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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Sa′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
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: 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 |