Sigillaria
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; - so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.
(2): ( n. pl.) Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
the last two days of the feast of Saturn, so called from little earthenware figures (sigilla) exposed for sale at this season, and given as toys to children. (See Saturnalia).
