Samian ware

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Sa′mian ware′,

Archaeologya red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valleya.d.100–300 and copied from Arretine ware. Also called terra sigillata.

after classical references to a type of pottery produced at Samos, perh. an imitation of the red-glazed ware produced in Gaul and Italy 1835–45

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Samian ware n

a fine earthenware pottery, reddish-brown or black in colour, found in large quantities on Roman sites

Etymology: 19th Century: named after the island of Samos, source of a reddish-coloured earth resembling terra sigillata, similar to the earth from which the pottery was made

'Samian ware' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

terra sigillata

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