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

VESSEL NO.: GTW-553 [TX 153/1], B. R. R.

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl, hubcap form

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: shell

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

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: black

WALL THICKNESS (IN MM): rim, 4.6 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: burnished

HEIGHT (IN CM): 7.9

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 15.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 17.1

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 7.6 cm, circular and convex

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.8

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The upper rim panel is plain, but the lower rim panel has an engraved motif repeated four times around the vessel. The lower rim panel is divided into four sections by sets of two vertical engraved lines. Within each section are discontinuous horizontal engraved lines with upward-pointing excised tick marks.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: none

TYPE AND VARIETY (IF KNOWN): Simms Engraved, var. Darco

Simms Engraved, var. Darco carinated bowl, GTW-553: a, side view; b, decorative elements.