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terra sigillata

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ter⋅ra sig⋅il⋅la⋅ta

  [sig-uh-lah-tuh, sij-uh-ley-tuh]
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–noun
1. Arretine ware.
2. Samian ware.
Origin:
< NL or It, explained as “earth (i.e., earthenware) with incised decoration” (see terra cotta, sigillate ), but appar. orig. an adaptation of an earlier and ML name for Lemnian earth (a clay mineral used as an astringent), perh. associated with the pottery because of its red color
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Ar⋅re⋅tine ware

  [ar-uh-tahyn, -teen]
–noun
a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Tuscany from 100 b.c. to a.d. 100 and widely traded.
Also called terra sigillata.

Origin:
1775–85; < L Arrētīnus, deriv. of Arrētium (modern Arezzo), a town in Tuscany where such pottery was made; see -ine 1

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, perh. an imitation of the red-glazed ware produced in Gaul and Italy
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terra sigillata

noun
earthenware made from the reddish-brown clay found on the Aegean island of Lemnos 
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