Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
sgraffito .
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Examples
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They included Tana ware as well as "Islamic white-glazed and early sgraffiato pottery."
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"Sgraffito" probably derives from the term "sgraffiato" an English pseudo-Italian word used in the nineteenth century.
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85 The sgraffiato ceramics are likely remnants of early trade initiated by emergent Swahili merchants.
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