A pottery type made principally in northern Britain, a technique occasionally used on flower pots today. Barbotine is applied to the ware and a finger put on the wet clay and lifted off, so the clay has finger forms in ridges and then a point. The term also refers to pottery made by Frenchman Bernard Palissy, who from about 1548 produced large earthenware dishes decorated with naturalistic pictures in high relief. The wares were colored with lead glazes and rustic ware was imitated by potters in France, Portugal, and England.