SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: Battle Place

CONTEXT INFORMATION: Obtained in 1928.

ACCESSION NO.: 5425-754

VESSEL NO.: V-221

NON-PLASTICS: grog and bone

VESSEL FORM: Bottle

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim with a flat lip

CORE COLOR: B (fired and cooled in a low oxygen environment)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark gray

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): 4.5 mm, rim

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: none

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed on the neck and body; fire clouds on the body

HEIGHT (IN CM): 13.0; 4.0 cm bottle neck height

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 3.7

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 4.5; 9.4 cm wide at the widest part of the vessel body

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM): 6.9

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.36 liters

DECORATION: This bottle has three horizontal engraved lines below the base of the bottle neck. On the body is a vertical engraved scroll motif with an embedded concentric circle; this motif is repeated three times on the vessel. There are also single curvilinear and ticked engraved lines on either side of the embedded concentric circles as well as hatched triangle elements.

TYPE: Haley Engraved

Haley Engraved bottle (5425-754) from the Battle site.