Barbotine

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Roman cup
MFA# 1995.709

Description

A French word for slip. Barbotine is sometimes found in older pottery books referring to high-relief slip patterns used in Rhenish pottery before the 3rd c. CE (Fournier 1996).

Synonyms and Related Terms

barbotina (Esp., Port.); barbotine (Fr.)

Resources and Citations

  • Robert Fournier, Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery, Chilton Book Company, Radnor, PA, 1992

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