bucchero

[ boo-kuh-roh, book-uh- ]

noun

, plural buc·che·ros.

1. an Etruscan black ceramic ware, often ornamented with incised geometrical patterns or figures carved in relief.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bucchero¹

1885–90; < Italian < Spanish búcaro < Portuguese: clay vessel, earlier púcaro < Mozarabic < Latin pōculum goblet. See potion, -cule ²

Example Sentences

Most of the objects in this case came from Chiusi and are made of the black ware called bucchero.

From Project Gutenberg

Not only the forms, but even the shining texture of the Grecian bronze, is here copied in bucchero.

From Project Gutenberg

Even the black ware called bucchero is now known to have been manufactured in other lands and not to be an Pottery.

From Project Gutenberg