Arretine ware

[ ar-uh-tahyn, -teen ]

noun

1. a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Tuscany from 100 b.c. to a.d. 100 and widely traded.

Arretine ware

noun

1. See Samian ware
   another term for Samian ware

Word History and Origins

Origin of Arretine ware¹

1775–85; < Latin Arrētīnus, derivative of Arrētium (modern Arezzo), a town in Tuscany where such pottery was made; -ine ¹