Handmade Ceramic Magnet Authentic Palestinian Artisanal Souvenir

This handmade ceramic coffee mugs is handcrafted by skilled Christian artisans in Jerusalem. Hand painted by skilled artisans with vibrant traditional designs. Size: 2.5 inch. Ships worldwide with free US shipping on orders over $100.

About This Ceramic Magnet

Pick this up and you'll notice the colors first. They're not faded or flat the way mass-produced stuff looks. These are hand-painted, and you can tell. Each one is 2.5 x 2.5 inches, small enough to go on the fridge without taking over, but the brushwork is detailed enough that people actually stop and look.

Five designs to choose from. Tabgha, two Jerusalem scenes, a Peace Dove, and God Bless Our Home. All of them painted by artisan families in Bethlehem, not shipped in from a factory somewhere overseas. If you're looking for a ceramic gift idea that actually means something, this is it. Four dollars and fifty cents, and it's the real thing.

Features & Details

• ✓ Hand-Painted Holy Land Ceramic, shaped and glazed by hand
• ✓ Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.5 x 0.2 inch
• ✓ Five designs: CR022 Tabgha, CR023 Jerusalem, CR024 Jerusalem, CR025 Peace Dove, CR026 God Bless Our Home
• ✓ Painted ceramic with vibrant colors, old-school Holy Land motifs
• ✓ Works on fridges, magnetic boards, filing cabinets, any magnetic surface
• ✓ Holds notes, photos, small papers
• ✓ Slight natural variation in color and brushwork from piece to piece, that's the handmade part

Product Specifications

Perfect As a Gift

A teacher once ordered a set of these for every student in her Sunday school class at the end of the year. She said she wanted them to have something small but real, something actually from the Holy Land. That's the kind of order I remember. At $4.50, it's one of the easiest ceramic gift ideas we carry, and it ships just fine even on its own.

They stack up cheap enough to buy a handful at once, and free US shipping kicks in at $50. Easy to order a few different designs and let people pick their favorite.

The Story Behind It

Most ceramic magnets you find online are factory-made, printed on a blank, nothing behind them. These aren't that. The families painting these have been working with ceramic painted tiles and small decorative pieces in Bethlehem for generations. The motifs they use, the dove, the Jerusalem skyline, the Tabgha fish, come from a tradition that's been passed down, not pulled from a clip art library.

I visited the workshop not long ago and watched one of the women finishing a batch of the Peace Dove design. She does it fast, she's done it thousands of times, but every single piece still gets its own brushstrokes. That's just how they work. It's not mass production with a handmade label slapped on it. These are genuinely hand-painted by artisan families in the Holy Land, and that's the only way they've ever made them.

Care Instructions

It's ceramic, so don't drop it. Wipe it clean with a damp cloth if it needs it. Keep it away from the edge of a shelf, and don't run it through the dishwasher.