Tunisia ✓ Verified craft Glazed ceramics
Nabeul pottery
Wheel-thrown and painted ceramics from the Cap Bon peninsula.
ClayGlaze Wheel throwingHand finishing
Pottery has been made in Nabeul since antiquity, but today's tradition dates from the 15th-16th century. Its workshops produce glazed tableware, tiles and decorative pieces, with motifs that mix Andalusian, Ottoman and local influences.
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Pottery has been made in Nabeul since antiquity, but today's tradition dates from the 15th-16th century. Its workshops produce glazed tableware, tiles and decorative pieces, with motifs that mix Andalusian, Ottoman and local influences. Fuller stories arrive with the client's day-15 content batch.
Every object here carries a story its maker will tell you if you ask.
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