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Samian ware
noun
a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valley a.d. 100–300 and copied from Arretine ware.
Also called terra sigillata.
Origin:
1835–45; after classical references to a type of pottery produced at Samos, perhaps an imitation of the red-glazed ware produced in Gaul and Italy
1835–45; after classical references to a type of pottery produced at Samos, perhaps an imitation of the red-glazed ware produced in Gaul and Italy
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| Samian ware | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a fine earthenware pottery, reddish-brown or black in colour, found in large quantities on Roman sites |
| 2. | Also called: Arretine ware the earlier pottery from which this developed, an imitation of a type of Greek pottery, made during the first century |
| [C19: named after the island of | |
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