and the shoreline holds space for the Tanturans’ return.
Price per 1 mug
Thrown by wheel and shaped by hand. Speckled stoneware, blue/greenish light Tantura glaze.
7 cm high. 7.5 cm diameter. holds 220 ml
The Tantura Hug Mug is named after the coastal Palestinian village built facing a lagoon and five little islands. This was a Mediterranean safe anchorage spot for over 4,000 years. Tantura’s scenic shoreline had clear and warm salty sea waters with sweet natural springs on the shore.
The mug holding the ‘Tantura waters’ is stamped in Arabic with ‘Palestine’ on one side and a ‘Tatreez’ embroidery pattern of a Palestinian Cypress tree or an olive branch on the other. Continuing the 9000 year old pottery tradition of Palestine, Waters of Palestine mugs are each handcrafted and no two are exactly the same. They are shaped to rest naturally between your hands. The art of glazing is 4000 years old and produces slightly different effects of glazes. The mug is matte and speckled on the outside, with a beautiful contrast of the glazed color of the Seafoam Light waters of Tantura on the inside.
The over 3,300 year old Tantura village rested between land and sea. It was a rich fishing village that hosted visitors on vacation who rested there from Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. It was shaped by salt air, the daily tide and lived by the rhythm of the Mediterranean. In May 1948, the village was ethnically cleansed and fully destroyed. The islands and the lagoon hold the songs of the swimmers and fishermen, and the laughter of splashing children. The sea still carries its name and the shoreline holds space for the Tanturans’ return.
Price per 1 mug
Thrown by wheel and shaped by hand. Speckled stoneware, blue/greenish light Tantura glaze.
7 cm high. 7.5 cm diameter. holds 220 ml
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