SITE NAME OR SITE NUMBER: George T. Wright Collection, Red River County, Texas

VESSEL NO.: GTW-461a [TX 236/1], B. R. R.

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl, hubcap form

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

RIM AND LIP FORM: Inverted and direct rim and rounded lip

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

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: very dark brown

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.4 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 6.0

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 12.4

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 14.0

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 6.0 cm, circular and convex

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.5

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The lower rim panel is defined by a single horizontal engraved line; the upper rim panel is plain. The lower rim panel is divided into four areas by sets of two curvilinear-vertical engraved lines, with two excised punctations between the sets of two curvilinear-engraved lines. The four areas each have a single horizontal engraved line with upward-pointing tick marks.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Simms Engraved

Simms Engraved carinated bowl, GTW-461a: a, side view: b, looking down at the rim.