A type of pottery or ceramic ware, or possibly a place-name-derived term in pottery terminology (etymology uncertain).
The etymology is uncertain; it may derive from a place name, a potter's name, or a descriptive term for a pottery style or technique used in specific regions.
Some pottery and ceramics words have completely mysterious origins—'ganton' might be a lost place name, a potter's personal invention, or a word that just died out and left us confused!
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