Arretine ware
[ ar-uh-tahyn, -teen ]
/ ˈær əˌtaɪn, -ˌtin /
noun
a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Tuscany from 100 b.c. to a.d. 100 and widely traded.
Also called
terra sigillata.
Origin of Arretine ware
1775–85; < Latin
Arrētīnus, derivative of
Arrētium (modern Arezzo), a town in Tuscany where such pottery was made; see
-ine1