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Definition of Samian ware
1. Noun. Earthenware made from the reddish-brown clay found on the Aegean island of Lemnos.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Samian Ware
Literary usage of Samian ware
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The finest sorts of samian ware were made at Arezzo ... Bowl of samian ware, with
moulded patterns in surit relief. applied by the potter's thumb, ..."
2. Pottery and Porcelain of All Times and Nations: With Tables of Factory and by William Cowper Prime (1878)
"Moulds have also been found for making relief ornaments to be imposed on vases.
The two finest classes of 67. Bowl. samian ware. pottery made by the Romans ..."
3. The Intellectual Observer (1865)
"samian ware of Gaul and Britain the potter's stamp is almost invariably ...
The other question, that of the locality in which our Roman samian ware was made ..."
4. The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon: A History of the Early Inhabitants of by Thomas Wright (1861)
"The accompanying engraving represents a group of vessels of samian ware found in
England ; but it is far from giving Subjects from samian ware. any notion ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"In fact, the evidences are all in favour of the foreign origin of samian ware.
We were not long before meeting with the Roman fictile ware, ..."
6. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1902)
"Patera of samian ware, with leaf ornament round the rim. ... Patera of Samian
ware of the same shape, and similarly ornamented, but smaller. ..."
7. Grave-mounds and Their Contents: A Manual of Archaeology, as Exemplified in by Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt (1870)
"Romano-British Period—Pottery—samian ware — Potters' Stamps— Varieties of ...
samian ware is that peculiarly fine, close-textured, and richly-coloured ..."
8. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1887)
"( ) POTTERS' NAMES AND MARKS, ON PSEUDO- samian ware FOUND IN KENT. BY GEORGE
PAYNE FLS, FSA THE following list has been compiled, in as complete a manner ..."
9. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The finest sorts of samian ware were made at Arezzo ... Bowl of samian ware, with
moulded patterns in surit relief. applied by the potter's thumb, ..."
10. Pottery and Porcelain of All Times and Nations: With Tables of Factory and by William Cowper Prime (1878)
"Moulds have also been found for making relief ornaments to be imposed on vases.
The two finest classes of 67. Bowl. samian ware. pottery made by the Romans ..."
11. The Intellectual Observer (1865)
"samian ware of Gaul and Britain the potter's stamp is almost invariably ...
The other question, that of the locality in which our Roman samian ware was made ..."
12. The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon: A History of the Early Inhabitants of by Thomas Wright (1861)
"The accompanying engraving represents a group of vessels of samian ware found in
England ; but it is far from giving Subjects from samian ware. any notion ..."
13. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1883)
"In fact, the evidences are all in favour of the foreign origin of samian ware.
We were not long before meeting with the Roman fictile ware, ..."
14. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1902)
"Patera of samian ware, with leaf ornament round the rim. ... Patera of Samian
ware of the same shape, and similarly ornamented, but smaller. ..."
15. Grave-mounds and Their Contents: A Manual of Archaeology, as Exemplified in by Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt (1870)
"Romano-British Period—Pottery—samian ware — Potters' Stamps— Varieties of ...
samian ware is that peculiarly fine, close-textured, and richly-coloured ..."
16. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1887)
"( ) POTTERS' NAMES AND MARKS, ON PSEUDO- samian ware FOUND IN KENT. BY GEORGE
PAYNE FLS, FSA THE following list has been compiled, in as complete a manner ..."
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