Tinned Copper Ewer

The leading masters of copperwork in Turkey, Bozdogan Brothers, have learned the techniques from their father Mehmet Bozdogan. Father Bozdogan, born in 1922, has continued to use age old techniques making kitchenware until he served in the military in Istanbul during the period of 1942 to 1946, where he was exposed Ottoman motifs and techniques in the Grand Bazaar and in antique stores. Starting in 1950, he tried for twelve years to create replicas of these objects and other objects he saw in ethnographic museums in other parts of Turkey. After trying a number of techniques to produce these works with limited success, he went to Syria where he learned techniques for engraving upon which he based his subsequent work. Bozdogan Brothers, in addition to copperwork, are also great masters of woodwork. For more information:

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