Terra sigillata ... is a Latin term used by modern scholars to designate a class of decorated red-gloss pottery .... not all red-gloss ware was decorated, and hence the more inclusive term 'Samian ware' is sometimes used to characterize all varieties of it.

Samian Ware, or Terra Sigillata, is basically fancy Roman tableware. It is the most commonly used high quality pottery from Roman Britain. Where was it made? Roman Samian pottery found in Britain was mainly made in the southern, central and eastern areas of Gaul (France).

Arretine ware, made at Arezzo in Tuscany, was the pre-eminent type of fine pottery in the 1st century BC and early 1st century AD, and was succeeded by samian ware, manufactured in a number of centres in Gaul, modern France and Germany.

terra sigillata ware, bright-red, polished pottery used throughout the Roman Empire from the 1st century bc to the 3rd century ad. The term means literally ware made of clay impressed with designs.

Samian Ware has a pinkish orange fabric with a distinctive smooth red surface created by dipping the unfired pot into a slip before it went into the kiln. The potter’s finger prints can often be found on the base. Samian Ware was produced in industrial quantities in …

6 天之前 · Fine pottery, characterized by its glossy red appearance, mass‐produced as the standard table ware throughout the Roman world from the late 1st century bc to the 3rd century ad; also known as terra sigillata. It was mould‐made in both plain and decorated forms.

The standard fine table ware throughout the Roman world in the early Empire is known as Samian ware (also called terra sigillata). There are already forerunners (Megarian bowls) produced in the East, most probably first manufactured at Pergamun (mid second century BC).

The Roman period is famous for many things like gladiators, mosaics and emperors, but it is also known for the introduction of a red glossy pottery, called Terra Sigillata or known under its more...

What is samian ware and why is it important? The red, glossy tableware known on the Continent as terra sigillata, and in Britain as samian ware, may seem often to be the subject of privileged treatment among the range of Roman artefacts.

Distinguished by its red colour, Samian ware is often elaborately decorated with typical classical scenes from mythology. Bowls, dishes, plates and small cups with decoration in relief were made by throwing the pot within a mould.